Saturday, 20 February 2010

The robbing gits

Just had a hamburger and a few diet cokes. Bill CLP6,000. I gave them CLP10,000 and they gave me CLP2,200 in change. Unless my rage is imparing my arithmetic, that's a 30% non-optional service charge. I damn near left the CLP200 in change as well, until I realised I was already being badly stung.

I had to negotiate to get the hamburger without mayonnaise and avocado. Hell, why not chuck a bit of sour cream and a few dried spiders on while you're at it?

I did it all in Spanish though and I didn't think I was particularly rude, in fact I'm damn sure I wasn't. I can see no justification for them taking the piss so massively. A small 'tourist tax' is one thing but there are limits, and sharply denned ones at that.

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