Posted on 08/10/2024 1:27:23 PM PDT by simpson96
Applebee's recently brought back their all you can eat appetizer, which includes their double-crunch shrimp, tender riblets and boneless buffalo wings for just $15.99.
With that, you also get unlimited fries — just as long as you don't share them. It's a rule the restaurant tells patrons of ahead of time (it's noted on the menu), but a woman in Illinois disregarded that warning and shared her appetizers anyway.
She likely regrets it now.
It all went down on August 2 at approximately 8:30 PM, when Portage, Ill. police responded to a verbal disturbance at an Applebee’s Bar & Grill.
Dispatch reportedly advised officers that while on the 911 call, they heard multiple females screaming and threatening people. When officers arrived on the scene, they were met outside by an unruly restaurant-goer.
The woman became involved in a verbal altercation with the local Applebee's manager because she was under the impression that "all you can eat" meant the whole table could enjoy one order of bottomless appetizers.
When informed by the manager that no, each person at the table would need to pay the $15.99 cost, words were exchanged, and things got out of hand.
Even with police on site, other diners told the offender how much she'd disturbed their dinner experience with her shouting, which led to more loud arguing. At one point, the woman even tried to cover another person's mouth with her hand while speaking.
After being warned of potential arrest for disorderly conduct, she continued to be disruptive. So, she was put in handcuffs and taken away in a patrol vehicle.
Shawneesha Cobbs of Chicago was taken to the Porter County Jail, where she was formally charged with disorderly conduct, a Class B misdemeanor.
It’s kind of like the food supply itself, controlled by only a few corporations.
It could be that like with a lot of everything else, “cookie-cutter” business models take hold. How many personal, small business dreams are smashed because Can’t Do bureaucrats overwhelm the honest little guy with regulations, fees, time wasted on minutiae, and the stress of not dotting an i somewhere along the way.
Corporate entities can afford the accountants, lawyers, and latest ADA-compliant restrooms.
And scamdemic downturns. Govt Covid closures killed off a number of local restaurants in this area. Popular, long-time businesses.
Despite all that, I’ve only lived in places with a lot of mom and pop restaurants and little shops. I guess it’s tougher where the population is less dense, but there’s nowhere here in the Northeast without local restaurants.
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