A woman received an unexpected charge on the account after eating in a Colombian restaurant. The protagonist of the situation sent her mother a photo of the ticket and, from there, what happened went viral on the internet. However, as she clarified, it was all a mistake on the part of an employee of the gastronomic establishment and she did not have to pay it.
on social networks circulate all kinds of viral content. The enormous power of dissemination that these platforms have means that any story or fact can be known by thousands or millions of people in a matter of minutes.
Within that universe, there are certain formats and types of anecdotes that are replicated more than others. One of them is the one that has to do with unexpected prices when receiving a restaurant bill. Many users suffer from high costs or unusual surcharges and decide to share their story to seek an urgent response from the local gastronomic or simply to download and even start a discussion online.
This time, everything It happened at the Mar de Leva restaurantlocated in Cartagena, Colombia. Usually, the area is marked by the risk of very high prices being charged, since it receives a large number of tourists.
This was what seemed to happen in the gastronomic place, thanks to the image of a ticket of the place that circulated in networks. A woman went to eat with her boyfriend at the place and between them they ordered two pasta dishes and two drinks. Nevertheless, when they received the bill they got a surprise.
Under the “glassware and crockery” item, the restaurant wanted to charge them for a broken plate. What was striking was not only the intention, but also the amount. As can be seen in the image, due to the breakage of the fountain, customers had to pay the sum of 5,250,000 Colombian pesoswhich translates to almost $170.000.
On the other hand, also the tip was included with a proportional to the subtotal, which included that huge number. In this way, the calculation of the extra money for the waiter who attended them amounted to 534,254 Colombian pesos (more than $17,000) and the total reached 6,304,194 Colombian pesos (over $200,000).
Since the image of the user began to circulate, a lot of outrage was generated on Twitter. Nevertheless, whoever captured the ticket log explained what really happened.
First of all, the woman denied that a plate was broken during your visit to the restaurant. “The attention in the restaurant was very good, we ordered our food and no plate or crockery was broken. That did not happen at any time, “he said in dialogue with The universal.
Along the same lines, he recalled that the large number it was a mistake by the cashier, who was in her first days of work: “We immediately spoke to the waiter and he told us that it was a human error.. He left and came back with the account of what we had consumed”.
Finally, he added that he took the photo to send it to his mother and tell her about the anecdote. According to her testimony, the woman has no idea how or why the image went viral.
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