The menu with no prices is always a trap
started by golo 6 days ago 7 replies 5 views
- You can usually tell before the food arrives. The menu has no prices. The waiter recites instead of writing.
What is the worst bill you have ever been handed? - A place in Lekki charged me 18k for two pieces of chicken and called it a tasting portion. I am still angry about it two years later.
- Two years later and you still remember the exact figure. That is how you know it was robbery.
- You never forget the number. Ever.
- My rule now is simple. If the waiter recites the menu from memory I ask for the written one. If there is no written one I leave.
- Adding this to my own list, thank you.
- Nobody talks about the service charge that appears at the end like a surprise guest.
- And the one they call consumption tax. Consumption of what exactly.
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