It sucks for the workers sure, but you're just rewarding this restaurant by also tipping. If nobody did or stopped patronizing them they would either fix what they were doing or have a hard time finding staff

I called this morning to attempt that, only way to make that change is to add an extra stop each way 😅

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>I don't think there is any requirement that a "service fee" goes to the staff. So if you don't tip because of the service fee you might just be moving money from the staff to the owner. Which isn't necessarily an awful thing especially if they don't really provide any service but could also screw the staff.

There also no requirement the staff work at an institution where they feel like they're not being fairly compensated.

If staff feel like they're not getting their fair share (or purported value) out of the 20% service fee they can walk.

What ab calling the airline and having them make your trip all to & from one airport? Just because you booked it this way doesn’t mean it has to stay this way.

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Enter the arena on the F St side, go to the box office and you can buy tickets day of an event... IF they aren't sold out. Also, can't say if they'll be cheaper than ticketmaster, stubhub, etc, but there won't be those "ticketmaster fees" which I hate.

St James also costs an arm, leg, and first born child.

If there's a store like it in DC proper I definitely haven't found it. You can find a lot of the component parts (Big Planet Comics is right down the block from Joint Custody Records which combines to be like 50% of what a Newbury Comics would have) but there isn't something that perfectly nails it.

I'm not entirely sure if the market is there. DC probably has the least room for quirky fun stuff of any major US city. People take themselves too seriously.

They’re really expensive

Yep. Especially if it’s the kids who run up the flags; bet they thought it was hilarious. (In high school, we ran up the flags. We would also occasionally run a uniform skirt up the flagpole.)

Sounds about right - I’m going to be riding again tomorrow, I’ll check to see if it’s still like this.

Honestly it's easy to get mixed up which end goes up top. Either that or they did it on purpose and "oh no I oops-ed" if anyone asks them.

Probably the most likely answer - although both are upside down, which led me to think it was intentional?

This is usually my move if it's something pricey that I'd like to see but don't ultimately care if I miss. Does feel like it's gotten a little less effective over time anecdotally.

Probably by mistake. I used to work across the street from a government building (which is no longer there); one morning, I looked out the window and saw their flag was upside down. At lunch I walked across the street and asked the guard at the desk what was wrong, since they were flying an international distress signal on their flagpole. The guard burst out laughing and basically said, “oops.”

Why not just buy on Ticketmaster before?

For a professional consultant in this sphere you sure missed the point of my question…

If the restaurant adds on 20%—they can call it whatever they want—I’m not tipping on top of that.

At this particular restaurant (sticky fingers) the service charge is not given to the staff at all.

I’m going to send them this post to hopefully change their minds. I won’t go back until the policy is changed.

Raise your prices. Don’t scam your customers.

Also a OneLife member. We go to Tysons mostly for the racquetball courts, though.

About the equivalent of something like Orangetheory, or Barry’s Bootcamp. In those terms, Equinox is the much better deal.

FWIW you can easily get the initiation fee waved

If they have a service fee then you don’t tip