There were no dishes that needed to be washed? I guess they don’t do that anymore, it might make someone uncommmfortable.
Restaurants need people who will help, not hinder things in the kitchen-dishwashers especially have to work hard. Forcing her to “work” to pay off her tab would hurt the restaurant for 5 hours, not help it.
“There were no dishes that needed to be washed? I guess they don’t do that anymore”
These days it might be a Health Department issue. Maybe you need to be trained, certified, proven to have no communicable diseases, etc.
Actually, it would be a liability to the restaurant, should she cause any mayhem while in the kitchen.
If she’d showed up at a Chick-fil-a and told them she was hungry and penniless, she probably would have been fed for free.