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My wife and I went out for mediocre fish fry last weekend. Dinner and drinks for two people was $125, and the default tip was 25%.

That is utterly insane.

I'm in the same boat. If a so-so experience is going to be that expensive, I'll just stay home.

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Same here. We just don't go out to eat much anymore. After the inflated food (and especially drink) prices and the tip and the Employee Living Wage Fee and the Economic Recovery Fee and the "Newsom Hates Businesses" fee (I actually saw that at a rural CA diner), screw it. We've had it with this practice of trying to squeeze everything they can out of customers. These greedy local businesses can sink for all I care.

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