{"id":2027381,"date":"2023-09-10T16:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-brutal-policy-has-dine-and-dashers-crawling-back-to-pay\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T16:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T20:44:35","slug":"restaurants-brutal-policy-has-dine-and-dashers-crawling-back-to-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-brutal-policy-has-dine-and-dashers-crawling-back-to-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant&#8217;s Tough Policy Brings Back Dine-and-Dashers to Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frestaurants-brutal-policy-has-dine-and-dashers-crawling-back-to-pay%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027381&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Restaurant&#8217;s Brutal\u200c Policy Has Dine-and-Dashers Crawling Back to\u200d Pay<\/h2>\n<p>Running a restaurant is a tough enterprise. Owners often find themselves working thankless tasks at\u200c all levels of the business trying to give customers \u2064top-rate \u2063service and an \u200dunforgettable dining\u200d experience, but can easily be robbed of the proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>The potential pitfalls awaiting restaurateurs are numerous and varied. While disasters like\u200d kitchen fires can easily erase a restaurant in hours if they\u200b get \u2064out of control, dishonest diners can bleed a business dry over years by simply skipping\u200b the check.<\/p>\n<p>The latter issue \u200bhas\u2064 been a perennial problem \u2063for all eateries, but one appears to have devised an ingenious way to end the practice for good.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the \u201cfix\u201d created by Tampa, Florida, bar and restaurant Rick\u2019s on the River has dine-and-dashers \u2063crawling back to pay \u2064their delinquent tabs. In an Aug. 5 post, the eatery explained how it has turned its Facebook page \u2063into a wall of shame.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cObviously these folks were unaware that if you Dine-N-Dash \u200dat Rick\u2019s, you get \u200bidentified \u2064via social media,\u201d Rick\u2019s wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=999600184400426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook video post<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-brutal-policy-has-dine-and-dashers-crawling-back-to-pay\/\" title=\"Restaurant's Tough Policy Brings Back Dine-and-Dashers to Pay\">accompanying clip shows diners\u2063 apparently skipping<\/a> the check, one with a young child in her arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the latest perps to \u2063Eat it\u200c and Beat It and \u2018forgot\u2019 to pay,\u201d the post continued. \u201cNote the quick getaway method\u2063 of throw\u200d your little guy in the backseat and let him buckle up. Got great pics \u200dof you, your\u2062 car and tag. Return and pay your\u2063 tab!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post noted the women were not exactly\u2064 stealing \u2063bread \u200bto feed a starving child \u2014 the bill apparently \u2063included \u201ca beer \u200dand 2 tequila\u200d sunrises.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An update to the post reveals one of the women did return and pay the tab.<\/p>\n<h3>Should more\u200d restaurants copy this eatery\u2019s policy?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Months earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RickontheRiver\/posts\/pfbid0HUNQ2kNe56nGExAM5KSZdCcvrVk7rpDWwS9nyFr3SEdwtdFXACGwNXDM4e6iNKFml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a similar post<\/a> on Rick\u2019s page achieved the\u200d same \u2064results, bringing a \u200ddine-and-dasher back to \u2063pay another \u201cforgotten\u201d\u200c tab\u200d \u2014 though\u2063 without a tip for the server.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe use this as also a deterrent,\u201d Rick\u2019s on the River owner Ken Brackins told\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/florida-restaurant-owner-exposes-dine-dashers-social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFox &#038; Friends First<\/a>\u201d on Thursday. \u201cWe\u2019re not\u2064 really trying to \u2026 get the money as\u200b much as use as a deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want those customers back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the\u200b latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The restaurateur makes it clear that his \u2064actions are\u2062 not just about \u200dthe money by\u2063 making the customers physically return to the eatery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always make them \u2062come back in and \u2063pay, that want to pay over the phone,\u201d Brackins said, \u201cbut we make them do the walk of shame and come in and pay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brackins says\u2063 he does not call the police, stating his local department is \u2062likely \u201ctoo busy for this kind of nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Aug. 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1424820695030821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posting<\/a> to the \u2064Rick\u2019s \u2062Facebook page\u200b proves the restaurant will not be retiring its signature punk-shaming\u2064 scheme anytime soon. It shows a patron who, the eatery alleges, failed\u200c to pay a tab that included a pitcher of beer.<\/p>\n<p>The post has\u200d had more than 100 interactions \u2064so far, hinting that this\u2062 Mercedes-driving diner might well come \u200dcrawling \u200cback\u2064 to Rick\u2019s to settle the delinquent bill \u2014 if only to quell the publicity.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when shoplifters and\u200d other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-crime-experts-using-looting-to-describe-group-burglary-is-racist\/\" title=\"Woke Crime Experts: Using \u2018Looting\u2019 to Describe Group Burglary Is Racist\">low-level criminals<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walgreens-employee-gets-brutal-surprise-trying-stop-shoplifters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given free run<\/a> of too many areas, at\u200c least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-to-partially-reopen-indoor-dining-in-nyc-for-valentines-day-if-positivity-rates-hold\/\" title=\"Cuomo To Partially Reopen Indoor Dining In NYC For Valentine\u2019s Day, \u2018If Positivity Rates Hold\u2019\">small business owner<\/a> is stepping \u200cup to \u2064shame lawbreakers into doing\u2063 the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/restaurants-brutal-policy-dine-dashers-crawling-back-pay\/\">Restaurant&#8217;s Brutal Policy Has Dine-and-Dashers Crawling Back to Pay<\/a> appeared first \u2063on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a restaurant is challenging. Owners work tirelessly at all levels to provide excellent service and unforgettable dining experiences. However, they can easily be robbed of their earnings. Restaurateurs face numerous and diverse pitfalls, including kitchen fires, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2047,"featured_media":2027382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}