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@abobla@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Man arrested for faking heart attack 20 times at restaurants to avoid paying bill, reports say

www.fox5atlanta.com

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Man arrested for faking heart attack 20 times at restaurants to avoid paying bill, reports say

www.fox5atlanta.com

@abobla@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Most recently, the man tried the ruse after ordering a seafood paella and two whiskeys at a restaurant in Spain, according to local news outlets, citing police.
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  • SSTF
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    60•2 years ago

    Big Costanza energy.

    • @Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world
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      8•2 years ago

      Serenity now!!!

    • @jaybone@lemmy.world
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      3•2 years ago

      The jerk store called.

  • Ghostalmedia
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    54•2 years ago

    This would never work in the US. The ambulance bill would be 5x higher than the restaurant bill.

    • @morphballganon@lemmy.world
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      31•2 years ago

      20x

      • @holycrap@lemm.ee
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        Must be one expensive meal to be 1/20th the cost of an American ambulance.

        • @morphballganon@lemmy.world
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          7•2 years ago

          $50 vs $1000, rough approximations

          • @holycrap@lemm.ee
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            11•2 years ago

            My last ambulance ride was $3,400. After insurance I was still on the hook for 1,700 iirc

      • @Artyom@lemm.ee
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        6•2 years ago

        The exact ratio depends entirely on the your personal limit for when you see a bill and say “Yup, definitely heart attack worthy”

  • @BigPapaE@lemmy.world
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    52•2 years ago

    After the 15th time people started getting suspicious

    • 🇸‌🇵‌🇪‌🇨‌🇺‌🇱‌🇦‌🇹‌🇪‌🇷‌
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      14•2 years ago

      But it was the 20th that really gave him away.

      • @BigPapaE@lemmy.world
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        5•2 years ago

        Always quit while you’re ahead

    • @jaybone@lemmy.world
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      7•2 years ago

      “It’s heart attack guy. He wants his usual.”

      • @BigPapaE@lemmy.world
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        5•2 years ago

        Triple bacon cheeseburger with onion rings?

  • @thorbot@lemmy.world
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    29•2 years ago

    Seafood paella and two whiskeys for only $36.80 USD? I’m fucking moving to Spain

  • @TalesFromTheKitchen@lemmy.ml
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    25•2 years ago

    I wish I was that extroverted. I mean that’s 19 free meals and a nickname, what else do you want?

    • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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      What does this have to do with introversion vs extroversion? It seems completely unrelated.

      One could easily be an introvert and be an asshole and take advantage of people this way.

  • @TootSweet@lemmy.world
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    21•2 years ago

    Restaurants hate this one weird trick.

  • @kautau@lemmy.world
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    19•2 years ago

    “And what is the charge? Having a heart attack? A succulent Chinese heart attack?”

  • RandomStickman
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    18•2 years ago

    Pierce?

    • @Ya_Boy_Skinny_Penis@lemmy.world
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      2•2 years ago

      “You people are sick, this man is dying!”

      -some regular looking guy with a large jaw

  • @Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works
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    17•2 years ago

    “Choke” - by Chuck Palahniuk

    • @joneskind@lemmy.world
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      1•2 years ago

      I came here to say that.

      The first Palahniuk book I read, before I learn he wrote Fight Club

      Lullaby and Survivor came next.

  • @thorbot@lemmy.world
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    15•2 years ago

    DECEPTION 100

    • MxM111
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      7•2 years ago

      95%. (1-1/20)*100%

      • @deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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        6•2 years ago

        All the buffs in the world won’t help if you roll a critical failure.

  • @Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    14•2 years ago

    ….I thought shit like this only happened in sitcoms.

  • @ApeNo1@lemm.ee
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    14•2 years ago

    This guy having a real heart attack in a restaurant some time in the future.

    “Oh no, just ignore Aidas. He is such a joker. Now would you like the lamb or the fish tonight?”

  • @BustinJiber@lemmy.world
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    9•2 years ago

    Succulent Chinese meal?

    • ϻеƌųʂɑ
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      4•2 years ago

      I see that you know your judo well.

  • FireWire400
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    6•2 years ago

    This sounds like a Michael Scott bit in The Office… I’m pretty sure something like that actually happened in The Office.

  • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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    6•2 years ago

    But were they big corporate restaurants? Because that’s victimless.

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