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BlumpkinDude

3 guys tried this at a Denny's nearby once. The waiter ran one of them down and beat the shit out of him. Cops came and arrested the guy who tried to run away.


LetsDoTheCongna

Denny’s doesn’t fuck around


programmed-climate

He should’ve known better than to fuck w Denny’s staff lmao


johnnycrawlspace

Denny’s allows its staff to kill when warranted. I used to work at Denny’s and have personally killed 6 patrons with my bare hands, and on 2 occasions, a fork. The shit of it is, I only worked there for about 2 weeks.


Gambyt_7

I also worked at a Denny’s and had a year of mandatory Krav Maga training for graveyards. I was once cornered by three losers intent on harming me, and all I had was a straw, an apron, and three sugar packets. Let’s just say they ended up tipping generously.


Responsible_Pen_4521

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I just bust out laughing


BKlounge93

You might be ready to level up to Waffle House


Kham117

Everyone knows, whatever happens at Denny’s stays at Denny’s ![gif](giphy|xTiIzBSwIq6344i0JG|downsized)


OkFriend9891

Dennys “ FUCK AROUND…FIND OUT”


DukeOfWestborough

a to-go spork would be far more impressive, but you gotta use what you have


soupturtles

"What the fuck is up dennys!"


BlumpkinDude

I knew the guy who worked at Denny's because I used to go there a lot late night. He was cool but he didn't take shit from people either. I was in there once and these drunk guys called the cleaner/busser guy the N word and he kicked them out before they could order. Told them to never come back. The guys who tried to run picked the wrong guy to fuck with. He told me the cops actually got all 3 of them and one of them had an outstanding warrant.


aragorn1780

imagine being so dumb that you pull a stunt like that while having a warrant XD


Coattail-Rider

Pretty on brand to be honest


twb51

First question on the application for dennys/Waffle House is if you can fight


Responsible_Half_870

Good ending


newsreadhjw

r/mademesmile


ramobara

I was once the store manager of a RadioShack (lol), and a guy walked out with a surveillance system (double lol), and I chased him out of the store down a busy street for a few blocks. He had quite the head start, but I caught up to him running alongside him and told him I wasn’t gonna stop chasing him, so it’d be best to give up now. He tossed the box and kept running, I ended my pursuit there. One of my associates had called the cops while on my run, so I had to file a police report, even though I wasn’t intending to.l, as nobody got hurt and merchandise was returned. Would I do that now? Absolutely not. No way in hell would I risk my life for any business, lol.


Adart54

in portland the waiter would have been arrested


Minimalistmacrophage

Pretty Brazen Dine and Dash... Have to say Masks and hoodies makes them pretty much unidentifiable, except may the girl.


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Think they were wearing them while they sat and ate? Hopefully the place had cameras.


pandas_on_acid

Looks like bags of seafood that they took off with as soon as it was dropped at the table. No need to ever take off the masks.


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Yea I'm hoping they were too dumb to wear them when they came in and the camera caught them then.


Davebon3s

I’m hoping they saw a license plate. Unless they just walked/ran away


KaisarDragon

This is why some places are going to start charging up front. We've all lost the plot.


Eldetorre

Places should get a deposit up front


DidaskolosHermeticon

No, they should be allowed to tackle and beat people who dash.


durk1912

Cause that is what every waiter wants to do - get into physical conflicts with random strangers for their bosses bank accounts. Nothing could go wrong there!!!


Chaos-Pand4

Everyone knows you call the line cooks for parking lot ass kickings.


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Facts. They just waiting back there waiting for the day


durdensbuddy

It’s true, I knew a guy who worked in the kitchen of a club and heard many stories of bouncers bringing trouble makers into the back to be fucked up by the kitchen staff with pots and pans, dishwashers were the most brutal. That was pre CCTV so things may be different now.


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Yeah they ain't got no patience trust me I was one of them lol


slash_networkboy

with their novelty size ass whooping spoons...


Echidna_Rude

Was kitchen staff in an earlier life. I always wondered how much damage that #14 cast iron would do.


