Couple Busted for Refusing to Pay Tip
Submitted by meekandmild on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:16
"Nobody, nobody wants to be forced to pay a tip or be arrested for terrible service," Leslie Pope said when her happy hour ended in handcuffs.
Pope and John Wagner were hauled away by police and charged with theft for not paying the mandatory 18 percent gratuity totaling $16 after eating at the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem, Pa. with six friends.
Pope claimed that they had to wait nearly an hour for their order and that she had to get napkins and silverware for the table herself.
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Not a "tip" then.
If it was mandatory then it was not a tip it was part of the fee. Big difference. I would think though the mandatory charge of 18% would be posted in writing.