The Main Reason Dining & Dashing Is A Terrible Idea In Twin Falls

Dining and dashing is still a huge concern for restaurant owners throughout the country. In cities like Twin Falls, Idaho, where news travels quickly on social media skipping out on a tab is a particularly bad idea.

Have you ever dined and dashed? I went to high school in the late eighties and early nineties, and I remember hearing about classmates doing it pretty frequently. The local Denny's restaurant was targeted by teens I associated with, but I never joined in on that type of mischief out of fear of what my mother would do to me.

I was a waiter for a couple of years, so I know what it feels like to get stuck with a bill and no tip to boot. It's a crappy feeling.

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I was watching the news the other night and the anchors were talking about a couple in Europe who were prolific dine-and-dashers and had finally got busted after screwing over several restaurants. They were jailed and charged with several crimes including fraud and theft. I can't believe in this day and age where cameras are everywhere and many human beings have become at-home crime sleuths, that people still attempt such acts.

I was a waiter for a couple of years, so I know what it feels like to get stuck with a bill and no tip to boot. It's a crappy feeling.

Some in southern Idaho might recall the "Sushi Bandit" from a few years back. That run was short lived thanks to the quick work of Bannock County police.

Twin Falls is a tight-knit community. The local rants/raves Facebook pages have become a very good tool for exposing area crime, and southern Idaho police departments are great at getting surveillance stills published on their social media sites in record time. Attempting to bail out on a restaurant tab in Twin Falls County will probably come back to bite a person in the ass.