It's a problem restaurants around Winnipeg are dealing with – people ducking out without paying, leaving the business to foot the bill.
“I can tell you that the people that are doing it aren’t the people who are coming here because they’re looking for a sandwich because they’re hungry,” said Ravi Ramberran, “It’s the people who are not afraid of consequences period.”
In the wake of the increase in dine and dashers, Ramberran said his restaurant has ramped up how they deal with it.
“We blast them on Facebook, we hold them, we make them wait for the cops…We do what’s in our power to do.”
When was the last time you saw a police officer actually doing police work? 9 times out of 10 there’s just a bunch of cruisers in a parking lot chatting, but if you call 911 they say that all of their officers are busy already.
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The fact that police won’t do anything is why it’s getting more popular.
There’s no real consequences and without a police report it’s not like these people are going to get fired from their jobs.
When was the last time you saw a police officer actually doing police work? 9 times out of 10 there’s just a bunch of cruisers in a parking lot chatting, but if you call 911 they say that all of their officers are busy already.