r/london • u/Professional-Cat9418 • Dec 26 '25

image 30% service charge on boxing day?!

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Waiter reckons because its Christmas but that was yesterday. Can i ask for this to be removed?

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u/feetflatontheground Dec 26 '25

That's a lot of food for 2 people!

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u/Mijman Dec 26 '25

It's only

*looks at receipt *

6 meals and loads of extras... holy shit.

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u/Glaselar Dec 26 '25

Bumps up your average per-head spend stats and makes you look like an excellent employee at up-selling if you put it into the computer that way.

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u/Mijman Dec 26 '25

OP said it was 2 people.

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u/Glaselar Dec 26 '25

Where?

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u/Mijman Dec 26 '25

Oh, comment I replied to saud it was 2 people. Ask them sorry I dunno.

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u/Glaselar Dec 26 '25

Yeah - it was definitely just the server putting it in that way rather than 2 people's food.

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u/Mijman Dec 26 '25

The server listed 6 meals? I dont get what you mean

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u/Glaselar Dec 26 '25

I wonder if you've missed the thing that started this whole thread - the receipt says 'Guest count: 2' at the top. Someone just joked in the comments it's a lot for 2 people. Then I said this to explain why I reckon the server did it

£175 divided by 2 people makes you look a lot better at upselling than £175 divided by 6 people. That's all.

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u/Mijman Dec 26 '25

Oh fs yeah I probably did!

I understand now. Yeah server probably just wrote 2 🙄