Customer Does Everything to Avoid Paying His Bill At Restaurant, Even Trying to Use Sporting Goods Store Credit

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Oct 12, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

This guy thought of everything under the sun to get out of paying his bill, but his server was not having it.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/TalesFromYourServer subreddit by u/TheSmallestSteve, who shared that they got the vibe this person was going to try to pull some stunt early on. Not only did the server have to block the exits of the restaurant several times to keep the customer from walking out before paying, but also they had to deal with some pretty ridiculous excuses from him. One excuse was that the customer didn't realize this was a restaurant (um what?) and the other was that his $5 sporting goods store credit should cover the $50 bill. It should be noted, as people in the comments pointed out, that it's possible this person may have mental health issues, yet that has not been confirmed. Regardless, what we do know is that servers have to put up with a ton of different personalities as well as a ton of disrespect from customers. They shouldn't have to deal with this. Keep scrolling below for the full story!

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