Couple tries to dine and dash only for the woman to forget her purse, returns trying to save face but ends up paying and tipping 30%: ‘Too good not to share'

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Mar 18, 2025 8:00 PM EDT

Even Karma takes herself out to dinner sometimes and she always has the tastiest thing on the menu! In this case, it was with a couple trying to dine and dash. If you live under a rock and have no idea what "dine and dash" means, it is when you have a meal at a restaurant and then you try to leave without paying the check. If you do that, you are the worst. No only are you doing something illegal, you are also financially hurting people who really don't deserve that. In fact, they were probably super awesome to you the whole time and are just trying to make rent. Like, how unkind of you. And so not cool, man.

 

In this case, a couple tried to dine and dash, and karma said LOL nope. And instead of making a clean getaway after ditching on the check, the woman forgot her purse. If you're going to do something illegal, you have to be a lot suaver than that! 

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  • The guy came back asking for his partner's purse and the server obviously did not give it back until they paid the check. And, of course, not until after the guy tried to throw a tantrum about it that he was bound to lose. The story sparked other service industry folks to share similar stories they've experienced! 

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  • "This happened to a coworker of mine last night. Too good not to share."

    So she gets a table,. Everything's fine until she drops the check. They get kind of standoffish to her and wait forever to drop their card.
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  • She's going about her business and sees the table had left. She checks for a form of payment. There is none. There is however, a purse left behind.
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  • The guy comes back for the purse and asks my server about it. She informs him that they haven't paid. The conversation goes like this:
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  • Him: I thought I gave you my card? Her: why would you leave if you thought i had your card? Him: I'm sure I gave it to you Her: no sir, you didn't. continues to empty pockets. I
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  • don't have your card. After a lot of back and forth he finally gives her a card and tips 30%. She then returned the purse.
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  • As my coworker says: "The lion, the witch and the audacity of this itch."
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  • Blitqz21l not my table, but a table of teens. decided to get up and go to the restroom, in there they talked about that they should dine and dash, but they didn't check the stall. The customer in the stall calls the manager over and tells him and points out who the table is. Manager calls the cops and has them waiting at the door when the kids dash.
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  • The most stupid part of this plan is the police department is almost literally across the street, so it's not like anyone who intentionally dines and dashes has a lot of time to get away.
    via Blitqz21l
  • Weary-Chipmunk-5668 we had a few college age kids having drinks in our bar/restaurant. they bolted without paying. one guy left his cell phone behind. the manager checked his contacts and called... mom! whoops.
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  • Idolica I used to serve at Cracker Barrel years ago. Not my table, but an 8 top came in, all of them ordered steaks and drinks, extra everything. They skip out on the ticket and leave behind a brand new iPhone, still in the bag etc. They called and spoke to our manager about leaving the phone behind. The manager informs them yes we have the phone and as soon as you come back and pay your bill AND tip your server, we will be more than happy to return said phone to you. They came back in less than
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  • ChefArtorias Once a big party comes in late at night. $400 bill or something and they tipped $10 for the servers to split. Left their car keys. Come back to get them and she says "Wdym? I thought the car was the tip."
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  • parkrat92 A few years ago I worked on lake Powell for the summer and a couple of Australian tourists ran up a bill on Cadillac margs and lunch. They contested the autograt on every check and demanded that my friend remove it from their bill. So he did and the guy tipped him maybe $5 on at least a couple hundred. He stupidly left his card, and my friend comes over and is like dude this guy just stiffed me and left his credit card. I grabbed that sh without hesitation and whipped it into the lake.
    via parkrat92
  • kitkat2024 I was going to lunch at my favorite bougie restaurant on Christmas Eve. I saw a huge frown of disappointment, from the server. I realized why, when I was told they were about to close in twenty minutes. I had gone earlier to get cash since the banks would be closed. I felt her pain and tipped her 40% and wished her a Merry Christmas and left. We went to the car an I realized I had left my bag with several hundred dollars in it. When I came back she greeted me with a smile and handed m
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