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A woman was left horrified and confused when she was given her bill for lunch with her friend, and they'd managed to rack up a whopping £50,000 spend - then she realised her error

It has become the norm for restaurant diners to take a quick photo of their meal and post it on social media before tucking in. But for one woman in China, the move proved disastrous.

This is why you should pay before you post to social media. A Chinese restaurant customer surnamed Wang was left flabbergasted after an innocent social media mishap resulted in her getting stuck with a mind-boggling $60,000 bill.

The woman, surnamed Wang, said she only wanted to share pictures of the food that she was having from a hotpot restaurant she visited with her friend on November 23. However, she accidentally posted the QR code that was stuck to the table for ordering dishes and paying for meals.

A woman in China almost had to fork out US$60,000 to pay a restaurant bill after she accidentally included the food ordering QR code on her social media account.

Woman posts innocent photos of eatery’s dishes online, landed with huge bill. Other diners piggyback on her table’s QR code for orders when it appeared in photos of food.

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