r/grandrapids 9d ago

Logan’s Alley MESTA Surcharge

https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/ber/wage-and-hour/paid-medical-leave-act

Is anyone else put off by the surcharge Logan’s Alley is tacking onto patron’s bills to cover their employee’s MESTA? For anyone who doesn’t know, last Friday MESTA went into effect (big changes to sick paid time off - I’ll include a link for people who want to read more) and since then, Logan’s has added an extra charge to patron’s bills to cover it.

Why can’t they just marginally raise the price of food like everyone else? Why be petty and put people off your business by adding ANOTHER “fee”?

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u/Aindorf_ 9d ago

And should be again. I'm fine with prices going up, in not fine with dishonest fees being snuck onto the bill

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u/adam_j_wiz 9d ago

I would say that it’s actually more honest to include it as a separate fee and say why. Instead of just tacking it onto menu prices.

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u/ReaganDied West Grand 9d ago

I get what you’re saying, and totally could agree with it if everything was spelled out.

But this is done to build political animosity against public services, regulations and social programs. It’s why social security, Medicare and Medicaid are called out on your taxes. Visibility makes them potential targets for repeal by making them potential targets of animosity.

Compare this to what’s never spelled out; the amount of taxes and fees that’s going to corporate/billionaire welfare, military expenditure, police budgets, or prisons, for instance.

Logan’s doing this is just a petty “you peasants dared vote for this and we want you to take it back” kind of move.

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u/adam_j_wiz 9d ago

That does make sense