Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Tag: diners

Missouri restaurant gets even with ‘Dine-and-dasher’ who tried paying for burger, sides with $1,000 bill

A Missouri diner has turned the tables on a “dine‑and‑dash” culprit by posting the thief’s face online and exposing the fake payment that stole a meal.

‘Pocket-packing’ trend has customers taking advantage of freebies — to the extreme

With inflation hitting hard and making everyone watch their spending, a quirky new trend called "pocket-packing" is popping up at restaurants and fast-food spots. Diners are grabbing way more freebies than they need—like extra plastic utensils, straws, napkins, sugar packets, and ketchup packets—to stash for later. But this habit is starting to cost businesses big time.