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Bring Your Own Security

April 10, 2024
Have restaurant surcharges gone too far?
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Luxury restaurant Perch is sparking debate for adding a 4.5% “security charge” to checks. Patrons took to Reddit to question the surcharge, with one user questioning “How much does this fee generate for them per night?”...
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Move over a gratuity fee.
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There's a new fee in town.
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Oh man, purge a popular restaurant in downtown L A sparked
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controversy by adding a 4.5% security surcharge to customers bills.
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Dang. This move triggered a debate on social media with many
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questioning why security costs aren't included in the meal price first,
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ipad shipping. Now security charge are extra fees getting out of
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hand. Yes. Customers are debating whether it's fair for customers
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to pay for security expenses that are typically covered by a restaurant's
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operating costs and a deleted post Perch said that the fee is
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necessary to pay for personnel and some are asking why not,
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why not add a rent charge or insurance charge our payroll charge
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You know, if you can't afford to live there,
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why don't you just move?
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I mean, honestly,
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what if I bring my own security Perch like by Os?
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Yeah, some of these girls that I'll be chilling with like
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yeah, that's right.
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Yeah, you're not stopping her like trust me,
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you're not stopping her like I'll just hire you to come to
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church with me. I mean,
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for 4.5 I'm more of a 6.5 charge,
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you know, 4.5.
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Why don't you just do a flat fee?
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No, man, I feel like it is if I'm getting
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beat up eating at your restaurant and you gotta charge me like
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no, come on guys,
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I should not have to worry about security charges or what if
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I don't wanna pay?
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Like you just gonna let me get beat up like sorry,
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that guy, that guy didn't pay,
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let him get drunk in downtown.
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You are really close to skid row.
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Skid row. Yeah,
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he didn't pay the security fee.
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Throw him over. He's allowed to get thrown over.
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They got like, a little private jail too done with Child
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Perch, huh? All right on to the next story.