That's assuming that the manager is actually cooperative, and willing to help you (not always the case, especially with underprivileged people).

Here's some interesting data.

Assuming you know one exists.

The more I think about this, the more I think this is a "let's sit back and mock and/or shame/chastise under-privileged people".

Tell that to a homeless person who got the only meal they would eat for the day. Or a single mother who used her last few bucks to have something to eat. Or whatever.

If you're poor and that meal was supposed to be your dinner, it isn't necessarily that simple.

Sorry, but I don't buy it.

I went to a restaurant once where I was served the completely wrong thing. When I told the server that it was wrong, she insisted that it was what I had ordered. I told her I didn't order it, that I wasn't going to eat it, and that she needed to take it back. When she tried to charge me for it, there was a big…

Based on stereotypical voices, my guess is yes, they were a WOC.

It makes the assumption that this woman knew there was a non-emergency number to call in the first place. Not everyone is aware of this.

I never said it was the right way to handle it. I am just saying that, in the absence of knowing how to do it any other way, I am not surprised this happened.

And this doesn't always resolve the issue.

That's quite the privileged response. If the woman wasn't intelligent enough to know who to call or how else to handle the situation, what makes you think that 1. she has a smart phone, and 2. that she would know to look for another phone number?

I worked at a restaurant as a server, and something very similar happened (people walked out, with all due right to), and our owner called the police. I don't think the police really gave a shit, but the police were called nonetheless.

It wasn't until I needed to call the non-emergency police that I even knew such a number existed. People aren't typically taught that there even is an alternative number. We have '911' drilled into our heads from inception, but until you experience a non-emergency situation that requires police, you might never know…

I am not saying it's the 'right' way to handle it, but if you aren't sure what to do, and you know that leaving might land you in jail, I can see why someone would resort to this. I don't personally carry the non-emergency phone number with me, and in the absence of that, I am not sure what I would do.

Do you carry the non-emergency number with you? I sure as hell don't.

I have to say that to a very small degree, I understand where this woman is coming from. If you go to a store/restaurant/whatever and you do not get the service you are paying for, then you shouldn't have to pay. BUT if you try to leave without paying, then you can have the police called on you for 'dining and…

"I did have periodic feelings of shame knowing that I was making Barbie's sister sort of aggressively bang her but I got over it."

I shouldn't have laughed... but I did.