Happy Hour ~~ Two Stories Of Stealing Money Off The Walls
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
Canada
February 2, 2016 9:19am CST
We love happy hour while on vacation. It's usually mid afternoon, it's usually cheaper for food and drinks, and the clientele are usually just like us...old, retired, and happy.
Yesterday we were looking for a dive, a hole in the wall, not pretty but happy and we found a couple.
One had a lot of people sitting on the porch, with all the doors open. Because those on the porch were smoking, all that smoke was pouring in with the wind off the gulf. I can't stand cigarette smoke. We won't be going back to that one.
The other place was a small dive with a parking lot full of cars. That's a good thing. We went inside, sat at the bar, read the menu, ordered a beer and a wine, got some onion rings that were delicious and home made. Unfortunately they served the wine and beer in plastic cups. I am a wine snob and I want it in a glass.
When I looked up I noticed the place was covered in dollar bills, the second place in this town and I left my camera at home.
So many of you asked if people stole the money off the walls and ceiling of the bars.
While in South Carolina I asked the same question. They said one night a patron broke in and took as much money as he could knowing the place had an alarm. He got away but he was caught and arrested when he tried to use the money at a local gas station. The money was marked, very obviously marked and the guy at the gas station called the cops. The thief admitted he hadn't spent any until that day .....too bad for him.
The story from the bar here in Panama City Beach, Florida was a bit different. The thief was "falling down drunk", he broke a window. The window was quite high. The guy who could hardly walk tried to crawl through the window, he didn't get it done, but did manage to cut his hands, his arms, his chest and belly before he fell out and fell asleep on the porch floor. The alarm had worked and the police found him sleeping, got him to a hospital for his cuts and then took him to jail...
The bartender at the bar last night was not friendly so I didn't get to ask if they were ever broken into for the money. I love a good story... We might have to go back to find out, if their onion rings were that good, the meals must be too, the place was packed with diners.
Do you have a favourite restaurant with a story? Maybe you will write about it.
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@LadyDuck (502957)
• Italy
3 Feb 16
@PainsOnSlate We had a mini suit in a hotel on the beach. We loved to walk many miles early in the morning.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
@LadyDuck we enjoyed lunch in Panama City today... the place was packed noon, amazing sea food.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Feb 16
We are enjoying the people here, so far. We love being on the beach too.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
I haven't seen a tie bar but I will pay mor attention to the ones we go into this holiday.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Feb 16
I feel like a place decorated like that is just asking for trouble!
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
You would think they would have to pay more for an alarm company and insurance.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
7 Feb 16
Agreed! There are too many people now days who are hard up and would risk stealing with temptation like that staring at them.
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@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
2 Feb 16
I do not like things happened but as I read it is not pleasant.
However, vacation is vacation and you need to keep not rob you.
Very bad publicity for this restaurant and this place.
But there are such people who are willing to do anything to harm others.
Hopefully not again witness such scenes!
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Feb 16
The restaurants are lovely and fun but we asked about the money used as decorations, some people, but not most would steal it if they could. We would never do that but enjoy the crazy stories of others who try.
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The amount of diners in a place is usually a good sign of how good the food is.@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Feb 16
We will go back to that place because of the numbers dining, it is a good sign.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Feb 16
Very cool, stats. I don't think I've ever ate in a haunted restaurant.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
When I was a student I worked at a golf club. Good money, too many drunks, great staff who walked the female employees to their cars every nigh, and lots of nasty stories about old men chasing young girls...
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
4 Feb 16
i have yet to see or heard of bars or restaurants here that use real money to decorate walls. maybe if i put up my own restaurant, i will also try to decorate a certain wall with real money but i will make sure they are marked also so we can catch anyone who tries to rob easily.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
I've found three so far, all while on vacation. That's the only time we visit bars and pubs.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
We don't usually ever see a happy hour at home, but while traveling we usually go every day, it's a fun way to get to know who lives in the area and what we might miss if we don't talk to the locals. We've never run into a drunk, most people at happy hour are there for the fun, bargains, and to meet people.
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@iamshane487 (1138)
• Manila, Philippines
3 Feb 16
I never have tried for a short and long vacation to many places.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
My husband and I are old. When we were younger we did' have many vacations. Now that we are retired we have the time and money, the time and money wasn't available until we got older. You will get there some day.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Feb 16
Thanks for stoping by and leaving a comment.
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@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
3 Feb 16
It's a little surprising that there have only been those two stories that you heard about. I would think that having money on the walls and ceilings like that would be like inviting a thief to come and try to take it. But maybe there are more security measures there that we don't know about.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
I'm sure the ones with money every where and probably all that don't have money hanging. It's just commen sense to protect your business and if broke in, the police arrive and your insurance is good.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Feb 16
It would be interesting to know and hear about what all those bills are doing on the walls and ceiling. I've never heard of such a thing before. Funny that the one that stole money from the one location didn't notice the bills were marked before using them. Had he waited and used them elsewhere, in another city a long distance from there, possibly no one would have known about it.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
4 Feb 16
@PainsOnSlate What is rage money anyway? I've never heard that term before.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
@MarshaMusselman sorry rage money was a typo...
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Feb 16
Very interesting story. And while it's kind of interesting with all the money on the walls and such, why would you want to do that just because it does make you more susceptible to getting robbed.
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Feb 16
It also doesn't look so great either.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 Both bars I spoke to staff said it started with one patron signing a dollar and asking for a stapler..., it's done by the patrons. If it was my place it wouldn'T be all over, it makes me feel the restaurants not clean. We've had a drink at all three places but didn't food. Except for onion rings...We talked about going back to the last place because it was so busy selling food, we figured it must be good..but we will see if we get back there
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Feb 16
@katsmeow1213 it doesn't look good, it looks dirty and messy.. I agree with you, it's just different.
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@alchemistrx (2547)
• Philippines
3 Feb 16
Ive been to restaurants but happy hour not so. I have normal dining days so i cant tell stories. I can tell you that my meals were all delicious since we eat till we drop buffets.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
That sounds delicious. We used to eat at buffets too but there is always too much food and we would eat too much. Now we eat very little in our old age, gotta keep healthy and trim.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
7 Feb 16
That's unusal to have money on the walls. Did they every say why they did that? Like most of us we would worry someone would steal it ect. The only money I ever see on walls is usually the first dollar a business makes and they frame it.
The only interesting story I can recall is we were at a restaurant and there was a table of high school ish age girls eating out. I don't remember if there was an adult with or not but the girls did a dine and dash and the server was stunned to find a tip and an unpaid bill.
Also another time I remember a server chasing out a door to catch a customer who had not left a tip as to why his service was soo bad that did not leave him a tip. I'm not much of a tipper, and prefer to go to places where I dont have to tip personally.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
7 Feb 16
We're old so we can afford to give a healthy tip for good service. We also have worked in the restaurant business and know important that tip is. The money on the walls and above your head was started by one patron and everyone following did the same...not me, I wouldn't throw money away for that.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
It is the drunks that try to take the money, most people just consider it a decoration and often add a dollar to it for fun.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
6 Feb 16
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. We have been enjoying visiting all the bars in the area.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
4 Feb 16
That sounds interesting, we went to two pubs yesterday, a rainy day and enjoyed both, both unusual and interesting, both what we would call a hole in the wall...
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