Well, this takes the cake.
A family was shocked to discover they were charged 20 euros — about $22 — to have their cake cut into 20 pieces.
The group was celebrating a birthday at an unidentified restaurant in Palermo, Sicily.
They ordered about $130 worth of pizza and drinks, not including the “20 X Servizio Torta” fee, which translates to “20 x cake service,” according to a receipt obtained by Newsflash.
This isn’t the first time an Italian restaurant has come under fire for questionable charges.
A traveler recently took to TripAdvisor to vent after noticing a surprise 2 euro bill surcharge at a restaurant in the upscale Lake Como region — for having her sandwich cut in half.
The unidentified woman, visiting from nearby Milan, had ordered a vegetarian sandwich — with french fries stuffed inside — at Bar Pace in Gera Lario, at the lake’s northern end.
After munching on the meatless snack with a friend, the disgruntled diner was shocked by the bill.
She coughed up without complaining, but later posted the negative review, arguing she had never asked for the sandwich to be cut in half.
“Unbelievable but true,” the person captioned a photo of the receipt on TripAdvisor.
The restaurant’s co-owner has defended the fee.
“We had to use two plates instead of one and the time to wash them doubled, and then two placemats,” owner Cristina Biacchi told La Repubblica, an Italian newspaper.
“To cut it in half took us some time, and work must be paid for.”
She also noted that the customer did not complain or question the charge and clarified that she would have removed the charge from the bill if someone had raised an issue.
These fairly small fees are nothing compared to the massive bills tourists in Mykonos, Greece, have shared.
DK Oyster Bar has repeatedly been accused of scamming tourists out of hundreds.
A newlywed couple was outraged to learn they were stuck with a $570 bill, while a couple from Montana griped about an $860 bill for light bites.
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