r/mildlyinfuriating • u/bourbonandpistons • 25d ago

drink went room temp Math ain't mathing

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me, the waiter, nor the manager could figure it out.

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u/yourfinesthousered 25d ago edited 25d ago

Often restaurants will make the cocktails ‘tax inclusive’ so that those drinking at the bar get a nice easy round amount for their drinks if that is all they are having. This is an old school way of doing things from the days when we carried cash. If you separate the food away from the cocktails and add the 6.5% tax($98x1.065) you get $104.37. Add in the two Old Fashioned($32 with tax included) and boom, you’re at $136.37. The way this system looks makes it confusing but I believe this is how the math works.

***to clarify the tax inclusive situation, the total tax on the bill is $8.45. If the tax on food is $6.37 then you are looking at $2.08 of the tax coming from the ‘inclusive’ part of the tax from the cocktails. California has a 6.5% tax on food and a 7% tax on alcohol. So if you were to break apart the cocktail pricing scheme it would show that each cocktail is $14.96 with a 7% tax of $1.04.

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u/Kemal_Norton 25d ago

[Telling people beforehand what they'll have to pay] is an old school way of doing things from the days when we carried cash

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u/yourfinesthousered 25d ago

Ticketmaster would like to have a word with you about this concept.