• gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org
    8·
    1 day ago

    every step is about 30% of the total cost so far

    so, it might cost $1 to get the equipment for getting fish out of the sea (buying nets, buying ships, etc.)

    • then, it costs 30c to pay labor to get the fish out of the sea, making $1.30 in total
    • 30% of that is 39c for packaging so it makes $1.69 in total
    • then 30% extra for processing it (cooking) which is 50c, makes $2.19 in total
    • the waiter wants 30% tip so that’s 66c making a total of $2.85

    every step seems to get more expensive than the one before it

    • Leviathan@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 day ago

      Well yeah, because the waiter is getting a tip based on a percentage of the cost of all the work done before him.