Would you say something if a restaurant undercharged you?

[MrsClayneCrawford]

Went out for meal with DH & mutual friend. The bill came & they hadn't charged us for my meal. I thought cha ching & said to keep stum but friend ignored me & told the waitress. I was really miffed & abit pissed off with my friend. Would you have told them or kept quiet? It was a chain not a family run place if that makes a difference.

I would always say something if I noticed, (after a couple of glasses of wine I’ve been known to just throw my credit card at the bill without taking a closer look). Even if it’s a big chain where they might not miss the money, I imagine the waiter/waitress could get into trouble when things don’t match up at the end of the night.

Of course I would - and in fact did twice while I was on holiday recently. Your attitude is really unpleasant.

Unless the food and service was rubbish i would have told them. Ij fact scrub that i woukd have told them anyway as im not a thief

Yes. Absolutely. You would say something if they overcharged you so the principle is the same.

Of course I’d tell - not to do is tantamount to theft. I bet you would say something if they overcharged?

Yes, and it happens quite a lot.

yes. I'd worry the person serving me would get into trouble otherwise

When we were on holiday, we received a bill with no desserts on, despite us all having ordered and eaten them. Of course we told them and still left a generous tip.

these comments! ofcourse I wouldnt, doubt any one in the REAL world would either 😂

No, but then I’m a morality free zone.

The only time I wouldn’t bring it up is if it was a small amount like a pound or two. For that I wouldn’t go over the menu and the bill trying to figure out what I’d been undercharged for. I would tip/tip extra instead.

I’d never try and get away with not paying for a whole meal. Decent chance the waiter/waitress would end up paying for it themselves to avoid getting in trouble over things not adding up.

I would have told them because I'm not a thief.

Reverse?
I wouldn’t be friends for long with someone with a dishonest nature and especially not one who tried to make me an active participant in their petty theft.

If I course I would, and I have in the past (eg when a restaurant missed a bottle of wine off the bill) it would be theft otherwise. Also spare a thought for the poor server who may get into trouble

Reverse

I would say something.

Yes, and I have done this in the past - chain or not.

It’s called Integrity...

What @GreenLantern53 said

I would. Years working as a waitress and if the till was down it came out of our tips/wage. If it was down on our shift more than three times we would be in for a disciplinary. This was in a big chain restaurant.

I would definitely say something. I would feel horribly guilty if I’d had something I should have paid for.

Years ago i worked as a waitress. Chain restaurant was more likely to take errors out of wages than independents tbh. But for that reason alone, if I spot a mistake I always let them know. Imagine if the person was dependent on their whole wage and they had to pay for your meal

Yes of course.

You consumed the food, you pay for it.

I’d say something because I’m not a thief. Those saying that they wouldn’t say something, would they also just walk out if it was busy and nobody was looking?

I would and have. One time, the server forget to charge us for a bottle of wine; I had paid the bill without checking it properly, but as we left, I realised that the bill was too low, so we went back and paid the different.

Basically, you should pay for what you’ve had, but also some restaurants make staff cover uncharged or undercharged items. That’s not right.

Off the topic
How do you get biscuits with hats on 😂😂

of course I wouldnt, doubt any one in the REAL world would either

Why would you assume Green that just because that’s what you and your friends and family would do that it’s necessarily what everyone would do.

The very OP illustrates that some people at least are honest.

I’d have told the waitress too OP. I wouldn’t have wanted her to potentially have to cover my meal out of her wage.

It’s theft and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a chain or not.