Charging for a doggie bag?

Most of our restaurants bring a styrofoam tray to our table, and we take home what's left. We leave that which we do not want.

Of course, there is never an extra charge for this.
 

No. That would save me the generous tip I would have left. And, of course it would be my last visit.
Besides, I always ask for the doggie bag so I can put the leftovers in it. The less people handle food, the safer for me.
 
I've been paying ten cents for my supermarket bags, and am okay with that until they are no longer available, then I'll bring my own. I have recently had take out from several places, and to my knowledge was not charged for the bag there. Very rarely took doggie bags home when we ate at restaurants, but I guess if I had to bring home some leftovers, I'd cough up the charge for the container. It's a drag, but that's how things are going these days.
 
Alligatorob said:
Kind of silly, but hey private business can charge for anything they can get us to pay for. Like the airlines... I've never been charged for one.

Not completely illogical, it costs them more than that. I have found a lot of fishing charters charge 3% for a credit card, and encourage cash.
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When I owned a liquor&convenience store, my bank charged the business up to $3 per transaction, depending on the card. I initially charged my customers the customary fee of .25 cents, then raised it to .35, and finally .50.

No one was happy about it, including me.
 
Does anyone here have restaurant food delivered through GrubHub, DoorDash, etc.? I never had until I had my surgery last year and I was hobbling around. At first, the fees seemed a lot but worth it since I couldn't drive and didn't want people I know to keep taking care of me.

The fees started going up. The restaurant charges more for those meals, the driver needs a tip, there's a small fee for this, and a bigger fee for that and it isn't long until those meals are twice as much as they would be in the restaurant. Needless to say I quit doing that. If I can't eat there or get it and bring it home I don't get it at all. I just hate feeling ripped off.
 
In the UK (and I believe, Europe) it is illegal to charge more for payment by credit or debit card. Of course, some traders may not accept certain cards such as AMEX, or card payment for small transactions, but they cannot charge any more if they do.
 
Murrmurr said:
When I owned a liquor&convenience store, my bank charged the business up to $3 per transaction, depending on the card. I initially charged my customers the customary fee of .25 cents, then raised it to .35, and finally .50.

No one was happy about it, including me.
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As a former business owner, re: credit card fees for the merchant==CODB==Cost of Doing Business.
 
I vacationed in Connecticut about 15 years ago and stayed at a B&B. When I went to check out the person ahead of me was furious because she had an extra charge because she was paying with a CC. I had no extra charge because I payed with a check. Things may be different now. I'd be surprised if ANY hotel, motel or B&B would accept a personal check.
 
We used to have a restaurant named Ronnie's here in town that had the most stringent rules and regulations. You had to do things in just such a way or you'd get yelled at. Their food was unbelievably good and reasonable, so that's why people kept it busy. Also, it was just so funny to see what you'd get yelled at for next.

One day, I was sitting there eating a bowl of soup with my 8-month-old niece in my lap. I was dipping the end of a spoon in the soup and letting her lick the spoon. I did it maybe three times. It made her happy and that made me happy. When I got the bill, there was a "sharing charge" of $1 on it. I asked why and they said I was sharing my soup with the baby. I said I wasn't going to pay it. I went up to the cashier, handed her the exact change minus the sharing charge and told her if she wanted to call the police, I'd be out in the parking lot waiting.

The local monthly newspaper always did a "Best Of...." edition every year. That year, they had a category called "Restaurant with Most Byzantine Rules" and the winner was that restaurant "because without Ronnie's, there would be no need for this category".
I could go on for paragraphs about their rules. Jeez, I miss that place.
 

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