Alex 37626 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 ITV News just now, man. The government are literally throwing away billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and one of the main stories is about a couple who may have left pubs without paying for their food up to 3 times in east anglia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46059 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 17/11/2020 at 18:55, Alex said: ITV News just now, man. The government are literally throwing away billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and one of the main stories is about a couple who may have left pubs without paying for their food up to 3 times in east anglia Expand It’s the same principle they used to con people in to Brexit. Cunts. Every single one of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 17/11/2020 at 18:55, Alex said: ITV News just now, man. The government are literally throwing away billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and one of the main stories is about a couple who may have left pubs without paying for their food up to 3 times in east anglia Expand I did that the other month, completely by accident. Taxi arrived and I just hopped in it as was outside smoking and forgot I hadn't paid. Worst part is people who'd dined with me refused to pay when confronted :lol: was going to go back and pay but never got round to it. Don't tell Durham Constabulary though, I'm in enough trouble already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11392 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Years ago we went for a meal at Roast in London's Borough Market. Waitress brought the bill after 2 full Sunday lunches, with 3 courses and a couple of extra sides and a bottle of wine. Should have been about £150? Bill showed we'd only been charged for the sides and the wine, so about £50? No idea how they fucked it up, but I wasn't going to argue. Figured we'd only pay the full amount if we were challenged, then did that highly-suspect "we're not guilty at all" exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 24385 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) On 18/11/2020 at 09:17, The Fish said: Years ago we went for a meal at Roast in London's Borough Market. Waitress brought the bill after 2 full Sunday lunches, with 3 courses and a couple of extra sides and a bottle of wine. Should have been about £150? Bill showed we'd only been charged for the sides and the wine, so about £50? No idea how they fucked it up, but I wasn't going to argue. Figured we'd only pay the full amount if we were challenged, then did that highly-suspect "we're not guilty at all" exit. Expand That's a bit shitty tbh. Edited November 18, 2020 by Renton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46059 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 £150 for two Sunday lunches? You robbed the thieves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46059 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 09:26, Renton said: That's a bit shitty tbh. Expand They charge £20 for a roast vegetable and feta cheese salad. I’d be taking the tableware, glasses and chairs out with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11392 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 09:26, Renton said: That's a bit shitty tbh. Expand How so? The restaurant fucked up, the restaurant who feel perfectly comfortable charging nigh on a tenner for a sausage roll starter. We didn't lie, we didn't leg it, we gave them plenty of time to correct their mistake, but they didn't. That's on them. Food was delicious, tasted even sweeter at a 3rd of the price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37626 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 The only time I’ve ever walked out of somewhere without paying was La Tasca, the (non-English) tapas place that used to be behind Malmaison. We asked for the bill about 4 times. It never arrived so after about 20 minutes we just walked out the main door completely unchallenged. My lass even said ‘bye’ to our waitress on the way out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 37687 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 09:50, Alex said: The only time I’ve ever walked out of somewhere without paying was La Tasca, the (non-English) tapas place that used to be behind Malmaison. We asked for the bill about 4 times. It never arrived so after about 20 minutes we just walked out the main door completely unchallenged. My lass even said ‘bye’ to our waitress on the way out Expand 'Hello? Hello? I'd that News at ten? Hi, I'd like to report a story for your show tonight......Yep, another non-payer of restaurant bills.......remoaner, you say?......oh definitely. Probably ordered quinoa and lentils, lol.' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 37626 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46059 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 09:50, Alex said: The only time I’ve ever walked out of somewhere without paying was La Tasca, the (non-English) tapas place that used to be behind Malmaison. We asked for the bill about 4 times. It never arrived so after about 20 minutes we just walked out the main door completely unchallenged. My lass even said ‘bye’ to our waitress on the way out Expand The only time I’ve ever been there, we walked without paying either- we didn’t actually order anything, though, because we waited half an hour after being seated and no one had even come to take a drinks order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11392 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 09:58, Monkeys Fist said: The only time I’ve ever been there, we walked without paying either- we didn’t actually order anything, though, because we waited half an hour after being seated and no one had even come to take a drinks order. Expand Same happened for us. Wouldn't happen in an English tapas cucina, let me tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46059 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 10:13, The Fish said: Same happened for us. Wouldn't happen in an English tapas cucina, let me tell you. Expand If the grape in your drink has time to defrost, time to hit the road.… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 46059 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 The racists are getting their fanny hairs knotted because Sainsburys have a black family in part of their Christmas ad. Goodwill to All Men… except the brown ones, eh? Cunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 24385 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 09:48, The Fish said: How so? The restaurant fucked up, the restaurant who feel perfectly comfortable charging nigh on a tenner for a sausage roll starter. We didn't lie, we didn't leg it, we gave them plenty of time to correct their mistake, but they didn't. That's on them. Food was delicious, tasted even sweeter at a 3rd of the price. Expand Presumably you knew how expensive the place was and made the voluntary decision to eat there. And then you freely admit the food was delicious and are actually seemingly proud of underpaying. I dunno, just think that's dishonest (lying by omission) and personally I would have asked for the bill I was supposed to get, especiallyfor a substantial amount. Let's hope some minimum wager or zero hourer didn't get shit for your dishonesty, because its quite likely someone did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11392 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 16:45, Renton said: Presumably you knew how expensive the place was and made the voluntary decision to eat there. And then you freely admit the food was delicious and are actually seemingly proud of underpaying. I dunno, just think that's dishonest (lying by omission) and personally I would have asked for the bill I was supposed to get, especiallyfor a substantial amount. Let's hope some minimum wager or zero hourer didn't get shit for your dishonesty, because its quite likely someone did. Expand I paid precisely the amount I was charged. I didn't secretly steal extra food from someone else's plate, or wipe the memory of any waiter who served me. Hell, I even left a decent tip (not a huge tip, c'mon who do you think I am?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 24385 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I know, but I just think maybe you should look at it from the other person's perspective (waitress or whatever). We all make mistakes after all. I actually walked out a restaurant without paying for the first time ever this summer. Wife left with kids before me, I thought she had paid, but she hadn't. Went back to pay the next day but they'd written the bill off and they had no mechanism for me to pay then. Mind, this was scratter prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33963 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I only once knowingly underpaid. It was my own fault that in my childish naivety I entered an Aberdeen Angus Steakhouse. After two attempts they still couldn't cook either of our steaks correctly so I took their pen and struck the charge for the steaks off the bill and left them the remainder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33963 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 16:51, The Fish said: I paid precisely the amount I was charged. I didn't secretly steal extra food from someone else's plate, or wipe the memory of any waiter who served me. Hell, I even left a decent tip (not a huge tip, c'mon who do you think I am?). Expand You're a monster. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/mar/10/do-restaurants-really-make-staff-pay-when-customers-do-a-runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14195 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 It happened to me once, the bar/restaurant I was in had two separate tabs going for food & alcoholic drinks. So they’d basically chalked off about £50 worth of drinks. We used to go regularly so we came clean. Plus you know it’s always going to be the minimum wage worker that pays for it. Also next time we went in we would have looked like dickheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 24385 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 17:04, ewerk said: I only once knowingly underpaid. It was my own fault that in my childish naivety I entered an Aberdeen Angus Steakhouse. After two attempts they still couldn't cook either of our steaks correctly so I took their pen and struck the charge for the steaks off the bill and left them the remainder. Expand Confident enough to strike off part of a bill yet stupid enough to go to an Aberdeen Angus Steakhouse? Does not compute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Did they itemise the spit that was almost certainly added on their second attempt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33963 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 It was my first time in that there London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7890 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 18/11/2020 at 16:45, Renton said: Presumably you knew how expensive the place was and made the voluntary decision to eat there. And then you freely admit the food was delicious and are actually seemingly proud of underpaying. I dunno, just think that's dishonest (lying by omission) and personally I would have asked for the bill I was supposed to get, especiallyfor a substantial amount. Let's hope some minimum wager or zero hourer didn't get shit for your dishonesty, because its quite likely someone did. Expand Bet you're fun at parties Rentsy baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now