It’s actually shocking people protest for this, yet don’t protest over the myriad of more serious issues we have in this country
Rulmeq on
No VAT no Vote is fucking hilarious, who are they going to vote for, the other neo-liberal parties that are out there?
Key_Guide8475 on
Maybe if they didn’t gouge the country during the COVID lockdowns people might have a bit of empathy for them.
eo37 on
Lads you had your chance to show the 9% works and instead you increased prices and took the profits. There is no sympathy out there for you.
voyager__22 on
The neck of that crowd. In my experience as a employee and tech consultant, the most arrogant toxic workplaces – and owners – have been hospitality businesses. They literally expect you to work for free and be thankful.
When the days are good and the till is flowing with cash, is there a kick back to staff? A little bonus? Absolutely not. Greed takes over.
Same does for during COVID, no reducing prices when the VAT was at 9%.
Now they want taxpayers to forgo circa €600 to €800 million to give them a tax break. No. Pay yer taxes and pipe down.
ssssssdddddddd11111 on
It’s hard to have sympathy for them when most of them are charging between 20-25 euro for a fish and chips or burger and chips in these gastro pubs or fancy burger joints.
Busy-Rule-6049 on
Ah come on have a bit of sympathy, they want to pay a decent wage and they want to pay some sick pay but just not now. They will do in the future tho, promise
IrishFeeney92 on
Fair play to them. Far too often this sub criticises people for not taking action. People are rightly upset that government is fucking over small business and the reaction is begrudgery. Stay classy /r/ireland
MushuFromSpace on
The neck of these gougers.
BenderRodriguez14 on
Entitlement personified. Outside of 2009-11ish, hospitality in Dublin (or other hotspots in Ireland) has typically been the definition of easy mode.
Charge Swiss prices, pay dogs hit wages, dole out zero hour contracts, have a government happy to continue to flood in endless migrant workers to make it easier to cheat staff. And very poor regulation/enforcement making it easy to hire people without visas far below anything resembling minimum wage or with nlany protections.
A local customer base who are a lot easier to please than many other countries (and who absolutely will not complain if dissatisfied), and who don’t ha e a good history of ‘voting with their wallet’ if you overcharge.
One of the higher per capita tourism rates on the planet (though that has been slipping as they have been gouging out the less wealthy ones. And those wealthy ones are more than happy to spend absurd money on big basic stuff or spend €10+ a pint if it means they can say they got drunk in Ireland. Not to mention a huge number of American tourists, where they legitimately take getting ripped off as a mark of pride/status at times, while leaving big tips as standard.
Up to hundreds of millions to be made by just letting asylum seekers stay instead at a prime rate, with no need to provide much of anything for them.
Tax cuts especially for you, to get people to visit you more often, with no obligation to cut prices (or try to at least limit price growth) accordingly in good faith.
MUP, which came about solely to stop house parties that came about during the recession be far more expensive to strongly nudge them back to pubs.
On and on it goes. These folks have put themselves (as an industry, obviously there are some good ones) where they are entirely in the name of short term greed.
Now the gravy train seems it might be coming to an end, because they broke the engine and alienated the passengers. I have a feeling FFG will be rushing to help them soon enough as always, but I would be delighted to be proven wrong.
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It’s actually shocking people protest for this, yet don’t protest over the myriad of more serious issues we have in this country
No VAT no Vote is fucking hilarious, who are they going to vote for, the other neo-liberal parties that are out there?
Maybe if they didn’t gouge the country during the COVID lockdowns people might have a bit of empathy for them.
Lads you had your chance to show the 9% works and instead you increased prices and took the profits. There is no sympathy out there for you.
The neck of that crowd. In my experience as a employee and tech consultant, the most arrogant toxic workplaces – and owners – have been hospitality businesses. They literally expect you to work for free and be thankful.
When the days are good and the till is flowing with cash, is there a kick back to staff? A little bonus? Absolutely not. Greed takes over.
Same does for during COVID, no reducing prices when the VAT was at 9%.
Now they want taxpayers to forgo circa €600 to €800 million to give them a tax break. No. Pay yer taxes and pipe down.
It’s hard to have sympathy for them when most of them are charging between 20-25 euro for a fish and chips or burger and chips in these gastro pubs or fancy burger joints.
Ah come on have a bit of sympathy, they want to pay a decent wage and they want to pay some sick pay but just not now. They will do in the future tho, promise
Fair play to them. Far too often this sub criticises people for not taking action. People are rightly upset that government is fucking over small business and the reaction is begrudgery. Stay classy /r/ireland
The neck of these gougers.
Entitlement personified. Outside of 2009-11ish, hospitality in Dublin (or other hotspots in Ireland) has typically been the definition of easy mode.
Charge Swiss prices, pay dogs hit wages, dole out zero hour contracts, have a government happy to continue to flood in endless migrant workers to make it easier to cheat staff. And very poor regulation/enforcement making it easy to hire people without visas far below anything resembling minimum wage or with nlany protections.
A local customer base who are a lot easier to please than many other countries (and who absolutely will not complain if dissatisfied), and who don’t ha e a good history of ‘voting with their wallet’ if you overcharge.
One of the higher per capita tourism rates on the planet (though that has been slipping as they have been gouging out the less wealthy ones. And those wealthy ones are more than happy to spend absurd money on big basic stuff or spend €10+ a pint if it means they can say they got drunk in Ireland. Not to mention a huge number of American tourists, where they legitimately take getting ripped off as a mark of pride/status at times, while leaving big tips as standard.
Up to hundreds of millions to be made by just letting asylum seekers stay instead at a prime rate, with no need to provide much of anything for them.
Tax cuts especially for you, to get people to visit you more often, with no obligation to cut prices (or try to at least limit price growth) accordingly in good faith.
MUP, which came about solely to stop house parties that came about during the recession be far more expensive to strongly nudge them back to pubs.
On and on it goes. These folks have put themselves (as an industry, obviously there are some good ones) where they are entirely in the name of short term greed.
Now the gravy train seems it might be coming to an end, because they broke the engine and alienated the passengers. I have a feeling FFG will be rushing to help them soon enough as always, but I would be delighted to be proven wrong.