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Is ramosi real, or a character from Traffic?

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

There's a big difference between complaining about poor food and expecting an appropriate bill adjustment and the dine and ditch thing. I once knew some very privileged girls from a private school who pulled the dine and ditch on a regular basis - bloody entitlement issues - and even though I explained that the waiter/ess would have to forfeit their tips to make up the deficit, they just laughed it off and said the worker deserved it for working in the shithole they'd chosen to fleece. One factor instrumental in my falling out with the 'friend' in question.

― suzy, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

we flirted with the idea in high school..but shouting started over someone to stay at the table as the others walked out calmly before he dashed..maybe if we all ran at the same time it would have worked.

― kevin enas, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Wasn't there an episode of Silver Spoons about this?

― Kris, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

YES! That was one of my favorite episodes of that show ever!

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I think I've dated Ramosi.

This question was only prompted by our Mexican fiesta, Tracer, admit it. The worst run out in history was with Otis Wheeler, we were all in this dumpy ass diner in, where, Northampton? Who the fuck knows, anyhow for no reason whatsoever - I mean we all had the cash - we decide to get up and go without leaving the money. The problem was that I somehow got stuck on the edge of the table (my trenchcoat, incidentally, actually ripped because of this, and like the puke on the collar I still haven't fixed it) and while everyone else walked outside, I was stuck with the waitress staring me down. But then everyone CAME BACK for me, and we STILL RAN OUT. So in retrospect I'm not sure if we completed the worst or the best run out in history.

― Ally, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

The correct way to do this is complain during the meal and then leave what you believe the meal was worth with your name and address in case they want to take you to a small claims court. The SCC deals with about five of these a year and the diner always wins.

Then the waiters and the restaurant owner come round your house and kick your head in.

Curry house in Camden there was a dispute over whether we had paid all the bill or not (we had) so we ran down the road flicking the V's and bad mouthing the joint. Ha ha.

― Pete, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Ally I've got to say that's really gross. Not even I would leave puke on a coat for that long!

― Sarah, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I'm hoping you mean Northampton in the Midlands. (Is Northampton in the midlands? It's one of those nebulous neither one thing nor the other places, like Stoke, Chepstow or Nottingham)

― N., Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Northampton in Massachusetts, I'm sure.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Shame. I bet Northhampton, Northants. has some really dumpy diners.

― N., Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

eleven years pass...

So, dine and dash baptism tonight, involved lots of running but I'm fast and it was worth it: service was awful and we really had to go.

― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 1 September 2013 07:08 (ten years ago) link

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