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Published Date: 03 July 2009
POLICE in Rome are investigating after a Japanese couple were given a 695 (£595) bill after lunch at a restaurant. It included a 115.50 tip they said they did not agree to.
Authorities shut the restaurant after the couple filed a complaint, a police official said.

Restaurant owner Franco Fioravanti told Italian newspapers that the couple looked satisfied as they left the Passetto restaurant, and that they had ordered a lavish meal that included oysters, lobsters and sea bass.

But police checking menu prices against the couple's receipt found discrepancies.





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  • Last Updated: 02 July 2009 9:56 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Finlang,

Hong Kong 03/07/2009 02:59:23
The "115.50 tip" alone would have sent me into paroxysms. I tip with discretion anywhere and everywhere, not when ratbags like this one assume I should. This is a cowardly rip-off of foreign tourists.


2

Dave Drake,

03/07/2009 03:20:21
Shut the restaurant and place the owner in prison.
3

Victor Glasno,

03/07/2009 06:16:41
A few years ago the Japanese would have paid up no questions asked, but in today's climate, I don't think so.
4

Damarcus,

03/07/2009 08:00:21
Maybe they thought it was the new head of the IAEC.
5

Cabe,

04/07/2009 04:57:49
When in Rome do as the Romans would do. Walk out without paying.
6

First Lady,

05/07/2009 04:57:06
As long as the lunch was delicious.

 

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