Originally Posted by
PDXOutbound
...Glad I moved out of SF, that would drive me nuts to see owners of these places charging for the health care bill...it called the cost of doing business...
First time that I saw this in SF was in a place where the service was rather ordinary and we were querulous about it, to say the least.
Our companions, who were local, said that the proprietor of this restaurant had been an outspoken opponent of the measure and had placed it on the bills in order to continually call attention to its absurdities.
Therefore, my response was to deduct it from whatever I had thought the waitstaff was worth that evening and think no more about it.