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Tom Douglas going straight to $15/hour, adding 20% service charge at 3 restaurants [Seattle]
The Seattle Times ^
| January 12, 2016
| Bethany Jean Clement
Posted on 01/12/2016 5:10:28 PM PST by steve86
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Seattle restaurants. Seattle Times must be excerpted and photos can not be published here.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:10:28 PM PST
by
steve86
To: steve86
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:11:14 PM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(Once elected who can make the best deals with Congress?)
To: steve86
Comrades!
We have achieved glorious revolution!
To: steve86
To: steve86
He’ll be out of business by this time next year. Bet on it.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:15:24 PM PST
by
WTFOVR
(I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
To: WTFOVR
He'll be out of business by this time next year. Not in Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond. Customers ("clients" in the high end) could absorb triple the cost of admission.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:18:39 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O�Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: steve86
Tom Douglas going straight to $15/hour, adding 20% service charge at 3 restaurants [Seattle]SO basically they are "going out of business"?
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:19:34 PM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: steve86
King Opie’s “Fundamental Transformation” looks surprisingly similar to bankruptcy.....
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:22:49 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
To: steve86
I read an article about a fancy cafe in Massachusetts doing something similar. Wait staff aren’t getting tips anymore, but will be at seventeen bucks an hour next year.
The menu was linked to the piece. Six bucks for oatmeal, ten for scrambled eggs, eleven for a salad and upward from there.
No thanks. Wanna bet many of their patrons live paycheck to paycheck and wonder why?
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:24:25 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: steve86
Okay so folks that do decide to eat there won’t be leaving tips for the staff. The idea of having 20% added to your bill regardless of service is out of line. I wonder how long he’ll stay in business since the restaurant business in Seattle is highly competitive.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:26:17 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: steve86
Looked up the menu for one of the places. Hamburger from $18.00, Frito Pie 15.00, Chicken $25.00. Not that hungry? Soup’s only 14.00, green beans $12.00. Raw scallops are $14.00. Don’t know how much they are if you want them cooked.
By the way - no free wi-fi, so McDonalds has a competitive advantage for the burger.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:27:47 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: steve86
Tom Douglas’ Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen and The Carlile Room.
No thanks.
I’ll stick with a ChickFillA
in Mid-America, not the Left Coast.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:28:00 PM PST
by
Gasshog
(Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
To: steve86
That’s really stupid...what a lost opportunity.
They could’ve doubled food prices on the menu at the same time. Think how much money the restaurants could be making.
/s
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:28:56 PM PST
by
moovova
To: WTFOVR
Anyone who will pay $18 for a burger will pay $22.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:29:19 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: steve86
Only stoopid Liberals will eat in those joints.
Just to keep them open, to show how “smart” they are. lol
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:30:41 PM PST
by
Gasshog
(Newly discovered element Trumpamentium causes a Chain Reaction of Testicular Fortitude!!)
To: steve86
http://www.bing.com/search?q=the+carlile+room+seattle&qs=AS&pq=the+carlile+room&sc=6-16&sp=1&cvid=2B1A068CB26F41AC8B56145803E1475F&FORM=QBLH
Looks like high-end food............
And looks good...
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:31:06 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Nowadays we are just Central America with snow.)
To: steve86
My wife has waitress for a long time she average way more the 15 an hour the company is going make out on this deal.
To: steve86
Say goodbye to tipping at Tom Douglas' Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen and The Carlile Room. Fixed it to reflect reality
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:33:14 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: steve86
The supply and demand curve will prevail.
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:35:13 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The future must not belong to those who deny the true nature of Islam.)
To: steve86
http://www.bing.com/search?q=palace+kitchen+seattle+review&qs=AS&pq=palace+kitchen&sk=AS2&sc=8-14&sp=3&cvid=2B1A068CB26F41AC8B56145803E1475F&FORM=QBLH
Same with this place....looks like high end food.
Wonder how the dining crowd takes this.....20% surcharge.
Let's say your meal is $30..and you have a date. So that's another $30...and they are going to tack on $12...to your bill. Won't be any tip..from me...if I was going to eat there.
I'd guess...the owner will have some problems going forward,,,,
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posted on
01/12/2016 5:37:07 PM PST
by
Osage Orange
(Nowadays we are just Central America with snow.)
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