DiscoSteve
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Doing a runner
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pride in battle
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Never done it and never contemplated doing it...#Scum
Most Saturday afternoons when I was about 11/12 we would sneak into Middleton baths before going to Tommys chippy afterwards.
Figured out quite quickly that as you queued up to pay they threw the receipt into a box once you’d paid. I’d have a quick rummage through on the way past and find one which just had chips and gravy or something cheap before going into the dining area and ordering the full shebang of pudding chips peas gravy and a coke and just paying for chips and gravy. I was quite proud until I read this thread..
I’m a scumbag who deserves jail time. Hope this confession helps me when I get to the pearly gates..
Figured out quite quickly that as you queued up to pay they threw the receipt into a box once you’d paid. I’d have a quick rummage through on the way past and find one which just had chips and gravy or something cheap before going into the dining area and ordering the full shebang of pudding chips peas gravy and a coke and just paying for chips and gravy. I was quite proud until I read this thread..
I’m a scumbag who deserves jail time. Hope this confession helps me when I get to the pearly gates..
A ****’s truck done by people with no morals.
What next? Hit and run will be OK I suppose.
Spot on. It's theft, and a shithouse's trick. Fully grown adults walking out without paying and thinking that's okay. You're a fucking thief.
bluetonium
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Have noticed most places now insist on a deposit for advance bookings, can't really blame them, but it's the walk-ins that are more likely the problem. Good suggestion above to take a penny like petrol pumps do, buy I can see a few punters being 'offended' and waking away whilst people get used to it.
Only time I have ever done anything remotely like this was when we had a birthday bash years back where we hired out the venue and the guy tried to charge us more than we'd agreed over the phone. Owner said he was unavailable to resolve, so we left the money we had agreed on and not what they asked for. As we left the owner magically appeared from inside and chased us down the road. I think I read once that you're actually entitled to pay what you think the meal was worth, not sure how that would stand up.
Only time I have ever done anything remotely like this was when we had a birthday bash years back where we hired out the venue and the guy tried to charge us more than we'd agreed over the phone. Owner said he was unavailable to resolve, so we left the money we had agreed on and not what they asked for. As we left the owner magically appeared from inside and chased us down the road. I think I read once that you're actually entitled to pay what you think the meal was worth, not sure how that would stand up.
cityontheup
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Me, the mrs and her son did this in LA a few years back, we’d waiting ages to get the bill so in the end I said to them “you two go out now and I will follow in a minute or two”. So they left, I waiting a minute and casually made my way to the door, once I hit daylight I was off like a whippet, the Mrs and son were just making their way across a road chatting away without a care in the world, I sped past them like roadrunner shouting “RUN!!!”…..so funny
I've never done one myself but I did witness a very funny incident on this subject one night while waiting for a taxi home opposite Genevieve's nightclub.
Anybody who used to go there will remember there used to be an Indian restaurant around the corner. A place where besides getting a meal you could often witness numerous fights amongst the select customers coming in from the club.
Anyway I'm standing waiting for a taxi when two lads run out of the door at high speed. Hot in pursuit were four restaurant staff waving large iron bars. Amid lots of shouting they disappeared off into the distance. Unfortunately for them a cop van was sitting at the lights and witnessing this they also set off in pursuit of both parties. A couple of minutes later back came the restaurant staff being chased by the police. It was like a keystone cop film lol.
Anybody who used to go there will remember there used to be an Indian restaurant around the corner. A place where besides getting a meal you could often witness numerous fights amongst the select customers coming in from the club.
Anyway I'm standing waiting for a taxi when two lads run out of the door at high speed. Hot in pursuit were four restaurant staff waving large iron bars. Amid lots of shouting they disappeared off into the distance. Unfortunately for them a cop van was sitting at the lights and witnessing this they also set off in pursuit of both parties. A couple of minutes later back came the restaurant staff being chased by the police. It was like a keystone cop film lol.
blueish swede
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It's shoplifting - from a restaurant.Spot on. It's theft, and a shithouse's trick. Fully grown adults walking out without paying and thinking that's okay. You're a fucking thief.
Blue Maverick
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I know a lad who got a taxi from Manchester to Rochdale got about 500 yards from his house and jumped out done a runner, trouble was he was that pissed he forgot it was an UBER!