This time last year after a trawl through some old receipts I discovered how much I wasn’t being charged. Drinks, bottles of wine – all sorts of stuff – were being left off restaurant bills.
The result? I started reading receipts and volunteering the mistakes. Some joints would charge me for it but most would let me off.
And so it was on Friday at (web site with annoying music) Mikoshi (151-155 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda Vic +61 9534 9559) where a single glass of wine was left off. The boss was chuffed at how honest I’d been, she didn’t charge me for it. She said that you can tell when somebody sees a mistake but does nothing. We then laughed about how what goes around comes around.
Saturday, not quite champagne sodden after drinking light and very fresh Mumm from some brilliant tiny glasses all day, I find myself in Mr Wolf (9-15 Inkerman Street, St Kilda, Vic +61 9534 0255) for salt cod balls, salad and pizza. Everything is great although there is a mix up with the salads, which eventually arrive. It wasn’t a big deal. One salad is left off the bill and when I bring it to their attention we are let off one salad, partly because of the mix up.
What comes around goes around. Again.
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Karma!
I really have to start looking at receipts too. I always just assume they get it right and pay the bill. Obviously I would be happy if I was undercharged, but probably more often than not I will be overcharged. I saw that in Asia on holidays, my friends over there checked their receipts very carefully, ticking off each one. They said a lot of places there tended to overcharge on purpose.