When you walk into a restaurant, you should be legally allowed to walk out without paying if they didn't make you sign an agreement to do so. amirite?

This is the dumbest thing i ever read

by Anonymous 1 day ago

then you probably don't read that often

by Valentinamcglyn 1 day ago

You ordered food that had a cost associated with it. That's the agreement.

by Impressive_Candy 1 day ago

That's not necessarily the same thing. Stealing from walmart is literally taking something that doesn't belong to you or taking something you don't own. If you walk into a restaurant and you are being served you are literally being given things.

by Valentinamcglyn 1 day ago

well you are given things you ask for after looking at their cost lol. What if you go into a store and ask for an employee to bring you an item, would it be okay to steal it then?

by Malvina65 1 day ago

But here's where it's different: in a store, you have the item in hand before you buy, so there's a clear line between "having it" and "owning it." With restaurants, they're providing a service and giving you the food at the same time, without a clear point where you officially "agree" to pay. Imagine if stores let you walk out with items assuming you'll pay later—that'd be a similar setup

by Valentinamcglyn 1 day ago

If you walk into a restaurant and you are being served you are literally being given things. Okay, so let's go with this... I walk place an order with an optometrist. They prepare my glasses to my prescription. I walk out of the door with the glasses and without paying. They gave them to me, after all. I go to a grocery store and get some sliced meat and cheese. They hand me these things. I walk out the door without paying. Like, even as a troll premise, the idea falls flat at the first hurdle (a veneer of plausibility) because almost every business has an aspect where one thing is handed over without an explicit contract. And that's not even looking at the other side: I go into a business and order something. Their card reader is behind the counter, so I hand them my card. They now own my bank account, it was a gift. Heartbroken, I go somewhere else and pay cash. They keep the change. It's their change. They keep all the change.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Apparently you don't understand how offer and acceptance works. You make an offer to the restaurant when you make the order. The restaurant accepts the offer when the staff confirms the order. The contract is made then. What you do with the food when it arrives, is irrelevant. You owe. The restaurant fulfills their contractual obligations by preparing and serving the food and you fulfill yours by paying for it. If you don't, you are in breach of contract. It's not "an unspoken contract". It's literally a contract.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Dumb, the prices are on the menu, you ordered you must pay.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

There's no unspoken contract. It's spoken. You ordered. A verbal contract is a legally binding contract. There's no need to sign.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So you want stealing to be legal...?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Wtf

by clementdaniel 1 day ago

sovereign citizen ass argument

by No-Supermarket 1 day ago

the prices are on the menu hope this helps

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Implied Contracts: A Guide to the Unspoken Agreements in Business

by Malvina65 1 day ago

If there's no actual signed agreement or contract before you order, maybe it should be considered just an "invitation to eat." If they don't make you put pen to paper, should you really be obligated to pay? I don't recall signing anything when I walk into a grocery store, so what would prevent me from eating food in there and leaving without paying?

by Melanyhilll 1 day ago

That is barely qualified as an opinion. Maybe it's just a stupid idea.

by AdvertisingShot3701 1 day ago

So opinion's have to be considered to be "smart" or not stupid for it to be an opinion?

by Valentinamcglyn 1 day ago

Decent level trolling. I like the ‘invitation to (tr)eat angle you came with. 6/10.

by Savion03 1 day ago

Dumb idea. In what way would this make sense?;

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That's why everything has a price associated beside the item…. Also plenty of restaurants and places make u pay first.

by rippinmervin 1 day ago

Are you TRYING to make eating out more annoying? Because if this crazy idea were the case, that's exactly what would happen.

by Baileeeichmann 1 day ago

It's illegal to steal from people.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

If you order something verbally, that's an agreement. You can walk in and out all you want, provided they let you, on their private property, without paying. But if you order anything, you need to adhere to your agreement.

by theronaltenwert 1 day ago

You pretty much can. As lone as you did not order anything. Once you order something you have agreed to pay for it. It is like saying If I invite someone to eat in my restaurant I should be able to harvest one of their kidneys.. It is not my fault they did not read the fine print on the 37 page document they signed.

by Substantial_Fan_7138 1 day ago

What would even be the benefit of this? And for who?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It's called a implied contract. There are many types of contracts, not just those in writing. Contracts can be implied through actions, conduct, or verbal agreements, and they can be legally binding even without a formal written document. I once had to discuss this with an customer.... For example, when you order food at a restaurant, you implicitly agree to pay, even though there's no formal contract. In many countries, including America, these contracts are legally binding, and you can even work without a signed document, as long as the terms (like work and payment) are understood through actions a <- mostly used at "at-will" employment situations. You don't always need a pen and paper to make a contract.

by ScaryLeadership2554 1 day ago

Worst one I've seen yet

by Anonymous 1 day ago