nice!

Good idea, but thievery is generally asshatery, and when you screw over a waiter or waitress, prepare for the ugly aftermath.

Keep the change.

Nothing new, but still a scummy way to make money.

Thought you were gonna say "Go into an expensive resturant and choke on food." But that's already been thought of, I guess.

/obscure?

Yeah, but what happens if they're going to pay by debit or credit card?

fuzzwell: Good idea, but thievery is generally asshatery, and when you screw over a waiter or waitress, prepare for the ugly aftermath.

How is the waitstaff getting screwed? I'd bet almost anything the diners had to pay the real bill too.

Best scam run on me- Small bar downtown, dirty looking guy walks in, asks for a strong drink. Then tells us he's here with the rodeo (which was in town) and in 2 days they wanted to rent out the place and get 200 steak dinners with an open bar, etc etc. While manager is excitedly running the numbers, to the point of telling the waitresses their expected gratuity, we turn around and the guy and unpaid-for drink are gone. Good one, bum.

CraicBaby: Yeah, but what happens if they're going to pay by debit or credit card?

"I'm so sorry, our machines are down right now. Darn computers, huh?"
Some waiters scam their employers by moving items around to charge twice for them and making sure the check is cash can be key in keeping that afloat. Not that I would ever...ah fark I did it, I was 18 and they deserved it.

CraicBaby: Yeah, but what happens if they're going to pay by debit or credit card?

Head straight to the airport and enjoy a nice vacation with your new credit card?

What an asshat.
The real server has to pay for this.
My wifey is a manager at a well known eatery and she told me this would be treated the same as a dine and dash.
The bastard should be flogged.

Instead of theft, I prefer the Tyler Durden method of adding something 'extra special' to the chowder.

necropoultryac:
The real server has to pay for this.
My wifey is a manager at a well known eatery and she told me this would be treated the same as a dine and dash.
The bastard should be flogged.

Where does she work? It's either super-corporate or someplace struggling. Unless it happens to you all the time, the server does not pay for a dine and dash. One place I would have liked to work had a rule about skipped checks- that they'd split the first one and the rest were up to you ("You should have been watching") I walked out of training right there.

Profit?

I wonder if his accomplice was outside posing as a valet.

Watch UK BBC "The Real Hustle" - old news people

i have done this. works better when you know what the staff wears there.

The guy made a million dollars.

How hard is it to remember the person who is actually waiting on you? Sheesh.

H_is_for_Heretic: Some waiters scam their employers by moving items around to charge twice for them and making sure the check is cash can be key in keeping that afloat. Not that I would ever...ah fark I did it, I was 18 and they deserved it.

Two receipts- one with drinks comes off the table, one without drinks is turned in to the management.

Actually, I've noticed that the times the waiter left drinks off the tab, we usually tip another dollar or two. They may be doing it on purpose, I don't know.

CrossEyed: How hard is it to remember the person who is actually waiting on you?

Because an excuse to cover it if they notice you're not their server would be so hard to come up with.

Actually, I've noticed that the times the waiter left drinks off the tab, we usually tip another dollar or two. They may be doing it on purpose, I don't know.

Speaking as a former bartender: most likly on purpose.

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H_is_for_Heretic: necropoultryac:
The real server has to pay for this.
My wifey is a manager at a well known eatery and she told me this would be treated the same as a dine and dash.
The bastard should be flogged.

Where does she work? It's either super-corporate or someplace struggling. Unless it happens to you all the time, the server does not pay for a dine and dash. One place I would have liked to work had a rule about skipped checks- that they'd split the first one and the rest were up to you ("You should have been watching") I walked out of training right there.

I've been a server for years at all kinds of establishments...I haven't worked any where that didn't make the server pay for a walk-out.

enjoyduff: The guy made a million dollars.

did he steal your jump to conclusions mat too?

H_is_for_Heretic: necropoultryac:
The real server has to pay for this.
My wifey is a manager at a well known eatery and she told me this would be treated the same as a dine and dash.
The bastard should be flogged.

Where does she work? It's either super-corporate or someplace struggling. Unless it happens to you all the time, the server does not pay for a dine and dash. One place I would have liked to work had a rule about skipped checks- that they'd split the first one and the rest were up to you ("You should have been watching") I walked out of training right there.

This happened to my cousin one summer while she was waitressing to save money for college (circa 1975). Some SOBs skipped out on her and she she got stuck covering the check. Basically worked for free that week. To this day I won't patronize that restaurant.

Kind of like a bail-out bank.

Dash and Dine?

I don't think I've ever been scammed at a restaurant. I take a quick look at the bill, give 'em the credit card, mark a broad slash in the "tip" line, write the actual food amount in the "total" space and then tip in cash.

