Seems fine? You were already set to pay a specific total, I don’t see a problem putting the discount on to pocket the savings. Company still made a profit even after the discount, employee got a decent tip, and customer has not been cheated or exploited.
Profit margins for restaurants are typically in the single digits, so the company almost definitely lost money after the discount. A $25 tip for a $50 meal at Denny’s is a lot more than “decent”
That's not the right number to determine if they lost money on a single additional bill because most of their expenses are not affected by there being one more order when their already open.
Getting 1 additional order during a shift does not change their rent, wages, taxes, utilities (except water/energy used for that specific meal). It just uses some of their inventory.
And if they only get one discount per shift anyway, the cost of those discounts is factored in to the 2.2% anyway, even if this is larger than average
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u/strolpol 2d ago
Seems fine? You were already set to pay a specific total, I don’t see a problem putting the discount on to pocket the savings. Company still made a profit even after the discount, employee got a decent tip, and customer has not been cheated or exploited.