Then, why does the tea fee often become the fuse of the contradiction between diners and restaurants? There are two main reasons. Speaking of "buying and selling", the most domineering sentence of some restaurants and the most unconvinced sentence of diners is: "Whether you drink tea or not, you have to charge." Xibei Youmian Village has a similar statement. This logic is absurd, it is better to replace "tea" with "dish". Which restaurant dares to say that "there is a charge for eating this dish or not"? The behavior of "buying and selling hard" not only violates market ethics, but also is not allowed by relevant laws. The second is "fish in troubled waters", shoddy and profiteering. Although each diner pays only a few yuan for tea, compared with the cost of restaurants, the profit margin of tea is still huge, no less than meals and drinks. According to previous reports, the tea purchased by some restaurants is only a few yuan per catty. How can this be regarded as tea? The industry calls it "junk tea". A few dollars a catty, distributed to each diners, the cost is negligible.
To tell you the truth, I have no objection to the restaurant charging for tea. After all, people are open for business, and we have no right to ask the other party to provide them for free. But it must be collected clearly to protect diners' right to know and choose. It is acceptable that when ordering food, operators should remind diners that the restaurant does not provide free tea service, and pay relevant fees when necessary, so that diners can understand the consumption items and choose whether to buy according to their own needs. At the same time, tea should be collected reasonably to ensure the quality of tea, and inferior tea or expired tea should not be used to make up the number, which will harm the health of diners.