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If you feel that “groceries aren't mine until I've paid for them,” then how do you ever eat at a restaurant?
by drfuchs 7y ago
If you feel that “groceries aren't mine until I've paid for them,” then how do you ever eat at a restaurant?
- codetrotter 7y agoHmm, touché :) I think a restaurant is different though because that is explicitly how it works (eat first then pay). To take your comparison further, what would happen if you sat down in a grocery store and started consuming hundreds of dollars worth of food and drink? I think it would raise a lot of eyebrows, and the employees would probably confront you. So there is a difference. Furthermore, in a restaurant you place an order and they serve you, and from a legal perspective (IANAL) there might be something about some sort of implicit contract that you will pay them. Whereas with a grocery store you are not allowed to remove the items from the store until you've paid for them. And I feel like consuming the items inside of the store is sort of analogous to removing them from the store.
- yuhe00 7y agoWhen I was young, I avoided restaurants because of exactly this! Always preferred cafes/fast-food places where you pay first. It just didn't make logical sense to me. I've grown out of it now obviously... :P
- Cytobit 7y agoI've never had unpaid-for groceries in a restaurant.
- anbop 7y agoDoesn’t make sense. Paying beforehand is customary at grocery stores, not at restaurants.