CibbuanoFacebook used to catch diners that skip out on expensive meal
December 12th 2008 22:49
Ah, these young punks - a young man, his girlfriend and three others sat down at Seagrass restaurant in Melbourne, ordering expensive dishes and fine wines, running up a tab of over $500, only to run out on the bill, leaving the restaurant holding the doggy bag.
The crafty owner rolled up his sleeves and pulled a Sam Spade - he remembered that one of the guests asked for a waitress by name. She told him his name, he facebooked the name and found the cheeky monkey's page.
Then, the confrontation when he found out that the man worked at another restaurant in Melbourne
"Angered that it was workers from his own industry who had perpetrated the scam, he stormed down to the restaurant and confronted the restaurant owner, who promised to deal with the matter. Within hours, the restaurant manager arrived at Seagrass with the ringleader, who not only paid the bill, but left a generous tip for staff."
Later, he found out that the man and his girlfriend had been fired from the restaurant, but news of this was suprisingly omitted from the man's facebook page.
What? No status update?
"xxx is a thief who stole from a restaurant"
"xxx is a worm of a man that thought it'd be fun to run out on a bill"
My guess is that they thought they'd be 'wild' and 'crazy' by pulling a movie-style stunt like this, assuming that they'd never get caught. Of course, in real life, the police don't always get shot before they retire and do, in fact, catch simple-minded criminals.
Obviously, the lesson here is: never use Facebook.
Well, actually, the lesson is that the Internet holds a lot of information about you - watch what you release out there, or you'll get stuck in a position like this:Cool Wand!
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