Digital Mayhem

Man did college students Leslie Pope and John Wagner have a fucked up night.

Not only did they get what they called lousy service, they got handcuffed and arrested.

All over a $16.35 tip.

They were with a half-dozen of their homies at the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem last month, so the Restaurant tacked what it called a mandatory 18 percent gratuity onto the bill of about $73, according to reports.

Pope and Wagner refused to pay. (which ANY normal person would have done after horrible service)

“You can’t give us terrible, terrible service and expect a tip,” said Pope.

They had to find their own napkins and cutlery while their waitress caught a smoke, had to ask the bar for soda refills, and had to wait over an hour for salad and wings, they told NBC10.

The pub, which was very busy that night, took the $73, but then called the cops, who treated the matter as a theft.

The menu clearly states, “18 percent gratuity added to check of parties of 6 of more,” and a similar message is printed on receipts, a pub employee said this morning.

A court date is scheduled for next month.

What would they do if it happened again? a reporter asked.

“Honestly, probably gonna pay the tip anyway,” said Pope, prompting Wagner, 24, a Lehigh University grad student, to laugh.

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Well if I got arrested for not leaving a tip claiming theft then I would push for charges against them for Theft since obviously services where not rendered and since the definition of TIP is

a gratuity (a voluntary additional payment made for services rendered)

Then I would probably contact the Better Business Bureau as well as contact every News Agency I can think of and let the story known, etc.