Undercharged in restaurant

Gael23 · 11-05-2017 10:48PM #1

If you were in a restaurant and something you ate/drank was mistakenly left off your bill what would you do?

DANNY2014 · 11-05-2017 10:49PM

regurgitate simples couldn't have free grub...

Donald Trump · 11-05-2017 10:50PM

Gael23 wrote: »

If you were in a restaurant and something you ate/drank was mistakenly left off your bill what would you do?

Harakiri.

Only way to maintain your honour OP. Think of your mortified family otherwise

Plus if you do it quickly enough, you might be able to salvage and return some of the food. Well you wouldn't be doing the actual returning, but they could come and collect it

HeidiHeidi · 11-05-2017 10:50PM

Are you sitting in a restaurant at this very minute, looking at a bill, trying to decide what to do?

gifted · 11-05-2017 10:52PM

I'd tell them.....same if they charged me for something I didn't have.

Odyssey 2005 · 11-05-2017 10:52PM

Monks ?

11-05-2017 10:55PM

Say it.

Would just be too bothered by bother thought that some junior staff member would get the riot act when the error was discovered.

me_irl · 11-05-2017 10:55PM

Point it out and pay my correct bill. What's the issue here?

Northerngal · 11-05-2017 10:56PM

Go the whole hog OP do the runner!

Small business fess up!
Big chain shhhhhhhhh!

Water John · 11-05-2017 11:01PM

As Conor says, maybe getting someone in trouble.
Put a bit extra into the tip.

Oink · 11-05-2017 11:09PM

Gael23 wrote: »

If you were in a restaurant and something you ate/drank was mistakenly left off your bill what would you do?

"- Hey you left something out
- Oh thank you so much blah blah
- Yeah cool. kthxby"

greencap · 11-05-2017 11:13PM

Probably wouldn't pay it.

I'd have to get the waiters attention, call the guy over, and wait and have him come back, and ask me which item, and all this bull****.

Waiter would most likely be running around looking after other people, so I'd have to do the whole 'excuse me' thing, or if a cashier of some sort then he/she would have to give me the 'one moment' treatment and go get the guy who has the thing and the... no fck that.

I didn't order the faffing with a side of fcks sake.

(will vary on price involved - anything that looks like it might get someone in trouble I'd pay, but a couple of cokes - fck that)

osarusan · 11-05-2017 11:15PM

Just pay it. You noticed it in time, just pay it.

It's like somebody dropping money and you just keep it instead of returning it.

EDIT: Having thought about it a bit more, if I realised it after getting home, I probably wouldn't bother doing anything about it.

Don't know where that leaves me really.

Stheno · 11-05-2017 11:16PM

Gael23 wrote: »

If you were in a restaurant and something you ate/drank was mistakenly left off your bill what would you do?

I'd say this happens about every fourth time we eat out, I will always point it out, and most times staff appreciate the honesty

11-05-2017 11:20PM

Stheno wrote: »

I'd say this happens about every fourth time we eat out, I will always point it out, and most times staff appreciate the honesty

Remember a Dublin hotel left something small off the bill, a dessert or a glass of wine. We pointed it out and they gave us a drink each on the house.

Everyone felt warm and fuzzy inside...so much love in the air!

nhunter100 · 11-05-2017 11:21PM

If you were happy enough to order it, eat/drink it what's the issue pointing out the undercharge? Just pay the full bill because if you don't the poor sap that undercharged you will pay ( this I learnt from my college days As a part time waitor). It's no different than theft.

Samuel T. Cogley · 11-05-2017 11:22PM

Don't say anything and increase the tip.

Steve · 11-05-2017 11:23PM

Does it come out of the staff wages?

Cupcake_Crisis · 11-05-2017 11:24PM

It depends. If it was like McDonald's or something I'd say nothing. But somewhere where I'd actually been waited on I'd say something.

everlast75 · 11-05-2017 11:26PM

Donald Trump wrote: »

Harakiri.

