Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Stupid Attempted Criminals...

While we were dining tonight at our local Lone Star Steakhouse, a group of four would-be criminals apparently forgot that an integral part of the "dine and dash" is to, well, dash.

Four alleged women (the waiter had his doubts) ran up a $100+ tab. Three of the four then stepped out "for a smoke," leaving the fourth one at the table, presumably to slip out unnoticed shortly thereafter. This is where the plan fell apart. The fourth person forgot to leave. This is why the criminals in movies always review their plan one last time before the heist.

When it became apparent that the fourth person had forgotten the "dash" element of the plan, the other three came stomping back in, shouting at least one of the seven words you cannot say on television, and probably should not yell at top volume in a family restaurant. This, of course, attracted the attention of the entire staff and made a subtle, unnoticed getaway much more difficult. However, having fetched all of the diners, these women (?) made a run for the doors, pursued across the street by several members of the waitstaff.

No word on how the situation played out after they ran out. The remaining waitstaff was more concerned with placating diners who suddenly found their dinner out was rated R for language.

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