Guy shocks his freeloading sister-in-law when he splits the bill, making her pay for what she ordered after she tries to dine and dash: ‘It was $171!’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
May 26, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

Don't order food at the restaurant that you don't intend to pay for… 

The first rule of eating out with friends (or family) is to order modestly unless you plan on footing the bill. One woman greedily ordered hundreds of dollars of uneaten breakfast food when she was out for brunch, which quickly backfired. Like always, she was expecting her brother-in-law to pay for her portion, but this time, he fervently refused. 

Shocked, entitled, and flabbergasted, the sister-in-law was aghast when she saw that the items she'd ordered on their shared bill totaled $171–for breakfast! Scroll for the entire story of how a guy put a freeloading family member in her place, forcing her to pay for the items she ordered at the restaurant like every other adult at the table. 

Next up, here's another tale of bill confusion where a tenant is flummoxed after receiving a tipping option when paying their rent online. 

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    "She could send me money right away to pay her check or I was leaving without paying it"
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    Aitah for calling my sister in law to pay her own breakfast bill? My father in law has breakfast every Saturday morning at a restaurant. He gets there at 6 am
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    when they open and usually stays until 8:30 or so. His kids and grandchildren drop in and out, most do not stay the whole time and they either pay their own checks on the way out or leave him cash to cover their bill and he pays before he leaves.
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    Last Saturday I went late and crossed him leaving. My wife and daughters waited for me. I ordered and they chatted while I ate. They headed home while I went to the counter to pay the check. It was $171!
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    I immediately asked for an itemized receipt and after a bit of hesitation the waitress provided it. I took one I look and knew I had been stuck with my sister in laws check too. The waitress confirmed that she had been
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    there early and didn't pay before leaving. The waitress assumed someone else would pay it as they sometimes do. I requested that she separate the checks. My family of 4 was $60. Sister in laws' family of 3 was $111.
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    The manager came over to discuss the situation and said I could pay, sister-in-law could come within 30 minutes and pay or he would call the police.
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    I called sister-in-law and she said she was out of town and asked me to pay it and she'd pay me 'later'. I told her she could Venmo or cash app me right away and I'd pay it.
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    She asked the total and I told her. She then asked what her share was and I told her that was her total as we had separate checks. She didn't understand how breakfast for 3 could be $111. I
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    read the ticket. Coffee, orange juice, milk and coke for everyone = 4 x $3 each x 3 people = $36. Double cheeseburger with fries $15, side of hash browns $3, add grilled onions and mushrooms $2 add extra cheese $2 add bacon $3 $25. All meat omelet meal
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    $12 add a side of bacon $3 add stack of pancakes $5 = $20. French toast $10 add blueberries $1 add strawberries$1 add side of bacon $3 add grits $3 add cheese $2 = $20 = 101 + tax $10 = $111.
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    She said she didn't understand how it added up to so much. I told her that was how her family always ordered so I didn't understand how she didn't understand how all the extra
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    things add up, but I wasn't willing to spend my whole Saturday dealing with it. She could send me money right away to pay her check or I was leaving without paying it.
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    She sent me the exact amount, no tip. I paid, tipped the waitress and left. I told my wife and she said that her sister never leaves enough to cover her bill.
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    Sister-in-law called my father in law and complained that her day was ruined. They were planning to go to the opening weekend of the water park and buy season passes but couldn't afford it after paying for breakfast. He thinks
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    I'm a for putting her on the spot knowing the probably couldn't afford $100+ for breakfast. He says he forgot she had been there and thinks I should have just paid and asked for the money later and says he would have paid me if she didn't.
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    So Aitah for asking a 30- something year old woman to pay for her own 'forgotten' breakfast check and insisting that she paid me right away because she has a history of not repaying debts?
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    JuliaX1984 16h ago NTA If you don't have $111 to spare for breakfast, you don't order a $111 breakfast! This isn't some random tragedy she had no control over.
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    Fancy_Bass_1920 • 17h ago Good on you. It's selfish and sneaky what she did.
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    Adventurouslma... 16h ago she knew exactly what she was doing.
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    G.. 16h ago Edited 12m ago Who orders 34 different beverages for brunch?? Milk + Orange Juice + pop?? That's crazy.
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    forgetregret1day • 16h ago So she goes to a restaurant, she and her family stuff their faces with enough food to choke a horse knowing they can't afford the bill and have zero intention to pay it
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    anyway and then have the audacity to complain when they get caught out? Where do people get their nerve? They obviously ordered all that food fully intending to stick someone else with the bill. That's just ignorant and
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    I'm so glad you called her out. Boo hoo for her ruined day. She deserved to have consequences for the stunt she pulled. You're so NTA here. I hope the rest of the family follows your lead and stops paying her way.
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    People like her have no shame and she's teaching her kids that it's ok to steal and take advantage of family. Mom of the year candidate for sure.
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    cultqueennn • 16h ago Nta She knew what she was doing, and honestly. I think your father in law did as well.
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    zanne54 • 15h ago Who the orders all the extras on somebody else's dime? A grifting that's who.
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    _coolcoolcool 17h ago NTA. Your sister in law is an entitled brat and your father-in-law is on the wrong side of this.
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