“The key word is “some”.
It’s possible that five of the ten had paid, but the other five had not, or seven had paid, five of which had receipts, but three had not.
Having been young myself in the area around the University of Washington, I can see a large group doing this. And so can the cops. That’s why they rounded up the whole group.”
You’re not allowed to “round up whole groups” like that.
How many people would keep their IHOP receipt? A lot of people wouldn’t.
Few young people know that they are free to go if they are not placed under arrest.
I would have shown my receipt and asked if I was under arrest, and then said “GOOD DAY SIR!” and walked on.
You’re not allowed to “round up whole groups” like that.
The point I was trying to make is that the ones that paid may have been colluding with the ones that didn’t. It happens. Each time, a different part of the group agrees to pay so, in the end, everyone gets every second or third meal free.
Reminds me of the guy that rolled his car in front of my house at 2:30 Saturday morning. He then got into a friend’s pickup and took off. The cops came by and, as we were waiting for a tow truck, the cop said that a lot of these accidents result in the owner reporting it stolen even though he was the one driving. Not 2 minutes after he said that, the truck drove by going the other direction. I pointed it out and another cop chased after it. 20 minutes later it came back with the guy in the back seat that had left the car. He was the owner. :)
Cops are on to all the tricks and in a situation like that, yes, the whole group needs to be rounded up. What if three of them WERE the ones who dined and dashed, and it was overt enough for the other guys to obviously know what was going on?