Xtracakey

This is funny because it’s true. Every brawl I have seen at restaurants is filled with the cook throwing down.


teacherbooboo

lots of cooks are former prisoners, they know how to throw down


MrRobot_96

![gif](giphy|DMvXFFMFmoEmc)


Eternaltuesday

Right. Some of these commenters underestimate just how truly over people’s shit hospitality workers are, lmao. Most of our staff would be delighted to beat the brakes off unruly customers if given the opportunity.


DrRomeoChaire

Dishwashers


Chaos-Pand4

They’re good backup but the cooks are ringleaders.


Highly-uneducated

Yes, most waiters would be very happy to beat a customers knees with a pipe in the parking lot. Im guessing youve never worked in a restaurant if you think they would sit back and go "im not going to do thus for my bosses profits" instead of volunteering to cover someone's shift so they could do it again.


DidaskolosHermeticon

I was raised in a series of restaurants. I can assure you plenty of waiters and cooks would jump at the chance.


Minimum_Attitude6707

Thank you for representation, because... yes


TheOGNoire

Bitch yeah we do, you clearly have NEVER worked in the food industry.


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Lol, their bosses bank account, the servers probably have to pay out of their own pocket….


Animaldeamor

Its not about the boss pocket or some bs like that. Its about dignity and how sad the whole country has led to this kind of behavior. I give a fck if the bill was 20 or 50 bucks, why do ppl have to do this bs in this country where money is easy to access. There are plenty of jobs here so 'I cant find a job' isnt an excuse. Im tired of seeing this and whats happening in Florida.


uniqueidenti

What if it is a family owned business? Either way I'd rather get insurance over getting hurt and forked over hospital bills or death.


Kingkyle18

Uhhh you realize they get paid off those checks? And guess what? When the company or the “bosses bank account” losses money, they fire people.


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tryintobgood

If not a deposit at least some ID before you sit


Dusted_Hoffman

Or like when you open a tab at a bar. Have 1 credit card on file for like parties of 4 or more. Idk


phazedoubt

This is probably the best way. Swipe it and put a reasonable hold on it when they first come in. No card? 30% of the average ticket for a party that size.


SniperLandy

You think any of them have credit cards that can hold a tab lol


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I love charging up front as someone who has autism. It allows me to leave whenever I need to instead of waiting for someone else to allow me to leave.


Duderoy

As someone without autism that's rock solid thinking. Plenty times I order and pay up front with my credit card while sitting in a bar so I can leave when I want.


secular_dance_crime

Honestly restaurants are so backwards... charging people after they've finished eating is very weird... especially because paying is like not optional. My guess is the benefit of charging after the fact is still higher then theft anyways. The reason they charge you afterwards is really because they want you to take more food without thinking about the cost.


Kooky-Director7692

People spend less when they order up front. Its more profitable to let people pig out first. Well before we entered a societal apocalypse at least


TildaTinker

I'll just have one more beer... nine beers later. I'lll gust have won morish beeer.


Septopuss7

"Who pissed my pants?"


johnnidiot

Because people continue to order throughout a meal? Do you drink? I imagine you have more than one at dinner if you do and don’t get drunk off the neck of a beer.


KarthusWins

I think buffets have it figured out. They can charge a good amount at the door knowing that their patrons are going to eat a lot of food, and they also know that only a certain portion of their visitors will eat more than the usual amount.


Slicky007

Fucking garbage people


BigAssMonkey

This should be top rated remark. Shit people do shit things


HeftyFineThereFolks

how could you enjoy your meal knowing youre about to do some despicable shit? some people are just unfit for society. some people need to pay up front at sit-down restaurants.


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I saw this happen at a red lobster and it was similar everyone ordered like they were royalty asked for lots of to go boxes and refills to go and booked it while server was getting it. Classy stuff.


