We’ve all considered skipping out on a restaurant bill at some point. The thought usually crosses your mind when you’ve been through the huge effort of awkwardly trying to get your waiter’s attention through a combination of exaggerated mouth movement and drawing in the air something that loosely resembles your signature even though no one actually *signs *the bill these days, only to find yourself 20 minutes later still without the bill and wanting nothing more than to curl up on the sofa and nurse your food baby.
We all think it, but we never do it (because stealing is wrong, btw). However, a man who goes by the name of 2pec (yes, I think the pun is intended) apparently went through what might be the most effort a person could go through to avoid paying his gigantic food bill.
A court in Queensland heard that this man, Terry Peck (get it now?), allegedly visited a beachside restaurant where he consumed two lobsters, 17 oyster shooters, a baby octopus and a number of beers and then skipped out without paying the bill,
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.