Restaurant debate

[hateraid]

If someone was at a restaurant and received the bill, the server walked away to do another duty, so the patron left the money on the table and left. The server comes to the table and the money is gone. No other server took the bill.
Who is more responsible for the missing money? The server or the patron?

[tpols]

If someone was at a restaurant and received the bill, the server walked away to do another duty, so the patron left the money on the table and left. The server comes to the table and the money is gone. No other server took the bill.
Who is more responsible for the missing money? The server or the patron?

Check the cameras and you can easily see. Most restaurants have cameras spanning the whole building for every aisle.

[hateraid]

Check the cameras and you can easily see. Most restaurants have cameras spanning the whole building for every aisle.

Besides the point.
Would you leave money on the table and walk away?

[tpols]

Besides the point.
Would you leave money on the table and walk away?

People leave money in the book they give you with the bill inside all the time and leave. Only time they wait is when they need to give a card, get it back, and sign the tip in. If somebody left money in the book, it'd be easily verifiable via video if anybody walked by and snatched it.

[diamenz]

Would you leave money on the table and walk away?

yeah, that's the way it's done unless like tpols said you're paying by card or need change.

it's neither party's fault or lack of being responsible... it's just plain theft.

[iamgine]

Between the server and patron, neither is more responsible since both are perfectly normal behavior.

[hateraid]

People leave money in the book they give you with the bill inside all the time and leave. Only time they wait is when they need to give a card, get it back, and sign the tip in. If somebody left money in the book, it'd be easily verifiable via video if anybody walked by and snatched it.

And if there's no cameras?

Not all restaurants have cameras or give you a book with a bill inside. Pop up patios, mom and pops, hole in the wall..

For the sake of the argument there is no camera

[hateraid]

Between the server and patron, neither is more responsible since both are perfectly normal behavior.

Leaving money on the table is perfectly normal?

[fsvr54]

Leaving money on the table is perfectly normal?

In Europe I did it all the time.

Here in the states I just wait, not sure why.

[hateraid]

In Europe I did it all the time.

Here in the states I just wait, not sure why.

Because making sure the transaction is complete is a common courtesy?

[ArbitraryWater]

Because making sure the transaction is complete is a common courtesy?

Lol you just roasted us all.

Even I thought it would be ok before this post.

However if the waiter leaves… and takes a while… his fault.

[iamgine]

Leaving money on the table is perfectly normal?

Yeah it is, like the posters above has described.

[clipps]

People leave money in the book they give you with the bill inside all the time and leave. Only time they wait is when they need to give a card, get it back, and sign the tip in. If somebody left money in the book, it'd be easily verifiable via video if anybody walked by and snatched it.

Not every restaurant has cameras you ****ing goon. A decent server would pay attention to that and take a peak as the patrons are leaving. If there's no cash, you chase them down and beat the living **** out of them.

[clipps]

If someone was at a restaurant and received the bill, the server walked away to do another duty, so the patron left the money on the table and left. The server comes to the table and the money is gone. No other server took the bill.
Who is more responsible for the missing money? The server or the patron?

The ****ing server.

[hateraid]

Lol you just roasted us all.

Even I thought it would be ok before this post.

However if the waiter leaves… and takes a while… his fault.

If I was giving money I like to wait for the server so I can let them know they can keep the change. I wait for the money to change hands that way I know there's zero discrepancy.

Geez some of you sound like impatient and entitled. I wish I had friends like you. If I owed you guys money I'd just leave it in your mailbox. If it's not in there not my problem. Lol