Public Holiday Surcharges - your thoughts?

[ahmad]

We needed to eat out last night. Thought we'd try a restaurant we hadn't been to before, even though we'd heard it was a little over-rated and over-priced.

Phoned ahead to check they were open, and asked if there was a public holiday surcharge. Yes there was, and it wasn't 15% or 10% - it was 20%.

20%??

Sorry, I continued ringing around until we found a place that did NOT charge extra for dining on a public holiday. Luckily we didn't end up at McDonalds.

Do you mind paying extra to eat out on Public Holidays? I obviously made a conscientious decision to avoid doing so.