A cafe customer said they were “shocked and angry’ after they failed to check the bill before eating breakfast.
While many small businesses are struggling due to the cost-of-living crisis, people are getting shocked by the amount of money that they have been charged.
Lee, who went to a local cafe in Darwin over the weekend, asked for two iced lattes and two egg rolls.
The total bill for the items included an avocado for the rolls and an ice cream for the coffees, which came to a shocking amount of money ($77).
According to Lee, she was unaware of the additional fees, and she was partly responsible for her poor decision to ignore the menu and the price.
The egg rolls were priced at $19 each, while the avocado cost $3.
The coffees were $10 each, and the ice cream added an additional $6 to the total bill.
A Sunday surcharge was also charged, which Lee didn’t blame the establishment for.
Despite the high price, she noted that it was just a symptom of the larger issue of inflation caused by the unregulated profiteering of large corporations in Australia.
The rising cost of living is forcing small businesses to pass on higher expenses to their customers.
According to Lee, Australians are starting to realize that the crisis is not due to higher wages, but because of the excessive power granted to large corporations.
She noted that businesses will be hard-pressed to attract customers due to the high prices.
They also sympathized with small business owners who are struggling due to the rising cost of living.
However, they noted that the government should take immediate action to prevent large corporations from jacking up the prices of their products.