Woman put her own hair in food to score free meal, caught on restaurant CCTV
The restaurant was compelled to refund the customer's dinner after she caused a scene, alleging that there was a hair in her meal.
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The restaurant was compelled to refund the customer's dinner after she caused a scene, alleging that there was a hair in her meal.
Footage appears to show the moment diners put their own hair in their food at a pub in order to get a refund. The incident happened at the Observatory in Blackburn and the owner has shared the CCTV as a “warning to other businesses”. According to the Metro, the diner complained about her £12.95 roast beef dinner, saying she’d found a hair in her meal. But when owner Tom Croft checked the footage to make sure his staff’s hair was tied back, he realised the customer had done it herself to get herself a free meal.
The owner of a Blackburn pub speaks to the BBC after discovering the alleged dining deception on CCTV.
Tom Croft, 32, had refunded a guest £12.95 for a beef roast dinner after they claimed they had found a hair in their food in the Observatory in Blackburn, Lancashire.
The diner complained about her £12.95 roast beef dinner at the Observatory in Blackburn, Lancashire, saying she'd found a hair in her meal.