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Nice pictures and the idea of showing the menus is a nice idea.
I wish to talk about your bill that you posted.
As the ITBIS is supposed to be 16% then it stands to reason that your meals of 740 pesos should have an ITBIS of 118.40 pesos. As they charged you 120 pesos it should be apparent that the person is lacking in the mathematical department or there is the tendency to overcharge. The same is true for the 10% service charge. Unless my math is way off that figure should be 74 pesos and not 75.
This indicates that you overpaid 2.60 pesos > 3 pesos in taxes and I am pretty sure the state and staff didn’t receive that over charge.
Please don’t think that I am just being picky because I am. Though the feasibility of people like you and I being able to afford such a meal regardless of a small overcharge here and there pales in the realization that if you multiply that small overcharge across the board of patrons it really adds up.
If they do this with tourists I can assure you they do it with locals and the locals are the ones that may not be able to afford the 2 or 3 peso here and there. Also the fact that if allowed to continue this practice of deception then the possibility of that deception escalating is almost assured.
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