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He pretended a date stood him up at Outback on Valentine’s Day. Strangers picked up his tab (tr)
Washington Post ^ | February 15, 2019 | Antonia Noori Farzan

Posted on 02/15/2019 8:44:52 AM PST by EdnaMode

A thought popped into Stephen Bonser’s head midway through Valentine’s Day.

“If I went to Outback Steakhouse by myself tonight and asked for a table for 2, then got progressively sadder as the night went on alone, do you think they’d give me my steak for free?” the 27-year-old, who works in technology sales and lives in Washington, asked his hundreds of Twitter followers.

His sister egged him on, telling him that she would pay for his meal on Thursday if the restaurant didn’t. Three hours later, Bonser was waiting by the host stand at the Outback Steakhouse in Arlington, dressed in a fresh blazer and button-down shirt and carrying a poorly wrapped present.

“I figured that I’m getting a free steak either way,” he told The Washington Post later that night. “It would be fiscally irresponsible not to do it.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: outback; outbacksteakhouse; stephenbonser
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Democrat voter?
1 posted on 02/15/2019 8:44:52 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Did anyone say “this is MAGA country”?


2 posted on 02/15/2019 8:47:40 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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I despise people like this, to the core of my soul


3 posted on 02/15/2019 8:48:15 AM PST by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: EdnaMode

I have bought meals for people that I did not know before, simply because it looked like they were in need. Idiots like this will cause people like me to think twice, which means those really in need will go without.


4 posted on 02/15/2019 8:48:21 AM PST by RainMan (rainman)
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To: EdnaMode

Embarrassing. Although liberals have no shame.


5 posted on 02/15/2019 8:48:24 AM PST by GnuThere
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Democrat voter?

Thief. Same thing.

6 posted on 02/15/2019 8:49:30 AM PST by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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To: EdnaMode

Making fun of people who take pity on you and do something nice for you. What could possibly go wrong?


7 posted on 02/15/2019 8:49:33 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: EdnaMode

Free loader...here ya go girls,classy cheap skate...works for a tech co...and free as a bird ( now ya know why)


8 posted on 02/15/2019 8:49:46 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: EdnaMode

He made a $50 donation to the ACLU afterward. Take a guess


9 posted on 02/15/2019 8:49:52 AM PST by allwrong57
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To: EdnaMode

Douchebag liar.


10 posted on 02/15/2019 8:50:21 AM PST by W. (Natty Light: The beer so nice, you'll taste it twice!)
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To: EdnaMode

Should have started a GoFundMe page for a dinner date with a Hooker. I’m always surprised at the stupidity that gets funded there.


11 posted on 02/15/2019 8:50:22 AM PST by BBQToadRibs
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To: EdnaMode

It would be fiscally irresponsible for him not to get a free meal?? Fiscally irresponsible?? This idiot really thinks that way?????


12 posted on 02/15/2019 8:50:41 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: EdnaMode

What a loser. He’ll probably always be a loser.


13 posted on 02/15/2019 8:50:46 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: EdnaMode

No doubt. What a clod.


14 posted on 02/15/2019 8:51:44 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: EdnaMode
His mission was a success:

Now the whole world knows you, Stephen Bonser, are a total piece of sh*t.

15 posted on 02/15/2019 8:52:18 AM PST by Drew68
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To: dsrtsage

arrogant little perfumed prince.....I’d guess he’s light in the loafers...


16 posted on 02/15/2019 8:52:30 AM PST by cherry
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To: EdnaMode

If you’re a slime bag, be a slime bag. But don’t brag on it as if you did something noble. What a POS


17 posted on 02/15/2019 8:53:53 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: EdnaMode

What a low class, shabby thing to do. Using people’s charity, just to make a dumb joke. 27 y/o is too old to be pulling such gags. How can it get worse? He used his real name.
That name will serve as a warning to all.


18 posted on 02/15/2019 8:54:57 AM PST by lee martell
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To: EdnaMode; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Yaelle

Maybe he should have said his date got stabbed. Or tried George’s engagement story.


19 posted on 02/15/2019 8:55:23 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: cherry

At least this serves as a warning to anyone (female or male) who might date him.
He looks about like what I would have pictured, aside from missing the dreadlocks - maybe because he’s balding.


20 posted on 02/15/2019 8:56:12 AM PST by GnuThere
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