Dine and Dash (as in, not paying for your meal)

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BTW as a larger guy, I am impressed by these diners ability to dash/ditch so quickly....lol Perhaps the Bears should give them a tryout? lol

Maybe they practiced in Chicago after a nice deep dish...lol

All I am picturing is the old Superfans SNL skits and now State Farm commercial. Da-bears!
 
Yesterday was Mother's Day and I took my wife and two kids to Via Napoli in Epcot for dinner. We were seated next to two overweight woman, one white one black, and a young boy child, maybe 6-7 years old. They looked to be from Chicago seeing all of the Chicago Bears football team stuff they had on. I am being extra descriptive to give you a picture in your mind of what they looked like.

Anyway, I noticed when they were done with their meal they were acting strange. One woman put the backpack on on her kid, got up, and left towards the front exit. I thought nothing of it at first because maybe they needed to be somewhere or go to the bathroom or something. But then the other woman a minute later started looking around, and then just stared over at our waiter. As soon as the waiter turned his back and left the area, she bolted for the exit! I knew almost immediately that they were doing a "dine and dash". I saw no bill on their table, nor did I remember seeing the server bring a bill.

Sure enough, the waiter came over and wondered where they went. I told him I think they left without paying. As time went by, our suspicions were confirmed. What a bunch of jerks! I don't understand how you can afford to go to Disney World, but can't afford food?

My question is:
- Since the people eating most likely reserved their table with a credit card (because it was Mother's Day and there was no walk-up seating), can they track these people down?
- Not being in the food industry, does this happen often?
- And what can/does Disney World do about this?

It really pisses me off because we all have to pay more in higher food prices to cover the losses from people who steal!

Your post would have come off much more credible had you not started it off with the ignorant "descriptive" comments. Why does it matter if the people were underweight or overweight? Why does it matter what gender they were? Why does it matter what race they were? What's the difference?...oh wait, it doesn't make a difference, it just makes you come off poorly.

I'm sure Disney has their own way and policy of dealing with people (no matter their weight, gender, race) that commit this type of crime.
 
The problem with that kind of policy is a $200 bill doesn't cost the restaurant $200. I have heard of some places holding the server accountable for a portion if they were negligent and not paying attention (in the bathroom smoking or outside etc), but no decent establishment would charge their server menu cost for food actually cost the restaurant significantly less.

I am sure there some mom & pops and family establishments who try stuff like that, but they soon end up on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares.

That would essentially be the same thing as charging your employees if they break glassware or accidentally drop food. There is a certain +/- built into monthly numbers where comps are accounted for.

1) Staff should not be charged for theft by patrons unless they violate some policy that was in place to deter/prevent the theft...

2) The loss is not the cost - it's the sale.
 
The description WOULD be important when telling the police. We, however, are not the police.
 

BTW as a larger guy, I am impressed by these diners ability to dash/ditch so quickly....lol Perhaps the Bears should give them a tryout? lol

Maybe they practiced in Chicago after a nice deep dish...lol

All I am picturing is the old Superfans SNL skits and now State Farm commercial. Da-bears!

Being that the diners were from Chicago, I was relieved to read that this didn't result in a homicide.
 
I'm going to try and communicate without any descriptors for the rest of the day. We'll see how far I get. This thread makes me:lmao: and :rolleyes:
 
I dont know how to feel on this one, i really dont care what the people looked like and i could have been just as upset at the fact that 2 women and and a child did a dine and dash. WE didnt need the graphic description of them....

However, i am a bears fan not from Chicago but i am not overweight by that much and i am not a woman so i am not that offended:lmao:
 
I'm suprised they were not wearing Yankee clorhing... :eek:


Just kidding folks..
 
Please note that dining discussion belongs on the Restaurant boards :thumbsup2
 
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