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by throwaway598 776 days ago
> The law, Senate Bill 478, set to go into effect on July 1, prohibits the use of “drip pricing, a practice in which companies advertise only a portion of what a customer would actually pay for a certain product or service,”

> a 5% or 6% SF Health Care Security Ordinance surcharge ... also charge customers a 20% service fee that goes to employees in lieu of the traditional tipping system.

What's next. A fee for soap used to clean dishes? A fee for a customer's share rent? A fee for providing a bathroom? A fee for vegetables?

It's dishonesty. Charge customers what they need to pay. Put this on a price.