Kyanar:

 

sir1963:

 

Bottom line is, like any other business they are entitled to charge what they like, and if it upsets you that much, go to one of the places that is not open.

 

 

Or, alternatively, go to one of the places that is open, charging regular price, for regular service. Your argument is a strawman.

 

If they are open, go for it, that business too is entitled to charge what it wants.

But lets do some math

On minimum wage for staff of $23/hr. Ordinary day for 8 hours the cost it $184.

For public holidays at time and a half it comes to $34.5/hr, so for 8 hours thats $276 extra cost per employee....minimum, because they STILL get a paid day off.

Assume 4 staff on, thats over $1000 of EXTRA cost over and above a "regular" day that you expect the business to suck it up...."because". And thats not including the work done after hours in cleaning and prepping for the next day.

Assume they make $2 profit on a medium flat white, they would need to sell 500 extra coffees that day or 62.5 per hour on just over 1 per minute to break even.

And they have the audacity to charge 10% on a $30 breakfast ($3) to cover the extra costs.

Now if we assume its an good cafe, something like Cuba St Cafe in Palmy, on weekends they are already busy, and they don't pay penal rates, so I am unsure where they are going to get the same busy and then have even MORE people because already you struggle to get somewhere to sit. So now for the effective same turn over they have significantly higher costs ( and they have more than 4 staff on) so you can cheap out on the cafe you claim enjoy.