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'Just sick of the crime': Restaurants dealing with in an increase of people dining and dashing (winnipeg.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/canada
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"I can tell you that the people that are doing it aren't the people who are coming here because they're looking for a sandwich because they're hungry," said Ravi Ramberran, "It's the people who are not afraid of consequences period."

In the wake of the increase in dine and dashers, Ramberran said his restaurant has ramped up how they deal with it.

"We blast them on Facebook, we hold them, we make them wait for the cops...We do what's in our power to do."

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

If it's becoming a big issue, why not ask people to put a credit card on deposit when they sit down?

"The Winnipeg Police Service said it does not track dine and dash incidents, but does say if there are threats or violence restaurants should call the police."

Wait? They're not supposed to call the police when they've been robbed? Theft of service is a crime is it not? If the police aren't doing anything that's the problem

[–] frostbiker 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They’re not supposed to call the police when they’ve been robbed? Theft of service is a crime is it not? If the police aren’t doing anything that’s the problem

I'm speculating here, but I guess it boils down to the amount of money involved combined with the absence of threats or violence.

In general it makes little sense to spend resources investigating a non-indictable offense where the perpetrator is unlikely to be found in the first place and even if they are found the cost of even finding and processing then is much higher than the monetary damage they caused.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but if stealing less then $100 becomes defacto legal, then we have a much bigger problem, society collapses in a million $100 thefts

[–] Auli 12 points 1 year ago

But it already is and higher then that.