well, i can say this much. my broter, who was a server and a bartender, and i used to steal things all the time from places. i had a bit of a silverware fetish and his was the best. he had a habit of stealing the "employees must wash their hands" signs from bathroom. he would rip off all kinds of them. very interesting. he would rip the plastic signs, weather they would be screwed, glued or hanging. i would sometimes steal toilet paper, pending on my financial situation and stinginess. hey, i know that every restaurant has an endless supply of shit tickets, so whats the big deal? the place i work now has all sorts of paintings and pictures on the walls. orginal pin up girl calender pictures and we even have a rare picture of President Regean flipping the bird behind a Presidential podium with the presidential seal behind him. I do not know where it came from but it is a real authentic photo. And furthermore, I do not understand why we have it, I mean it really doesnt fit, its kinda random, but it is way cool. That is centered behind the bar so no1 can get to it. All of the photos and pictures are screwed to the walls and are pretty impossible to get. But yeah, I am guilty of restaurant theft on all counts.

-Mathew

this year college graduation, mother's day, and high-school prom all fell on the same weekend...hell. Sunday morning before we opened i found half a bottle of our table wine (Chianti) stuffed behind the toilet in the men's restroom. i suppose some prom goer decided he would drink even though he was probably under age...i think it's great, but still had to throw out bottle b/c who wants to drink wine from behind the toilet. But this gave me a great idea for a concept i might actually do if i ever open a restaurant. Fancy liquor in the bathroom, have a bathroom attendent who gives you shots of fancy booze

Someone at work was just telling me about one of our guest in a private party who took everything and stuffed it in her purse, including one of the steel carafes and other odd items. When the items were included on the final bill, before the guests left, they magically showed up again.

I mean come on!!!!! She was getting a free meal, and expensive one too and a guest at a nice dinner party, she had to clear her own table by pocketing everything not tied down? Hell, she probably had the flowers out of the ladies room in that bag too!

Steal from me=steal my wages and chances to get a raise.....bah!