Originally Posted by MelesMeles

Absolutely true. I had this incident in London: I was at a tapas-style restaurant with a big group where they were doing a deal with all dishes for £3. The bill came, and it was just a number (not itemised). It was an awful lot more than it should have been. I ask for an itemised bill, and was given a handwritten one. I was told that "the sale isn't running tonight". I asked to speak to a manager, which she refused and threatened to call the police unless I paid. I got up, and walked straight back to the manager's office (you could see the door next to the kitchen) and knocked on the door until he came out. I explained what had happened. He came over to the table and brought the full computerised itemised bill. All the dishes had been charged at the sale price, but the waitress had added around £60 in tip to make the price up to the pre-sale price. And yes...we'd all been drinking heavily. Our meal was comped, manager apologised profusely, and last we saw was the waitress being taken back to the office by a very angry manager...