Monday, October 20, 2008

How do you like them waffles?

How about $547.45 worth?

Say what you want about the Waffle House, or Awful House as we've been known to call it, but you get a good deal for what you pay for.
Well, 66 year old Maryanne O'Neill didn't agree. Her bill at the restaurant came to $7.45, and she refused to pay. The police, when they arrived, informed her that she could either pay her tab or go to jail. She chose the latter, where that breakfast could cost her an extra $500.

Apparently, "obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraud" is a punishable second degree misdemeanor. Now that is brand new information to me. All I know is that if I wanted coffee and a sandwich for $7.45, I would not pick Waffle House.
Maybe that's the lesson...

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