I am learning that restaurant-bill discrepancies are not uncommon, but they are rarely caught. Many patrons now pay with debit or credit cards. The check arrives at the table, and they give it a cursory glance at best. Provided the final amount falls somewhere in the acceptable range, they sign and go. And that could be a big mistake.
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That to me is an excuse, if the waiter keyed in the food items why were they not served to the people, it is a cover-up, luckly your friends found the mistake. I had a waiter at Outback short me $20.00 he denied it, I had to get the manager who did give me the $20.00 when I explained what I had given the waiter and what he had given me back in return. I didn't get a coupon for a free meal.
My husband is very bad about not checking the bill. It infuriates me and from now on I think I will ask to see it. The server comes with the bill, he just hands his credit card and sort of waves them on....altho it does still have to come back to him for signature so I suppose he checks then but to me the time to inspect the bill is when it is first brought so that if there is a mistake, it can be fixed right away. I do not think that all "mistakes" on bills are accidents by the way. Also you have to make sure you are not charged for something that the server never brought to you and you said forget about it later.
Odd, but at the Outback, we were charged for two drinks when we had water. Waitress corrected it but do they get a % of their total amounts for meals?? Why do they make so many mistakes? Makes you wonder.
Something else to look out for; my In-laws recently paid by credit card for their restaurant meal and of course wrote out on the receipt what they were giving the server for tip, added it up and wrote the total as usual. They got their credit card bill and realized that the amount was $20.00 higher.
I didn't have a courteous response from my Outback in West Ocean City,MD. I was overcharged for a marguerita and the waiter tried to blow it off saying I had an old menu. They finally corrected the price, but I never did get an apology, which is really the only thing I wanted. It was the principle. Do you ever notice, "mistakes" are never in your favor. I wonder why!
I visited the local Newport News, VA store and they charged my card twice, enticing my bank to charge me a $35 overdraft charge! Realized it this morning and now the restaurant says they can't do anything until after 2pm!
We ate at a local restaurant weekly until the waitress stiffed my husband with change back. He always gave the exact change and gave a $20 for a $15 charge. She never gave him his $5. When they put the money in the drawer before giving you change, look out.
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