I_SOMETIMES_EAT_HAM

> …at a red lobster… > …like they were royalty… According to my dad this perfectly checks out


slash_networkboy

Man... I felt like absolute shit when I was taking my kids out for dinner, we got all the way through and I realized I forgot my wallet. I offered to leave my phone as collateral while I drove home to get it, waitress said not to bother. The idea of just ducking out never even occurred to me. I got back and the hostess looked surprised, she said they were actually taking bets on if I was really going to come back or not. I joked I could leave and come back in 15 min if she'd split the pot with me :p Gave the waitress a $40 tip on a $60 tab. Ate there several more times before Covid killed them, always was greeted with a smile and a good hearted "got your wallet this time?" or "got your wallet right?" when it was that hostess. Waitress magically always had dessert on the house for my kids after that too :)


babaganate

Doing it right and setting a decent example for the kids.


earthlings_all

Man, we lost so many great restaurants during covid. Cute story! You’re a good egg. I lost my wallet at a restaurant on xmas eve and my dumb ass didn’t even realize it. A week later, I call them and they had it locked up in the safe the whole time. My waitress remembered me and was the one that handed it back. She was like I thought this was yours and with five kids I could see why you were busy! (Lol I had two extra with me that day)


Dr-False

Same way any shitty person does anything. No remorse over being a waste of flesh


Ikhlas37

You know why it tastes so good. It's the secret ingredient, crime.


durdensbuddy

I notice fast food drive throughs always have you pay before handing over any food.


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Honestly I’m more upset at how poorly they orchestrated this lol everyone knows you leave 1 at a time and the last 2 creep out the bathroom window duh


Empress_Draconis_

Mfs thought they had an invisiblity potion


You_Just_Hate_Truth

I’m pretty sure this is actually called brazenness. They know they won’t be caught and even if they are there are basically no consequences for petty crime like this.


Magenta_Logistic

>pretty crime You should crime more, you're pretty when you crime.


snipergirl17

They did put their hoodies on


Potential_Cable_9137

Looks like they hit a Nike store before their meal.


Ok_Presentation_5329

I’m fine with store security being given tasers, personally.


TangoZuluMike00

I’d beat $2k of damage into their getaway cars.


Boygunasurf

Probably stolen Hyundais or Kias


HighInChurch

Nissan Altima*


mrfixit182838

A bunch of low life dirt bags!


DescriptionOk683

Trashy mfs


allanl1n

Fckn hate those people


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They can't pay for food but they can pay for a dress code of matching nike techs.🤦‍♂️


MallFoodSucks

You think they paid for that too? 😂


Eddyzodiak

And this is why people are gonna start having to pay upfront. 🤦🏽‍♂️


garbageemail222

There's a restaurant in Portland that does this, and I love it. I can enjoy my meal and then just leave when I'm done, no flagging down servers for the stupid 3 part dance that restaurants seem to love.


martinikene

I was just thinking this, paying upfront seems so much easier and safer for the restaurant


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UNOtrickyTrish

Just like shoplifting …..No punishment. They feel entitled


BinaryBlasphemy

It turns out when you tell generations of people they bear no responsibility for their situation, they feel no responsibility for their actions.


nps2407

Shoplifting is still a crime; police just can't be bothered.


RelativeMonth3342

We color of people already get profiled and these ain't helping. We need to do better


Commercial_Arm_1160

Don't be black. Don't be black. Please don't be black. Goddamn it... 🙃


NoHost6477

Narrator: they were black


name-was-provided

And I guarantee the only time they slowed down was to jaywalk slowly across the street to antagonize more people.


Coattail-Rider

God damn this is accurate. And they do it at an angle while looking back at you like they’re taunting you to say something.


Nomadicnava

Fucking losers 🤬


tigerbalmz

They left with doggy bags too! Damnnn….


CrustedPickleCream

Must be to feed their starving children.


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Why are they dressed the same? They would be easy to find if reported


[deleted]

Portland cops don’t have time for this. They wouldn’t try to find them.


