Customers spark debate over whether dining-and-dashing is okay after they waited OVER AN HOUR for their bill
Customers are sparking debate over whether it’s okay to eat out after waiting MORE THAN AN HOUR for their bill
- Lauren Petrosian posted the video to her TikTok earlier this week and the clip racked up 1.7 million views and sparked hot debate about the rise of dine and dash.
- Petrosian and a friend were at an unknown restaurant when she took the video, saying she waited 45 minutes just for the bill
- In the comments section, Petrosian then reveals that she and her friend waited another 45 minutes for the bill, making a total of 90 minutes.
A viral video on TikTok is sparking a tense debate over the concept of ‘dine and dashing’ after two customers posted a video of themselves waiting more than 45 minutes for the bill.
Lauren Petrosian posted the video to her TikTok earlier this week and the clip has racked up 1.7 million views and sparked heated debate as dining out and boisterous has become a growing problem.
Petrosian and a friend were at an unidentified restaurant when she took the video, saying she waited 45 minutes for the bill before heading into a mostly empty restaurant.
The clip is the soundtrack to a Will Ferrell movie clip in which the actor declares, “This is the worst!”
A caption on the video reads: ‘When is the right time to have dinner and run because we waited 45 minutes for the bill.’
A viral video on TikTok sparks a tense debate over the concept of ‘dine and dashing’ after two customers posted a video of themselves waiting more than 45 minutes for the bill
The caption on the post itself is a little less critical, saying “hot pot was gas,” to complement the meal.
In the comments section, Petrosian then reveals that she and her friend waited another 45 minutes for the bill, meaning a total of 90 minutes to pay in the not-so-busy restaurant.
She added that she “still managed to leave a 12 percent tip.”
More than 1,000 people have weighed in on the TikTok video’s central question about dine and dash etiquette.
“I’m gone after 30-40 minutes, unless it’s super busy then I understand,” one viewer wrote.
Another commenter had a creative solution: “The restaurant closed and they left us there so we tipped the guys for cleaning and left lol.”
Hunter has considerably less patience, writing, “After twenty minutes I just get up and leave and 95 percent of the time the waiter magically appears with the machine.”
“I’m asking twice,” another commenter added. ‘The second time I say I have to leave in five minutes. I ran away from a few places.”
The two diners were at an unknown restaurant when she shot the video, saying she waited 45 minutes for the bill before heading into a mostly empty restaurant.
As dining and clubbing become more common in an age of inflation, the owner of a Florida restaurant, Rick’s on the River, recently took a unique approach to addressing the growing problem of “dine and dash” customers.
Ken Brackins, second-generation owner of the Tampa location, installed 16 security cameras outside the location about two years ago and now shames customers into paying their bills by sharing footage of them on Facebook.
The system appears to be working, with Brackins catching nearly a dozen dashers who eventually paid their bills – and many begged him to remove the videos.