Did you ever dine and dash & how old were you?

[LingerLonger]

When I was a bouncer we had a group of guys order some really expensive drinks and shots and try to leave without paying. One of them stupidly ran through the emergency exit and I tackled him and dragged him into the bar and physically restrained him until police and fire units arrived. I had to choke him out twice to calm him down. They were Irish car bombs and some other shots of top liquor. Dudes were college students, all White, just being idiots.

Altogether he was banned from the bar, and his friends whom he ratted on were as well, and had to pay a huge fine to the police. The bar owner also made him and his friends compensate the bar for losing the rest of business that night as we had to close the bar because the emergency door being opened caused a fire alarm. If he had just ran away I would not have chased him down. But he opened the fire exit like a retard.

His parents begged us not to make it public beyond it being in the court record. Nor tell the school. So everyone kept it quiet so he didn't lose his scholarship. But I just looked his name up for fun and he died of the clot shot apparently.

 

[Mustard]

Never dined and dashed but I do have a vivid memory of what I always presumed to be one: I was in the backseat while we were passing a Denny's and a fat guy ran out just as we were coming to the stoplight and an equally fat waitress ran out after him and chased him down the sidewalk. I was like 9 and it was hysterical watching this fatty chase another fatty.

 

[Ronnie G]

I've always had a lot of empathy for restaurant workers – everyone but the owner struggles to make a living – so I've never walked out after eating, no matter how terrible the service.

I had a grocery store deli hookup when I first moved out on my own though. I got to know another kid in his early 20s who worked the counter and he would throw away the label after slicing me up an lb of Boar's Head goodness. It probably happened less than 10 times and he eventually got fired, but taking home $20 worth of free meat as a young dude was a sweet deal.

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

How would I know?

Well “I got distracted” and “I was shitfaced” are a little different.

 

[wbgreen]

Yup, between the ages of 13-15.

We had a shit-ton of walking distance restaurants. Did it routinely until one time a cook chased after us and my friend with asthma got caught. The cook brought him back to the restaurant by the arm, then called the cops. The cops made his mom pay the bill and that was that. This fucking line cook (white) wasn't part owner or anything, he was a normal middle-aged wagey that ran a good distance through woods in a dead sprint just to nab a 13 year old dork who took his boss for an $8 omelet.

Some wagey's, man.

That's some Asian shit right there.

 

[Jenna]

Outback Steakhouse, a friend had a $75 gift card but then the Outback didn't have the Bloomin Onion available. The bill was 80-something, we just left the gift card and bounced. How do you not have onions?

 

[Dog Eater]

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Outback Steakhouse, a friend had a $75 gift card but then the Outback didn't have the Bloomin Onion available. The bill was 80-something, we just left the gift card and bounced. How do you not have onions?

Jew saves $5. News at 11.

 

[DMbA]

i dont think i have been to a "real restaurant" where they dont ask for money up front so no

 

[BUBBLER]

Yup, between the ages of 13-15.

We had a shit-ton of walking distance restaurants. Did it routinely until one time a cook chased after us and my friend with asthma got caught. The cook brought him back to the restaurant by the arm, then called the cops. The cops made his mom pay the bill and that was that. This fucking line cook (white) wasn't part owner or anything, he was a normal middle-aged wagey that ran a good distance through woods in a dead sprint just to nab a 13 year old dork who took his boss for an $8 omelet.

Some wagey's, man.

Should've just raped him and left it at that

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

i dont think i have been to a "real restaurant" where they dont ask for money up front so no

That’s trashy but admirable on some level.

 

[Cartoon Redux]

I never did it. Always seemed like extra niggery behavior to me.

 

[Turry Precision ™®©]

I was 20 or 21 and it wasn't my idea. My buddy Luc and I went out on payday and did a bit of coke and some mdma and wandered around Ottawa just having a time. It was probably around 1:30 when we wandered into the Lone Star Grill. Luc insisted he'd pay because I'd gone home and left most of my pay and my card before we went downtown.

