It's no secret that restaurants and bars have had a rough couple of years. The Covid-19 pandemic completely closed many of them down for months, with some going out of business. Now that everything is open again and the world is slowly getting back to normal, we have a new obstacle to deal with: inflation.
Restaurants, bars, and other services are feeling the sting of higher grocery prices as much as the rest of us, and they're figuring out ways in which they can keep from losing too much profit. One Reddit user who was in the Philadelphia area shared a pic of their bar bill, which showed that, due to inflation, the establishment wanted to charge an extra 3% on top of other tips and fees. The user posted their pic and story to the Mildly Interesting community.
