This would be a great law school problem.
But you non-geeks, feel free to join in, too!
The following is a true story.
A man went to pizza restaurant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and ordered a stromboli worth a little more than $13.
After the credit card charge of $3,013 cleared, the restaurant (as is typical based on my own long-past experience as a waitress) paid the waitress the full $3,000 in cash. Yippeeeeee!!!!!
The plot thickens
Meanwhile, the customer began to reflect on his act of kindness and decided he might have gotten carried away. So when he got the credit card bill, he disputed the charge, and the credit card company notified the restaurant. As a result, the restaurant didn't get back the $3,000 it had paid to the waitress on the day of the customer's visit.
The restaurant has now sued the customer in small claims court. Good. And good for them for not making the waitress pay the back the tip money.
"Tips for Jesus"
It turned out that the tip was part of the social media trend "Tips for Jesus." (Which, apparently, has nothing to do with Jesus or even Christianity.) People go out to eat, leave an outrageous tip in proportion to the price of the meal, take pictures of their bills, and post the pix on social media.
But this Scranton "restaurant reneger" (hat tip to the New York Post for that one) got the best of both worlds: Nice publicity initially, and then the restaurant gets stuck with the bill.
Because that's exactly the way Jesus would have done it.
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