Another person in a different thread[1] mentioned his city where businesses are tacking "living wage surcharges" onto their bills! So now the customer is paying your payroll?

I'm convinced this is the inevitable end-state of American business: Advertise $0 for all products, and then opaquely "pass through" everything as fees when the customer goes to check out.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37141091

Sounds like how free apps work.

maybe a "free food" restaurant with upcharges for calories? more for protein calories? expensive diet plans?

I’ve been to a running sushi restaurant where you pay for your time at the table, and if your stomach is large enough and if you don’t waste your time, the food gets ridiculously cheap.

Suffice to say it didn’t help my BMI at all.

SF does it. They justified it as fee to offset cost of doing business.