Oh, we all know who does this.
How else would I have gotten my lobster tank? Cmon!
Who are these “many people” who steel from restaurants. I know many restaurant owners & managers and have not heard of this.
https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/restaurant-fraud-theft/
What is restaurant theft?
Restaurant theft occurs when someone intentionally steals from your restaurant. These activities can range from employees stealing food inventory or undercharging friends to swiping proprietary recipes or pocketing cash payments.
According to statistics:
95% of businesses encounter problems with employee theft.
75% of employees say they’ve stolen from their employers at least once.
More than half (55%) of all embezzlement cases occur at small businesses with fewer than 100 employees.
Internal employee theft accounts for 75% of restaurant inventory losses and 4% of restaurant sales.
Employee theft in the restaurant industry costs businesses $3 to $6 billion annually.
Its ok, please steal those twist salt and pepper grinders that are the most disgusting things in the restaurant, next to the rest rooms.
We’ve got a few fast food joints who had to get rid of their serve yourself soda machines. I was glad to see that. Freeloaders come in with 44 oz cups from 7-11 and fill them up. Those days are over.
The Bear opened my eyes to just how hard it is to work in a restaurant and to keep it afloat.
Some of the real high end chefs that have appeared on the show have gone out of business.
Although, the chef that cooks without electricity or gas is still in business. Niklas Ekstedt
Many restaurants around college towns hide their condiments and plasticware during the time students are checking into their dorms, because they’re known to clean out the racks in order to stock their dorm rooms.
The REAL THEFT is not tipping.
(well, that’s what they think)
I worked in Food & Beverage at a five-star resort and the things I saw!
Women who were married to high finance men whose names you’d know were the worst. After finishing eating at a buffet, they’d go back and load up their purses with bagels, etc.
It could get to where they’ll have to require payment up front. Which would be unfortunate, but may be the only way to stay in business given the reduced margins of profit from inflation due to ‘dine and dash’
It’s like collecting souvenirs. They have insurance.
I mean who hasn’t slipped a salt shaker in their back pocket or a cash register in the back of the owner’s truck and driven it home?
We should focus on important things. Like high taxes or property taxes. That’s robbery, basically.
A German restaurant owner chased me down in Berchtesgaden to accuse me of stealing the “salz und pfeffer” shakers. My language skills were not adequate to communicate my denial but he eventually seemed to understand. Since I was a serving US Army officer, I sure didn’t want to get in that kind of host country kerfuffle. This happened in the late 70s but is still a clear memory. I don’t remember the shakers being particularly special or notable, however.
They do?
Honestly some times I think I live in an entirely different world.
The only things I have ever taken is left over food and maybe jelly or other condiment packets if I am taking something that would require such. But usually not even that unless we are on the road.
People are so strange.
Back around 2002, my wife put her restaurant leftovers in a take-home box and unthinkingly put the fork into the box. I teased her about that for years, using that fork at her place setting and so on. I think she finally threw it away.
Argument was ok, although factoring in the employee theft as another post did, makes sense. But when he got to requesting refills, that’s nuts. Usually $3 + for a fountain drink, no doubt a lot of people don’t take the refill factored into the price. Extra lemon wedge? Lots of people skip the first one and when you’re out, you’re out.
It never occurred to me to take something from a restaurant. They whole point is going there,, have them bring out the meal, and then take everything away so we don’t have to do anything.
Does taking sugar packets count? ... I usually bring my Sriracha.... because I love it and don’t trust anyone to have it.
They used to give you matchbooks as souvenirs; but nobody uses them anymore. I still have one from a Chinese place in Chicago from when my wife and I were dating.
Whew! Glad to hear that's OK. I took one from a cool little bar & grille (biker bar) when I was young and travelling. First, I handed the owner a generous tip, and she smiled and thanked me. Then, one of the regulars saw me eye the pen, and he said, 'Quick, take it,' handed it to me, and I slipped it into my bag. I kept that souvenir for years. I'm sure my tip more than covered it.