One way to get paid!

From the article:

Award-winning Irish chef Richard Corrigan has offered a £1,000 reward for information about a customer who “dined and dashed” at one of his London restaurants.
The restaurateur, 54, posted a picture on social media of a man who he said racked up a £1,500 bill and “finished with a Cuban (then) walked in to the night” after eating at Corrigan’s Mayfair on December 18.
He renewed his appeal on Twitter on Friday, saying there was “1000 Corrigan eating pounds” on offer for anyone with information about the man he called “Mr Pimpernel”.

bear1 wrote: »

Who'd be responsible for swallowing the costs of the damage?

The guy who did it, but it's the builder who'd sue him, not the travelodge.

This may actually be something of a sad case, according to reddit.

The typical standard in these cases is that the main contractor "owns" the building while the building work is going on. When the job is finished, signed off by the customer, and the money handed over, ownership of the building is then legally handed over to the customer. This protects the contractor; he owns the building until he's been paid.

If a sub-contractor has not been paid, he is entitled to register a lien on the building until his bill has been cleared. This blocks the transfer of the building to the customer and forces the main contractor to clear his debts.

In this case, rather than go through the legal process, some guy has lost the head and is now facing financial ruin and potentially prison over a small unpaid bill.

Which is actually kind of sad. Hopefully he gets whatever help he may need with his mental health.

enricoh wrote: »

One way to get paid!

...more like one way to never be employed again.

Listen for the contractor to pay men’s wages in future. This is a ongoing problem in construction and truck driving.

Brits always nicking out stuff. Tallaght did it first and did it better.

There definitely should be a second referendum about the wall that the travellers will build...

blade1 wrote: »

They said on the radio that the reason he didn't get his money was because of a glitch at the bank.
If so,he is some spanner!!

Then he shouldn’t have eaten in a Michelin starred restaurant.

blade1 wrote: »

Is that a different story or what?
Link in op is about a worker smashing up a travel lodge.

No, he ate in a Travelodge and ran up a 1500 quid bill. Then the chef (Michel his name was or Michelin to his friends) threw a strop and decided to demolish the place.

Seems like replies to three threads are getting merged :pac:

Azealiz banks, richard Corrigan and the travelodge digger

What's the difference between a duck? One of its legs are both the same. Or it could be as close as a lingerie shop with no front windows.

Or something similar I gather?