In today's Gazette: Dodgy diners rip off restaurant (From Essex County Standard)
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In today's Gazette: Dodgy diners rip off restaurant
8:24am Friday 22nd February 2013 in News
In today's Gazette: Four dodgy diners guzzled five bottles of Champagne and wine and feasted on a three course meal at Milsom's restaurant in Dedham - before doing a runner.
The thieves' bill of £520 included two bottles of Dom Perignon - and now police are trying to track them down.
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Comments(21)
wellnow
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9:26am Fri 22 Feb 13
Steve86
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9:48am Fri 22 Feb 13
Boris
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11:03am Fri 22 Feb 13
Steve86 wrote:Better, they should sit them down at a table, and call the police to come and arrest them.
This image needs to go to all restaurants. So they know, not to take these on.
hughie-s
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11:10am Fri 22 Feb 13
wormshero
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12:20pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Say It As It Is OK?
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2:47pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Scoot
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2:55pm Fri 22 Feb 13
DelA
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6:14pm Fri 22 Feb 13
Not like I ever did that ;-)
25414nora
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7:45pm Fri 22 Feb 13
DelA wrote:Yeah the old days.. After 15 pints some of us were so sozzled, we would go in a restaurant order a meal, pay for it...
Bit like the ol' days of a Friday/Saturday night curry and sit next to the door.
Not like I ever did that ;-)
And sneak out without eating it..
Not that I ever did that...
Charlienic
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7:59pm Fri 22 Feb 13
jeffbridges
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8:54pm Fri 22 Feb 13
nice day trip,
take in the sights,
stop for a bite to eat,
then ferry back home..
Johnny T
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9:38pm Fri 22 Feb 13
mirokou
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12:41am Sun 24 Feb 13
Joker50
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7:51am Sun 24 Feb 13
Justice79
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10:20am Sun 24 Feb 13
Johnny T wrote:£130 a head including 2 bottles of Dom Perignon seems more than reasonable to me.
£520 for a meal who are the thieves milsons I would say.
SOMETHING2SAY
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1:44pm Sun 24 Feb 13
PROOFREADER
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3:58pm Sun 24 Feb 13
wormshero
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11:29am Mon 25 Feb 13
PROOFREADER wrote:It's not really ripping someone off if they *choose* to eat an expensive restaurant, is it?
If the diners had paid for their meal it would have been them who had been ripped off,
Boris
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1:24am Tue 26 Feb 13
wormshero wrote:If you ate a restaurant, you would probably explode....
PROOFREADER wrote:It's not really ripping someone off if they *choose* to eat an expensive restaurant, is it?
If the diners had paid for their meal it would have been them who had been ripped off,
wormshero
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9:06am Thu 28 Feb 13
Boris wrote:Touché.
wormshero wrote:If you ate a restaurant, you would probably explode....
PROOFREADER wrote:It's not really ripping someone off if they *choose* to eat an expensive restaurant, is it?
If the diners had paid for their meal it would have been them who had been ripped off,
Say It As It Is OK? says...
9:04am Fri 22 Feb 13
Well they would, wouldn't they.
And Israel is not violent in the way when they constantly oppress the Palestinian people.
Israel has stolen land, created new borders and erected massive security walls during the last 45 years. It's no wonder the Arab world despises what has happened in this region. But the American and British Governments sit back and allow it to happen.