Picture this: you’re dining solo at a restaurant, enjoying your meal, when nature calls. You excuse yourself and head to the bathroom, only to return to a cleared table and a waitress accusing you of dining and dashing! That’s exactly what happened to our 25-year-old diner in this story. Let’s dive into the drama and see how they handled the situation.
Solo Dining Adventure ️
Nature Calls
Surprise! Table Cleared
Dined and Dashed? ♂️
Explanation Time ️
Dining and Dashing Dilemma
Bring Back the Food!
Remake the Order, Please
Exasperated Waitress
Not Paying for Half a Meal
Waiting Game ⏳
EDIT: Restroom Access Card
UPDATE: Out of Stock
Manager Time ️♀️
Computer System Limitations
Meeting the Manager
Solution Time
Fair Deal Reached ✅
Meal Tossed, Diner Fights for Justice
Our solo diner found themselves in quite the pickle when their meal was thrown away during a bathroom break. After explaining the situation to the waitress, they requested their order be remade, but the restaurant was out of stock. The manager stepped in, and they agreed on a compromise: canceling the original order and ringing it up as a side instead. Our diner paid $5 and tipped the waitress 15% of the original order total. A fair deal, considering the circumstances! Let’s see what the internet thinks of this unusual dining experience…
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