This thread reminded me of this story but I didn't want to threadjack 
When I was younger (16-17) a few friends and I drove up to LA to see a taping of That 70's Show (I'm dating myself a little bit
). On the way back it was around 10 PM and we stopped at some random Denny's off the highway to eat. There was only a few other people in the restaurant, and then us: a group of teenagers ordering big dinners.
So obviously we were going to Dine-N-Dash (tm).
Well not really actually, we hadn't even considered it, but the manager obviously thought we were! As soon as we got our food, he stationed himself right next to the door and pretty much stared at us pointedly. We weren't that far away from the door. At the time we thought it was pretty funny and we were trying to decide if we should dine and dash just to make him happy because he was obviously bored, having time to just sit around and wait for a bunch of kids to maybe possibly cause trouble. When we were finished and had the bill, I walked slowly up to the front area. The register was right by the door so I could have been going to pay...but since I was a dirty teenager I must have been trying to run for it. I could see the manager tensing and getting ready to do whatever it was he was going to do (grab me? yell at me?) so I lunged towards the door like I was going to run for it. The manager jumped up and knocked his chair over in the process. Instead of running, however, I calmly continued to the register and paid the woman behind it. The manager looked embarrassed (rightly so) and kind of stood there for a bit like he had a different reason to be there before slinking away.
This was one of the very few times in my life where we didn't leave any tip at all. Honestly it was fine service (except for the older man staring at us nubile teenagers the whole time), but that was pretty much just ageism. Definitely teenagers can be one of the most annoying and troublesome types of customers, but don't just assume that all teenagers are bad. The More You Know and all that

When I was younger (16-17) a few friends and I drove up to LA to see a taping of That 70's Show (I'm dating myself a little bit

So obviously we were going to Dine-N-Dash (tm).
Well not really actually, we hadn't even considered it, but the manager obviously thought we were! As soon as we got our food, he stationed himself right next to the door and pretty much stared at us pointedly. We weren't that far away from the door. At the time we thought it was pretty funny and we were trying to decide if we should dine and dash just to make him happy because he was obviously bored, having time to just sit around and wait for a bunch of kids to maybe possibly cause trouble. When we were finished and had the bill, I walked slowly up to the front area. The register was right by the door so I could have been going to pay...but since I was a dirty teenager I must have been trying to run for it. I could see the manager tensing and getting ready to do whatever it was he was going to do (grab me? yell at me?) so I lunged towards the door like I was going to run for it. The manager jumped up and knocked his chair over in the process. Instead of running, however, I calmly continued to the register and paid the woman behind it. The manager looked embarrassed (rightly so) and kind of stood there for a bit like he had a different reason to be there before slinking away.
This was one of the very few times in my life where we didn't leave any tip at all. Honestly it was fine service (except for the older man staring at us nubile teenagers the whole time), but that was pretty much just ageism. Definitely teenagers can be one of the most annoying and troublesome types of customers, but don't just assume that all teenagers are bad. The More You Know and all that

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