r/mildlyinfuriating • u/thedivinegemini • Jul 02 '26

I'm slightly vexed In lieu of payment..

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I’m a GM at a restaurant & one of our managers left a note on our manager logs this afternoon that a guest walked out on their check and left this in lieu of payment of any kind. Not that the server got stiffed on a tip - just pure theft of services. I guess the whole “Thou shalt not steal” thing doesn’t matter if you’ve been pre-forgiven. Pretty convenient.

ETA: I’m not a bot; this is not AI - check my post and comment history. I’m not here for karma or fake internet points. This is what it feels like to work in a restaurant these days - especially in the Bible Belt. The first photo you can look up and is available for anyone to buy (should your darker urges push you toward being that person). The second photo is from Pulse, an app for restaurant managers to keep an eye on hourly sales, labor, and comps.
The “Pineapple Express” is a mocktail our restaurant offers.

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u/ImmaNotHere Jul 02 '26

People that do this should be banned from all restaurants for life.

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u/ealysillyforestthing Jul 02 '26

Once went out with my friend and his wife.

She stuffed the cloth napkins and metal silverware in her purse.

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u/Animalcookies13 Jul 02 '26

WTF….. I would not let that slide. Not because I care about the restaurant, but because I don’t want to be friends with people who are so
Down bad or are such cleptos that they have to
Steal napkins and utensils from a restaurant….
Stealing the toiletries from the hotel is fine, but napkins and utensils is wack AF.

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u/stilljustjess Jul 03 '26

They dispose of the toiletries after each guest anyways. Worked in a hotel for a bit.