How could anyone possibly fool with that?

necropoultryac: What an asshat.
The real server has to pay for this.
My wifey is a manager at a well known eatery and she told me this would be treated the same as a dine and dash.
The bastard should be flogged.

Not in California, it's illegal to make servers pay for dine & dashes. Servers just need to file a complaint with the state if they're forced to pay.

H_is_for_Heretic: "I'm so sorry, our machines are down right now. Darn computers, huh?"

That's the restaurant's problem then, if they have the Visa or AmEx sign by the door but can't run the card. Odds are I don't have enough cash on me anyway.

Who hands over cash without seeing the bill? I don't think it's legal to make the server pay for the dash. A local gas station was trying to make employees pay for drive offs, the owners of the gas station got in to a lot of trouble and had to pay the employees back.

A guy in my college dorm used to stand outside college bars and collect 'cover charges' for a few minutes before anyone caught on. Asshattery at its finest...

DblDad: A guy in my college dorm used to stand outside college bars and collect 'cover charges' for a few minutes before anyone caught on. Asshattery at its finest...

Asshattery at its finest yet, but Kind of stupidly Clever especially in a college town, yet its funny that the people inside didnt know about it. easy way to make cash definitely

benlonghair: Thought you were gonna say "Go into an expensive resturant and choke on food." But that's already been thought of, I guess.

/obscure?

That was a good book.

This was the subject of a Czech film from some years back: "Vrchni Prchni". A guy makes a living posing as a headwaiter and collecting the money from restaurant patrons. The chase scene involved dozens of tuxedoed waiter pursuing him through the street of a spa town.

DblDad: A guy in my college dorm used to stand outside college bars and collect 'cover charges' for a few minutes before anyone caught on. Asshattery at its finest...

A few weeks ago I was standing next to the door at a bar and a few people tried to hand me their ID's & asked if what the cover was, I could have made some cash.

What I want to know is: where the hell does pizza for three cost 96 bucks?

I hope the restaurant didn't make the customers pay the bill after the theft

"Pretty smart, huh?"
'Pretty smart...'

Yeah, making the employees pay is the height of asshattery.

When someone runs out, assuming the restaurant wasn't full, the employer just loses the cost of materials and cook's labor etc. If the server has to cover the whole bill, though, they're also paying for:

Restaurant fixed costs, profit, etc etc

In other words, if a guy comes in, uses $10 ($5 worth of food and $5 worth of cook's time), I'm betting the server still has to pay the $30 meal costs.

So your saying that "Door to Door Tax collecter" last week may have been a scam?

I had this guy once tell me that he was a "waiter captain," and should be given a gratuity the same as the waiter. I figured it might be some kind of scam, and so I just tipped the waiter a large amount and let him sort out who else to tip from that pile. I accidentally left my credit card at the place, and when I went back to retrieve it, discovered that the "captain" was actually a manager of sorts. Someone blocked my car in, and because the captain felt he had not been tipped appropriately, he was very slow in helping me get my car unblocked.

benlonghair: Thought you were gonna say "Go into an expensive resturant and choke on food." But that's already been thought of, I guess.

/obscure?

Oh yeah, I'm sure no one on Fark has ever heard of Chuck Palahniuk.

trancemission: benlonghair: Thought you were gonna say "Go into an expensive resturant and choke on food." But that's already been thought of, I guess.

/obscure?

Oh yeah, I'm sure no one on Fark has ever heard of Chuck Palahniuk.

Especially when the farking movie is about to come out.

/Can't remember the last time someone used "obscure?" and it actually was
//Pet peeve

A check is something from hockey. A cheque is something you pay.

I know this makes me a complete asshole, but I'm not too broken up about someone who thinks the world owes them a 20% tip regardless of the quality of service they give being ripped off. Tit for Tat, I say.

Especially when the farking movie is about to come out.

It's out. On DVD.

trancemission: trancemission: benlonghair: Thought you were gonna say "Go into an expensive resturant and choke on food." But that's already been thought of, I guess.

/obscure?

Oh yeah, I'm sure no one on Fark has ever heard of Chuck Palahniuk.

Especially when the farking movie is about to come out.

/Can't remember the last time someone used "obscure?" and it actually was
//Pet peeve

You've never put it together that people don't actually think it's super-obscure when they end it with 'obscure?'

Blurfle: through the street of a spa town

Which happens to be where I was born.

/Karlovy Vary is the name of the town

I've always preferred walking around the restaurant, introducing myself as the manager to other patrons, asking them how they enjoyed the food, and telling them the meal's on me.

A friend of mine told me when he was in high school he worked in a gas station. He sat in a booth and got paid to do his homework. The LP gas filler upper could only be used in increments of 5.00 meaning if you need $ 16 worth of propane you paid $20 bucks for it. The cash register would take the $16 no problem. After a few LP gas customers there would be an overage.

With the overage my friend would have a pizza delivered and paid for it with the extra funds.