Out here, it's almost impossible to find a meal at a sit-down restaurant for under $20. And with the added 10% tax and 15-20% tip, these meals have become too expensive.
“Out here, it’s almost impossible to find a meal at a sit-down restaurant for under $20. And with the added 10% tax and 15-20% tip, these meals have become too expensive.”
Yep. If you’ve been to a Third World county (like most of Europe, now) and enjoyed eating out there, you may want to ask the locals if they enjoy all the great offerings they have. Most likely the locals will say something like: “They’re really for tourists, we might go to those places for birthdays, etc., but there is NO WAY we can afford going on a regular basis.”
The idea of ‘going out’ for dinner several times a week, or even once a week, is now pretty much over in the US for 95% of the population due to our ‘living wage’ and (expected/demanded) ‘tips’, and so the closure of chain after chain of restaurants should not surprise anyone (and admit it, females, you bought into that propaganda regarding the ‘living wage’).