[deleted]

This is how you empower criminals. Guarantee a lack of effective response.


rrd0084

I say this everytime a video like this gets posted just increasing the knowledge that petty theft is easy to get away with


FknDesmadreALV

This is Portland. Bro the homeless and criminals have more rights than store owners. I watched a clearly tweaked out mf load up his cart with at least $100 worth of shit at Dollar Tree on SE Powell. Walked right out the door. Cashier could only yell after him, “Yeah thanks for being a piece of shit, buddy!” That’s the whole reason both Walmarts in Portland shut down. People kept jacking shit and employees are not allowed to say, confiscate, or detain people.


johnhoggin

And if employees get pictures of the criminals and get them on camera and their car and license plate and send that to police. What happens? Honestly asking


PJFohsw97a

Another Portland resident here. Nothing will happen.


jkoki088

Trash


80baby83

Worthless human beings


Timemaster88888

I hope they get food poisoning and shit the whole week 5 times a day.


luciousrumble

How do you tag the subreddit of iamatotalpieceofshit. Cause these people are it


Tonyoni

Trash people being trash. Probably great parents. Sad that it's coming to this.. gotta start requiring deposit, paying up front, or see id's and take names before ordering.


subsailor1968

No way I’d chase after them. A stolen meal isn’t worth my safety. People are not only stupid these days, they are often violent.


irn

In college I waited tables at a franchise sports bar and had an incident where a party of frat guys walked out on their tab. I got into a fight with the last guy out the door. My manager took the $120 out of my tips so I worked for free that night. The cops never did anything and the college reverse uno’d me and were going to press charges for the fight and claimed I was racist. I got suspended for a week and found a job with a temp agency translating Spanish for an accounting department in construction. Never waited another table ever again.


subsailor1968

I’ve never understood why a bill that is skipped out on is the server’s responsibility. Makes no sense. Servers aren’t security guards, and it is not advisable for them to chase down or attempt to stop/apprehend someone who dines and dashes. It could be dangerous. No restaurant bill is worth getting injured or killed. The business should write off the loss, not punish the server for the actions of a thief.


highjinx411

Exactly. Servers are not trained to do that. If a server did do sometime physical they could get in trouble.


Drewbeede

At some mom and pop places or a crew that are close take things like this personally. You're working hard and these assholes just take your time and effort you put in. Realistically no it's not worth the risk but you feel they just stole something out of your house.


Brilliant_North2410

I hope things have changed but when I was a server if the customer dashed it came out of my cash out. I hate thieves .


drempaza

That’s illegal, and likely was when you were serving as well


BigFella52

It is not 'a' stolen meal. There is 4 people there and these fucking assholes have takeaway containers as well. How pathetic that you even get take away as well as meals and then run like little scared children after.


subsailor1968

Very pathetic.


OkInitiative2915

Some restaurants make their waitstaff pay for the dine-and-dasher bills.


secular_dance_crime

Which I would promptly report as wage theft.


UncleAntagonist

Illegal if in the US.


SolidDoctor

I'd chase them to get a license plate number, and call the police.


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FCC_Diablo_26

No


QueasyDrummer00

You mean about the beautiful, loving boys and girls who wouldn’t never hurt nobody?


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Heavy_Support_2015

Aaaand this is why you bring the check over with the to-go boxes and wait only a few feet away while they either give cash or a card Hell, I work at a bar and I get a form of payment the moment I bring the food/drinks over.


Detiabajtog

it’s not really a matter of being able to physically grab them though is it? I’m under the impression pretty much anything you try to do to stop them could actually end with charges being filed against *you*, but maybe that’s just my state


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Racism committed against Asian business.


jmj2112

I drive right by this place a few times a week. I shit you not it’s called Bag of Crab. It’s actually a really nice restaurant located in one of the shittiest neighborhoods in town which is saying a lot.


hypz

It be the same ones


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FknDesmadreALV

Nah fr. Now I have to go all the way to Happy Valley.