So we ordered some fawkin nachos, pitcher of beer, tequila shots and whatever else. Sat there a while and realized I was too fucked up to be drinking much more so I told him it was time to go. He starts laughing and says "I have no money, me." (quebecer babble) and shows me an empty wallet. Well fuck. Two bouncers at the front door watching like hawks so we have to go out the emergency exit.

I make him go first - he pushes the door and the fawking alarm starts blaring and he's just walking all casual. "Luc the alarm! Go tabernak!" Nothing. Luc's in lala land so I shove him out of the short passageway to the street and take off.

Monday morning rolls around and he's not on the job site. The brickies start interrogating me because they know Luc and I were going out Friday so I tell them the story and we all have a good laugh, they bust my balls for running off on him, assure me I'll be carrying his load and we speculate about what happened.

Can't have been much later than 8:30 that he turns up, drags himself out of his car and says "What happened Friday night? I can't remember, me." He dimly remembered the bar and when I mentioned the dine and dash he chuckled. Apparently he didn't hear the alarm at all and when I pushed him he thought somebody was trying to fight him. So he's standing there looking for whoever pushed him (I had both legs back then so I was long gone) and the bouncers come out the door and tackle his dumb ass into some newspaper boxes.

Cracked a couple ribs then he got to spend a night in the care of the OCP while they figured out a court date for him. He didn't give up my name though - Luc and I were fawkin tight. We chirped at each other about it and went back to busting our asses. Got my hard hat got my coffee etc.

 

[whyarewedoingthisagain_mybb]

Walked out on a $100+ bill at The Slaughtered Lamb in Manhattan about 30 years ago. The server was taking for-fucking-ever to come back to take the cash, so I walked out with my younger brother, and my mother followed behind a minute later. We were TRYING to pay but the wait was beyond ludicrous. Not sure why we didn't go look for him, but eh fuck it. I don't feel bad.

Your mother waited until the server came back a minute after you left.

 

[Dennyislife]

Once. We were in this fantastic country pub that was no bigger than a home and in the middle of nowhere. Really nice couple running it. We were the type of people to take our empty glasses to the bar when going so it wasn't like we snuck out.

We were in a group and later in the day I asked who I owned money for the bill realising I hadn't paid. It then dawned on us nobody paid and we waved bye to the people behind the staff and thanked them while stealing.

 

[Uncle Floyd]

Your mother waited until the server came back a minute after you left.

Nah, she was the most niggerish woman I knew.

She probably blew the guy for a free lunch thirty minutes earlier.

 

[NortheastPhilly]

When I was a bouncer we had a group of guys order some really expensive drinks and shots and try to leave without paying. One of them stupidly ran through the emergency exit and I tackled him and dragged him into the bar and physically restrained him until police and fire units arrived. I had to choke him out twice to calm him down. They were Irish car bombs and some other shots of top liquor. Dudes were college students, all White, just being idiots.

Altogether he was banned from the bar, and his friends whom he ratted on were as well, and had to pay a huge fine to the police. The bar owner also made him and his friends compensate the bar for losing the rest of business that night as we had to close the bar because the emergency door being opened caused a fire alarm. If he had just ran away I would not have chased him down. But he opened the fire exit like a retard.

His parents begged us not to make it public beyond it being in the court record. Nor tell the school. So everyone kept it quiet so he didn't lose his scholarship. But I just looked his name up for fun and he died of the clot shot apparently.

One time at the bar there was this creepy young Arab dude that ran up a huge bar tab, ordering shots for everyone all night, and at the end he had insufficient funds. Scottish bartender fucking screamed at him and the bouncer blocked the door, we werent gonna let him leave until he paid or we’d call the cops. He wound up begging someone over the phone to Venmo him and he paid.

This same dude a short while later, wound up on some community Facebook page that said “If you see this guy, he put something in my friends drink and tried raping her”