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* Citing a "code of honor" acquired during 26 years in the Air
Force, retired pilot Ralph Paul, 54, decided in March that he would
not pay for the $15.99 "Shrimp and Scallop Verdura" at
Angellino's restaurant in Palm Harbor, Fla., because it contained
only five small shrimp and five scallops. After he complained
unsuccessfully, and walked out, the restaurant sent sheriff's
deputies after him, and he was charged with misdemeanor fraud.
Paul insisted to a St. Petersburg Times reporter that he couldn't
look himself in the mirror if he had paid, or even negotiated a
settlement, so he hired a $500-an-hour New York lawyer and, in a
one-day trial in October before a restive jury, he was acquitted. [St.
Petersburg Times, 10-5-06]
He ate the seafood. Here's the latest editorial from the St. Petersburg Times: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/...eamed+and+awed
To top it off, he only left a $3 tip on a $46 tab.
* Citing a "code of honor" acquired during 26 years in the Air
Force, retired pilot Ralph Paul, 54, decided in March that he would
not pay for the $15.99 "Shrimp and Scallop Verdura" at
Angellino's restaurant in Palm Harbor, Fla., because it contained
only five small shrimp and five scallops. After he complained
unsuccessfully, and walked out, the restaurant sent sheriff's
deputies after him, and he was charged with misdemeanor fraud.
Paul insisted to a St. Petersburg Times reporter that he couldn't
look himself in the mirror if he had paid, or even negotiated a
settlement, so he hired a $500-an-hour New York lawyer and, in a
one-day trial in October before a restive jury, he was acquitted. [St.
Petersburg Times, 10-5-06]
He ate the seafood. Here's the latest editorial from the St. Petersburg Times: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/...eamed+and+awed
To top it off, he only left a $3 tip on a $46 tab.
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