Only way to maintain your honour OP. Think of your mortified family otherwise

Plus if you do it quickly enough, you might be able to salvage and return some of the food. Well you wouldn't be doing the actual returning, but they could come and collect it

Nope. Food would spill out... it'd be too messy

Samuel T. Cogley · 11-05-2017 11:27PM

Steve wrote: »

Does it come out of the staff wages?

Tips in my experience (if spotted which is unlikely) so hence the increase in the tip, unless the service was crap then, so long suckers!

anewme · 11-05-2017 11:28PM

Of course you'd say it...people make mistakes in all walks of life, that's why it's called human error - show me someone who has not made a mistake somewhere in their job.

Exploiting what is clearly a mistake is just dishonest whether it's a corporation or a corner shop. Why would you think you don't owe it?

At the end of the day the only thing you have is your good name and character and the only person you answer to is yourself. Personally, I'd not sell my integrity for keeping Schtum to gain a free plate of chips that someone forgot to charge.

Stheno · 11-05-2017 11:32PM

Steve wrote: »

Does it come out of the staff wages?

If it's noticed yes
It's why I always point it out

Samuel T. Cogley · 11-05-2017 11:32PM

Why is it that in these threads 90% of people take the moral high ground but almost no one I know whose car has had a ding while parked ever knew who the feck it was. It must be fierce windy out there, all these notes blowing away.

Outlaw Pete · 11-05-2017 11:32PM

Depends how good the meal and the service were.

Not up to my high standard and I'd be calling it karma and saying tough titty.

Excellent food and service and I'd point the error out.

Water John · 11-05-2017 11:34PM

I have actually done both. Sort of depends on the vibe at the time.
I certainly point in, say a shop if I am given too much change. If nothing else, the till won't balance and a staffer gets grief or a deduction.
Sorry if that broadens it.

anewme · 11-05-2017 11:40PM

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Why is it that in these threads 90% of people take the moral high ground but almost no one I know whose car has had a ding while parked ever knew who the feck it was. It must be fierce windy out there, all these notes blowing away.

My car is brand new and is my pride and joy and I'd go totally mad if I came back to it damaged. I spend ages in car parks trying to find a space on its own where no one can ding me. I also would treat others property as i do my own.

It's really down to an individuals own moral code.

greencap · 11-05-2017 11:48PM

anewme wrote: »

My car is brand new and is my pride and joy and I'd go totalky mad if I came back to it damaged. I spend ages in car parks trying to find a space on its own where no one can ding me. I also would treat others property as i do my own.

It's really down to an individuals own moral code.

What about their bullsht code.

I'm severely allergic to bullsht.
So if I'm out somewhere, which is rare, having a good time, trying to clear my mind, relax. My system might have a reaction to the asshattery involved in standing around to get susans attention so she can call mike and get the key cause kevin has undercharged for ...which item was it again sir, oh yes thats right, do you have your receipt. And so forth.

Will I get some kind of refund for having to spend my time fixing their error?
Unlikely. Ill round the bill up, take a guess, minus the labor cost of employing me to calculate their bills.

Don't need my time wasted thanks.

Esse85 · 11-05-2017 11:50PM

It does really depend on whether it was a coffee or a fillet steak.
I mean if I've had a 3 course dinner with my partner and I haven't been charged for the coffee's then I'd likely say nothing, if I haven't been charged for the steak then I've more of a decision to make.

Phoebas · 12-05-2017 12:06AM

Its happened to me a fair few times where they left off a desert or the coffees.
I tend not to mention it and just add it on to the tip.

If it's substantial amount I mention it, but that's only happened once or twice.

Phoebas · 12-05-2017 12:08AM

greencap wrote: »

What about their bullsht code.

I'm severely allergic to bullsht.
So if I'm out somewhere, which is rare, having a good time, trying to clear my mind, relax. My system might have a reaction to the asshattery involved in standing around to get susans attention so she can call mike and get the key cause kevin has undercharged for ...which item was it again sir, oh yes thats right, do you have your receipt. And so forth.

Will I get some kind of refund for having to spend my time fixing their error?
Unlikely. Ill round the bill up, take a guess, minus the labor cost of employing me to calculate their bills.

Don't need my time wasted thanks.

You should probably stay in more.

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