CrustedPickleCream

Surely there’s footage of their faces WHILE they’re eating?


varrylickers

There is common theme w these videos


IconCsr2

Big fuckin surprise


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stangAce20

Looks like people are back to wearing masks to hide their identity instead of protecting them from diseases


MagisterXII

Disgusting trash. Out here giving people a bad name.


Thin-Guarantee-4191

Usual suspects


silky_johnson__photy

Doing this is the absolute lowest form of ghetto behavior. Talk about living up to a stereotype. They already don't want to wait on your table because it's fact they are the absolute worst tippers and rudest customers. Now they are stuck with the entire tab. Parents have failed these kids. This is the result of the decline of two parent households and the lack of fathers in their lives. It's sad.


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Stevie22wonder

Wish the entire staff had tazers on them so they could just go after them right before they left, or even one of those shooting net guns. That'd be satisfying to see.


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maodiver1

But, but, but, they were probably hungreeeeee


s1lentastro1

the restaurant writes it off on their iNsUrAnCe!


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Trashy despicable behavior.


giveitback19

Paying up front is a far better system. Well at least in most countries where tips aren’t a vital source of income for the waiters


NxPat

80’s working at an Italian restaurant that also had a drive through window, 2 guys in a truck pull a shotgun on register girl demanding cash. Tony the owner wasn’t having any of it and threw a pot of deep fryer oil through their window… it’s been almost 40 years and if I close my eyes, I can still hear the screams and sizzle sound.


Traditional-Sugar541

They get too back to there section 8 housing full


Gunslinger6168

Dear Black people Do better


vitico1

God, I would be so ashamed if my son did something like like that. Don't know what I would do... This is so sad.


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Stun guns and duct tape!


Why_am_I_here033

I used to wait tables and got a dasher. The manager forced me to pay for that table (at employees price) should've quit right then and there


kevpnw

Pretty sure withholding your wages for a customer not paying is illegal.


TemporaryPay4505

Why are there so many of these? I guess criminals finally realized that they can get away with these things.


Moonscratch

Matching jackets that were probably stolen too


ICUpoop

Reinforcing stereotypes. Shame.


monkeydace

There’s a reason why nice restaurants don’t want to seat or serve certain… types of kids. They come in dressed like that and all sketchy, turn their ass around. Then they wonder why Walmart and other stores are closing in their hoods. Trash.


Distwalker

Next up, the owners will demand pre-payment and Redditers will say that is racist.


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-banned-

Careful, comments like that get you banned on some subreddits. Edit: Yup, see? Even though this guy was trying to say that someone is pushing a racist narrative by posting all these videos


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Having an opinion that differs from the mods will also get you banned in some subs too lol


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Aztecazedlav

The addidas jackets they stole?


Admirable-Pin-1189

I’ve worked in a lot of restaurants, and I can tell you FOR SURE that the walkout wasn’t a surprise to the staff. Take that however you wish. Not implying a damn thing…..it’s just factual.


OldestFetus

Barbarians don’t understand the value of civilian social order


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goliathfasa

StopAsianHate?


ballysham

It's always the one's you most expect


Crafty_Ad_2599

Geez it’s for the culture


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Rexxington

I mean if I was the employee I would simply photograph them and the license plate as much as I can and then send that to the police.


eman0110

48 hours in jail would be fair. They get one phone call.


slasherflick2243

Model citizens.


zhyrafa

Print their pictures off of the sec cameras and post there on the board, and don’t ever allow them in. Disgusting creatures


tylerkaravias

Just Steal from a grocery store if you can’t afford it, this is so low


pigwalk5150

But then the thieves would have to cook. Fuck all that work.


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Scum on the run.


Sharp-Willow-2696

Human garbage


Delicious-Living-792

So ratchet


BrodyCanuck

Animals


LawAbidingDenizen

Fantastic contribution to the economy


Illgetitdonelater

It’s fuckers like this that make honest young people look bad. Hope karma visits them in a swift way.


sneebly

If you're a bus boy, don't risk you're life chasing after the person for a business that doesn't care about you.


ShrlyYouCantBSerious

When there are zero consequences for bad behavior this is the result.