Do people really not get the concept of
When you eat at a restaurant and leave with out paying the tab not only are you a disgusting human with no morals but you are making the person that is waiting on you (who dosent make enough money to support themselves usually) pay your bill.
Usually a server does not make minimum wage in america, they make less. Its like 2.50 an hour less. Assuming this is a kid in high school or some college kid who is paying for books and eating; they dont have the money to buy actual peanut butter much less your 150 dollar meal.
Having that said, if your mad because your server didn't bring drinks fast enough, or didn't bring you something correct, you being petty, etc.and you make them pay for your meal or a part of it, or not tipping them because of a common human mistake, YOU ARE JUST AS BAD because servers quite literally live off of tips; and as someone who is still in high school or college 150 dollars is still a lot of money to them. Hell, that’s more than a paycheck for most.
When you “Dine and Dash” the company does not pay for it, the person that picks up the menu and brings you drinks does. Ya know, The same person who makes less than Minimum wage and pays taxes, has a house bill of some sort, and is a consumer.
When you are angry and you dont feel like your server did a good enough job so you shouldnt have to pay for “shitty service” guess whos paycheck you just took that out of for the next month or two (because we cant pay for it with just one weeks paycheck and tips)
I didn't sign up for paying for a costumers meal. I signed up to help a business and get my foot in the door of the work force.