Restaurant service fees

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Wiz, does that place seem like one that would offer late-night bottle service??
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There are a bunch of Mexican places that transform into mini-clubs late nite. They generally serve the service industry, which is largely Latin. It's how Drea's started out twenty-five years ago. It was an Italian restaurant that was known for its after-hours.

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Wiz, does that place seem like one that would offer late-night bottle service??
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To be honest, I'm not sure what that is. It is just a little foo-foo Mexican place. I must admit, I've been there several times and like it, despite this recent incident.
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Bottle Service is where the bar will sell alcohol by the bottle to (usually) a large party. It can be as minor as leaving a bottle with a drinker (in the old westerns, anyway) to as elaborate as the DJ interrupting the dance music to play a special fanfare, the party escorted to a prominent location, the riff-raff cleared away, and the bottle on a silver platter brought in by hostesses in various states of undress. The more happening the place, the more likely it is to have bottle service.

It's a urban version of the potlatch, with the bar winning in the end. The upcharge can approach 1000%, with various 'prestige' labels in demand. You could be getting a Whisky Advocate top-rated bottle, but nobody would care, because some legend in his own mind guy is blowing four figures on a bottle of Gran Patrón Platinum.

Me? I'll just suck down a decent Irish Coffee once in a while and roll the bones when they come my way.

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Wiz, does that place seem like one that would offer late-night bottle service??
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There are a bunch of Mexican places that transform into mini-clubs late nite. They generally serve the service industry, which is largely Latin. It's how Drea's started out twenty-five years ago. It was an Italian restaurant that was known for its after-hours.
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4 minute readDecember 6, 20222:22 PM PSTLast Updated 2 days ago
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs on hunt for bargain crypto firms after FTX fiasco
By Iain Withers and Lawrence White
LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after the collapse of the FTX exchange hit valuations and dampened investor interest.

Wrong thread, but did that article say how much (in units) they already have in Bitcoin? Can't help but be curious why they might want to send a positive signal to the market.

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Wiz, does that place seem like one that would offer late-night bottle service??
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There are a bunch of Mexican places that transform into mini-clubs late nite. They generally serve the service industry, which is largely Latin. It's how Drea's started out twenty-five years ago. It was an Italian restaurant that was known for its after-hours.
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4 minute readDecember 6, 20222:22 PM PSTLast Updated 2 days ago
Exclusive: Goldman Sachs on hunt for bargain crypto firms after FTX fiasco
By Iain Withers and Lawrence White
LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to buy or invest in crypto companies after the collapse of the FTX exchange hit valuations and dampened investor interest.
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G.S. has some 2.5 trillion dollars in assets. Looking for tens of millions of dollars is the equivalent of you looking for change in your couch cushions after a party. I heartily recommend having up to one-half of one percent of your net worth in speculative nonsense of any sort.
To put it in perspective, Collectors Universe,a company whose main feature is grading baseball cards sold last year for $853 million.

Had a deja vu thinking about this topic. 30 or so years ago a local Middle Eastern theme restaurant…. You’d order at a counter and bring your food to the table yourself. Placed the order…. generally inexpensive…. but noticed the TEN CENT charge for the paper cup tap water was served in. It just rubbed me the wrong way. This was before they’d try and sell you a bottle of water for $4.

Charge me $4.59 for a falafel instead of $4.49 and give me the freaking cup which cost them a penny for free!

At See's Candies yesterday, I noticed on my receipt a Service Charge fee of 25 cents.

Usually I have a good experience shopping there, including free samples, so I decided not to say anything about it.

But I don't like where this is going…

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At See's Candies yesterday, I noticed on my receipt a Service Charge fee of 25 cents.

Usually I have a good experience shopping there, including free samples, so I decided not to say anything about it.

But I don't like where this is going…
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I'm not too fond of things like this. It's a quarter, so not worth holding up the line to complain, but it sucks. Did you pay cash?
There was a gas station in Henderson that charged people fifty cents if their cash was dirty or if a person took it out of their stocks. I don't know if they were serious, but it got on the media and sparked a lively discussion..

This "tip me" culture is an abomination.

Two nights ago I went to a Shari's and bought a piece of pie to go.

The server gave me the clear "stink eye" when I chose not to put any money in the tip jar.

Really, a tip jar at the counter?

There oughta be a law...

The worst example of this I’ve seen was a high end beach resort in California.

The prices at the resort convenience store were absurd. $8 for a Coke, $14 for a can of Miller Light, $24 for a ham sandwich….

When you checked out the credit card terminal asked you to tip the cashier. It gave 3 options for tip percentage but NO button for no tip. I was dumbstruck, and asked the cashier. At the very bottom in tiny letters there was a button for “custom tip” and I had to hit that at key in $0 tip. I was dumbfounded.