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Family locked in restaurant after refusing to pay tip
Yahoo News ^ | 5/3/2012 | Yahoo news

Posted on 05/03/2012 7:01:25 AM PDT by Morgana

A family says that a Houston seafood restaurant locked them inside and called the police after they refused to pay a gratuity.

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KEYWORDS: gratuity; houston; lafisherman; lafisiherman; texas; tip; tipping
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To: Altariel
Jasmine Marks said she was trying to enjoy dinner recently with several friends at La Fisherman, located at 1935 Highway 6 South. She said the service was less than stellar; the wait staff was rude, their drinks didn’t get refilled and they didn’t receive their entire order.
 
 
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If this had happend to me, there would have been serious trouble DURING the meal. Not after. My wife has been known to get up herself and go wandering around the restaraunt asking the waitstaff if they know where the maganger is, because there is a serious problem with bad service over here.
 
Drinks aren't being refilled? Get up - go get the tea pitcher and fill it yourself. Complain loudly to anyone and everyone.
 
Now while some may think I'm a jerk, I'll let you know that we rarely have bad service. I know a secret to preventing it: The time to cure bad service is before it even begins. As soon as your waiter appears - stop what you're doing, make eye contact with him/her. Smile. A few seconds of chit-chat. Flirt even. Set the tone for a great meal from the get go. And you won't be disappointed.


41 posted on 05/03/2012 7:38:25 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: MtBaldy

Do you consider it kidnapping if one is cuffed and detained by store security if one has shoplifted?

Not really seeing a difference here.


42 posted on 05/03/2012 7:38:49 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Morgana
I disagree, I used to fight for large parties when waiting tables because I knew if I did good job I would usually get a larger tip then the 15-20%. Now some people can't handle waiting on that many people, they should find another line of work. Generally all the people I ever worked with tried harder to satisfy the customer with large parties because of the reason I mentioned.
43 posted on 05/03/2012 7:38:52 AM PDT by 3rdcoastislander
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To: MtBaldy

I don’t have time to look up the Texas law right now, but I’m pretty sure that Texas allows the “reasonable” detention of someone suspected of theft until a law enforcement officer arrives.


44 posted on 05/03/2012 7:39:39 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Maybe. I would have just payed it and never gone back anyway.


45 posted on 05/03/2012 7:42:16 AM PDT by MtBaldy (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
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To: eastforker

Pet peeve of mine: trying to make a place sound French by adding “La” to the name. And at LEAST get the gender right, if you have to do this, could you use “Le” Fisherman, or better yet, “Le Pecheur” or maybe “L’Homme de Poisson”? This stuff gives me “le headache”!


46 posted on 05/03/2012 7:43:01 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: MtBaldy

At least bash down the door in an “attempt to escape a kidnapping.”


47 posted on 05/03/2012 7:43:49 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Morgana

Several times I’ve shown up with a party of more than eight where the policy was an automatic gratuity. We simply occupied two separate tables but next to each other. No extra “service charge”


48 posted on 05/03/2012 7:44:12 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: CodeToad

You believe it is acceptable to steal from a restaurant when you have a large (by that restaurants’s definition) party and there is a mandatory gratuity for your party which is spelled out on the menus?


49 posted on 05/03/2012 7:44:55 AM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Drew68

When I was in law school, it was right across the street from an Applebees. Sometimes I had a night class and 90 minute or two hour break between the day and night class. They knew that and they were quick. I remember that they were quick didn’t neglect the tip.


50 posted on 05/03/2012 7:46:55 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (The Republican Party is bigger than the presidency.)
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To: cuban leaf

Wow, this thread is turning into a competition between FReepers to see how many additional charges would be filed.


51 posted on 05/03/2012 7:52:18 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Morgana

Apparently the tip policy for this restaurant was posted. If patrons don’t agree with posted policies, they should eat elsewhere.

If you can’t afford to tip graciously, you can’t afford to eat out.

Of course, you are not obliged to reward poor service, but please be sure that you are not punishing the wrong party. Busboys, waiters, dishwashers, cooks, hosts, and managers all have their own responsibilities and problems; sometimes it’s hard to figure out who fell down on the job. It’s a good idea to put yourself in their shoes, too, and remember that even the best of us occasionally has an “off” day. Forgive a little and tip generously, especially if you plan to eat there again.


52 posted on 05/03/2012 7:55:32 AM PDT by July4 (Remember the price paid for your freedom.)
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To: dfwgator

A fellow “Dogs” fan! I commend you sir.

There were several quotes worthy of posting however decorum prohibits listing them here.


53 posted on 05/03/2012 7:56:42 AM PDT by Autonomous User ( I guess a liberal and an out-of-work bum look a lot a like, daddy.)
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To: 1rudeboy

YEAH! BRING IT!

;-)


54 posted on 05/03/2012 7:58:58 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: 1rudeboy
To be fair, if the family really was refusing to pay the bill as noted in the menu, they were not being "kidnapped" by the owners. Rather, the owners could say they were doing a


55 posted on 05/03/2012 8:00:46 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: dmz

Nice leap of stupidity have there. I never said it was OK to walk out, I said you are screwed in the for thinking because someone owes you money that you have the right to kidnap them.


56 posted on 05/03/2012 8:00:53 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: dmz

Nice leap of stupidity have there. I never said it was OK to walk out, I said you are screwed in the head for thinking because someone owes you money that you have the right to kidnap them.


57 posted on 05/03/2012 8:01:06 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: dfwgator

Love that movie, and completely agreed with him. FWIW.


58 posted on 05/03/2012 8:01:31 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Altariel

—If they didn’t want to pay it, they could have left and gone to another restaurant.—

Or sat at two different tables. ;-)


59 posted on 05/03/2012 8:02:42 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: cuban leaf

Well, in that case—I suggest refusing to pay, brandishing the gun, pistol-whipping the chef, and exposing myself to the patrons, before kicking out the door and escaping.


60 posted on 05/03/2012 8:02:51 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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