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Post by BoilerUp! on Feb 2, 2016 13:33:16 GMT
We visited a S&S while on a college visit for my DS a few months ago. The service was extremely slooooooooooooooow! We ordered 3 of the $4 meals, and it took 35 minutes to get our food. None the less, I think the entire situation is very suspect, but I'm hoping it was just a mistake by someone not paying attention.
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Post by STBC on Feb 2, 2016 13:51:25 GMT
Plus, at S&S, you have to pay up front at the register. I could see a possibility of something shady if the servers took the payment at the table, but at the S&Ss here (I'm in the "hometown" of S&S) the server who waited on you is not typically the one who runs the check at the register up front. There would have to be multiple people involved, unless the server went out of his way to be at the front for checkout. If the restaurant was really busy, that would be difficult to pull off.
How did the server react when told about the problem? That would be another indicator to me.
It's definitely worth contacting management though.
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Post by threegirls on Feb 2, 2016 14:06:51 GMT
STBC The same server was running the cash register. They were not busy. (see my post a few up from here which I think landed on the bottom of page1). The server didn't act surprised and didn't say, sorry.
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Feb 2, 2016 14:20:31 GMT
Actually, if it was a scam he wouldn't have been entering *that* receipt. The scam is, he would have kept the correct receipt w him. Then when they paid he would have entered the correct reciept, put the amount from that reciept in the register and keep the difference. Like someone else said, why would he still have access to this receipt from 2.5 hours earlier. Surely that receipt had been long cashed out and probably left behind as an after thought by the customers. Unfortunately, I can imagine a shifty server pocketing left behind/ thrown away receipts and pull something like this. Call me jaded but my vote is this is what happened. But that would only work if she were paying cash for the meal, right? Don't most people use credit cards? It wouldn't work with me and a debit card because I keep a register, receipts and I reconcile it all a few nights a week. I also write checks a lot too, though. But nearly everyone I know who is all debit and credit card do not rely on their reciepts or a register. They just check what the bank claims is their balance and off they go-- most don't even pay attention to transactions listed unless they keep a guesstimate in their head and it is way off. iIt seems crazy to me but I see it more and more. And my dad uses credit cards for almost everything and he never goes line by line on his bill and compares the amounts to receipts. He doesn't even save reciepts.
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Feb 2, 2016 14:54:46 GMT
What a suspicious bunch. Mistakes happen, not everyone is out to get you. Perhaps but I didn't wrack my brains and twist in circles to come up with the scenario I presented. It is a real scam that I read about previously-- I wish I could remember where-- that played out *exactly* as I read about it. When I read about it no mention was made as to whether or not it is used on cash or credit paying customers, the only thing the scammers seemed to look for was elderly people, either dining alone or in a group and pinpointing them. It would work perfectly on my dad (age 74). Whenever he takes me out, he generally very generously offers to buy before we even sit down. But if there was a rare occasion he was allowing me to buy and the bill was handed to him there is no way he would pass that bill to me. Ive noticed the same with many of my aunt's and uncles so that leads me to believe it is generational. Another generational thing ive noticed is that when purchasing a meal for someone, for someone reason, the final cost is a closely guarded secret. Maybe because it is regarded a gift and you don't share the price of gifts but ive noticed this with both my parents. If I asked to see the bill I would politely be told no. Likewise, dad isn't one to go through the bill line by line. In fact he barely turns it over and inspects the amount. He mostly pays by credit and never really questions the charges on his bill but even if he paid by debit he would simply record the amount the bank has. So a receipt with an extra 10$ on it would never even phase him. Even if half of the older people dine out on the principles as him it could be an easy way to pad one's tips, while pretending it was an honest mistake to those who catch on.
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