waiting for restaurant to take payment - how long reasonable

Hintza

tir21 wrote: »

more poor than horrible i think

Then why are you eating in restaurants?

Valli

tir21 wrote: »

and that answer from yahoo is readily verifiable by researching and referencing a range of sources. If that answer was wrong in law then perhaps you could tell us on what point of law is it wrong

I'm just very amused by the 'I'm a lawyer...' part. As if THAT gave the answer credence!

I on the other hand cited the Act of Parliament and the section.

Any 'lawyer' worth his salt would do the same, surely?

Lagoon

tir21 wrote: »

But many people may order something off a menu without looking at the price or committing it to memory

It must be nice to be that level of 'poor' that means you can order food at a restaurant, without looking at the price or memorising how much you're spending.

antrobus

I'm puzzled by this thread.

As far as I can see the situation is as follows; man goes into restaurant and orders £30 of food. Man eats food. Man leaves restaurant and finds out he's paid £30 for the food.

What's the problem?

Hintza

It also raises further questions:-

How did restaurant know the code for the other voucher that enabled them to redeem it?

Did man leave unused voucher behind during his getaway? If so why?

How does man know the restaurant have redeemed the voucher?

tir21

Valli wrote: »

I'm just very amused by the 'I'm a lawyer...' part. As if THAT gave the answer credence!

I on the other hand cited the Act of Parliament and the section.

that section does nothing to demonstrate that what i did was unlawful.

it does not indicate that it is an offence to pay a restaurant bill of £20 when the menu says it should have cost £ 30

can you site any part of the law and that actually backs up your assertion?

antrobus

Hintza wrote: »

It also raises further questions:-

How did restaurant know the code for the other voucher that enabled them to redeem it?

Did man leave unused voucher behind during his getaway? If so why?

How does man know the restaurant have redeemed the voucher?

All good questions.

tir21 wrote: »

that section does nothing to demonstrate that what i did was unlawful.

it does not indicate that it is an offence to pay a restaurant bill of £20 when the menu says it should have cost £ 30

can you site any part of the law and that actually backs up your assertion?

Who cares? The restaurant has its £30 quid so it's not going to be making a complaint to plod or taking any legal action over the matter whatosever.

tir21

antrobus wrote: »

All good questions.



Who cares? The restaurant has its £30 quid so it's not going to be making a complaint to plod or taking any legal action over the matter whatosever.

the bill should have actually been £31.99 so im still £1.99 to the good

Pollycat

Hintza wrote: »

It also raises further questions:-

How did restaurant know the code for the other voucher that enabled them to redeem it?

Did man leave unused voucher behind during his getaway? If so why?

How does man know the restaurant have redeemed the voucher?

I wondered that too, then I re-read the first post:

tir21 wrote: »

went to a well know restaurant chain last night. had a piece of paper with two tesco voucher codes. one code was for £10 another for £20

when i asked for the bill i indicated i wanted to use the £10 code- so the £30 meal would come to £20.

the bill came and instead of saying 30-10 =20 to pay it said £21-10 = £11 to pay

i thought i was in luck and kept my mouth shut.

so then i said i would pay the balance on card and the waitress went away to get the card reader. After 5 minutes she came back looking a bit flustered and said could she have the bill back. After a 10 minute wait i approached her at the till saying we had waited quite a while and that due to an engagement we could not be late for - we would be leaving in 2 minutes.

both she and the manager heard me say this and did not protest. I went back to my table waited 3 minutes and then left.

i found out today that without my authorisation they used the £20 voucer code to pay the balance i wanted to pay on card

As the OP had meals worth £30 and paid £30 (as pointed out by antrobus), I can't see what the issue is.

The OP must have walked out leaving behind the piece of paper with 2 vouchers on it (1 x £20 & 1 x £10) so it seems reasonable for the restaurant to assume that the OP was happy to pay the correct amount for the food using the vouchers.

Pollycat

tir21 wrote: »

the bill should have actually been £31.99 so im still £1.99 to the good

Are you changing your story?

tir21 wrote: »

when i asked for the bill i indicated i wanted to use the £10 code- so the £30 meal would come to £20.

the bill came and instead of saying 30-10 =20 to pay it said £21-10 = £11 to pay

Or are you using poetic licence?