A group of young women in California made up for their actions after skipping out of a restaurant before paying for their meal.
The group who ate at K-Elements BBQ in San Francisco on April 10 sent a letter apologizing for dining and dashing, and they included the money to cover their tab, the establishment’s owners said.
The group, according to the letter sent to the owner, thought the deal they had ordered was $29.99 per table, not per person, according to CBS San Francisco Bay Area. Surveillance cameras captured the three women smiling and walking away from the restaurant.
“We are extremely sorry for any inconveniences we may have caused. … At the time we didn’t have anywhere near enough money and could not afford what we had eaten and came to an irresponsible and irrational decision,” read the letter, which is signed as “the 3 girls.” “We didn’t have the money at the time, but we have now gathered enough to cover the bill and although it is late, we hope this makes up for everything.”
The incident was not meant to be “malicious or ill-intended,” the letter read, but “was a mistake and a lack of judgment which we all deeply regret.”
The restaurant experienced a second dine-and-dash incident over the weekend after patrons on Sunday split before paying their $150 tab, the restaurant’s owner said.
“The ‘dine and dash’ is just one thing that drives everybody up the wall,” said co-owner Alfred Lee. “There’s already so much that everybody has to deal with during the pandemic and having to deal with staffing issues.”
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The owners thanked the community for an outpouring of support and orders after the story of the dashers spread.
“We received multiple orders from customers, who also did not want their order, but had only placed orders simply to support our recent loss. We are tremendously moved by the outpouring of support and want to thank everyone for your continued support,” read a post on social media. “We will also be paying it forward by donating meals for people in our community for every five dollars we receive as support from the recent unfortunate incidents. We wanted to share these dine-and-dash incidents with the public because [we] want to bring awareness to these matters in hopes the rest of the restaurant industry sees a reduction of these occurrences.”
The business owners invested in the surveillance system after they said they were vandalized multiple times in the past year.
