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Man accidentally orders $3,750 bottle of wine...
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Screaming Eagle is a pretty great name though.
Valkyr Junkie
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Could of been worse..
Haha everyone that hasn't been to vegas or experienced bottle service shaking their heads.
Yes, its overpriced but its for reserving the table/space and no a bill like that isnt for "normal" people
For the original story in the op, dudes trippin, hes eating at a bobby flay restaurant no way theres a 37.50 bottle of wine
The waitress has HAD to have served patrons that this is their one night out of the year to splurge on a nice meal, and kept that in mind. You don't serve a patron that doesn't know much about wine the second highest priced wine they have on their menu. There should be no confusion whether a bottle of wine costs $37.50 and $3750. Hell, there shouldn't be any confusion for a bottle of wine that cost 10% of that.
I definitely wouldn't expect to spend damn near $4k for a bottle of wine, even at a nice restaurant... But then again I don't really dine at high end restaurants even semi-regularly
It is obviously a receipt of a loaded high roller squandering the fortunes on their friends. $170k probably doesn't mean shit to the person who paid that.
Upon research it was Lebron James bar tab... What does he have, something like a $150m net worth? He knew what he was getting into, and even though its a shocker receipt, it really doesn't have much of a place in this thread.
I definitely wouldn't expect to spend damn near $4k for a bottle of wine, even at a nice restaurant... But then again I don't really dine at high end restaurants even semi-regularly
It is obviously a receipt of a loaded high roller squandering the fortunes on their friends. $170k probably doesn't mean shit to the person who paid that.
Upon research it was Lebron James bar tab... What does he have, something like a $150m net worth? He knew what he was getting into, and even though its a shocker receipt, it really doesn't have much of a place in this thread.
s_mirage
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As a Brit, thirty seven fifty means 37.50.
Same lol
Pretty much.
I'd consider leaving them $100 for the wine just to come out as the bigger man.
They've got a bottle of white wine from 1959 on that list....
SteveWinwood
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nope
Nope.
That's how I was taught it in grade school; "and" = ".", ie: everything after the "and" is the cents.
Well alot of people would be insulted if you had to clarify the price for them.
"Thats three thousand seven fifty sir"
"What are you saying I look homeless?"
Sho_Nuff82
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Reminds me so much of this:
Inexcusable to present that kind of purchase without pronouncing the entire thing.
THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY US DOLLARS
The Simpsons "Hello Gutter said:
Inexcusable to present that kind of purchase without pronouncing the entire thing.
THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY US DOLLARS
Pretty sure the cops would have sided with the restaurant. In the end the patrons still consumed the bottle.
Thirty seven fifty dollars = 3750
Thirty seven and fifty dollars = 37.50
Thirty seven fifty = 37.50
That'll be three and seven and thousand hundred dollars fifty and, please
Chie Satonaka
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Hahahahahaha.
loaf of bread
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If I saw that bill I would have ran out of that place.
This article suggests that the patron asked for the "best bottle" of the restaurants Cabernet.
http://www.eater.com/2014/11/5/7162831/wine-price-controversy-bobby-flay-3750
http://www.eater.com/2014/11/5/7162831/wine-price-controversy-bobby-flay-3750
Yeah, that can change things. Thinking the best bottle at a place like that as only being ~$40 is really pushing it.
It's part of a hotel-casino. Hence the cameras.
That's completely different then. Always order house (or if you're feeling glamorous, "one above house").
Edit: just watched the college humor skit linked in the ad: "second cheapest wine"
Perfect!
Dude c'mon, the claim is that no qualifier was used after the number was said.
I get the why, I just wouldn't want someone to be recording my table while I ate.
I'm not disputing that, that link was for those not understanding the use of "and" as a decimal placeholder.
Could of been worse..
Oh how I could change my life around for the better with 170k, but then there are some people in the world who can just piss that away in a night.
:/
im not bitter...
Rawr Its Ry
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Could of been worse..
1800 for Cristal waattt
Props to that business for racking in that guap though
evil solrac v3.0
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does the waitress pronounce it buck fiddy when someone orders a one adn fifty dollar bottle of wine?
Could of been worse..
In what world do 2 6 packs of red Bull cost $96?
Probably tastes like a $37.50 bottle of wine to 99.9% of the population, with the exception of a tiny handful of supertasters and pretentious people who wouldn't give the wine the time of day until you told them the price.
If you're paying over $10 a bottle, you're getting shafted. It's the liquid version of audiophile scammery.
Actually, I see that the use of 'cents' after the number following 'and' is equally important. That's what your link says. That's how I write my checks (well with a fraction for dollars instead of cents).
"Thirty seven and fifty cents" Fine.
"Thirty seven and fifty" Nope.
Also, Grammar != Vernacular.
FairXchange
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Saying 3,750 as thirty-seven-fifty is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Who in their right mind would point to a bottle of wine that costs over three grand for a person that "doesn't drink wine often?". This server sounds like a thief if the customer's testimony is anything to go by.
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I don't even understand why you would pay more for a better tasting alcoholic beverage. If you're really concerned about taste, buy expensive apple juice. Alcohol in general doesn't taste great and you're not paying 3k for a buzz.
Taking the location into consideration, what's the issue? Say that in Chili's, you'll think 37.50, say that here...
at...
and it's a different story.
I bet you he won't act like some big baller anymore.
I want to have a moment of that pinkies-up, pretentious fuckery.
I don't know about all this business. I've never paid less than $10 for a bottle of wine, but I've had some really cheap stuff that ended up being absolute shit. Like Gnarly Head. The only wines that have given me headaches have been cheap shit. I stick to bottles between $20-$35. Not expensive, but not some Bukowski dime store swill.
And after spending $250 on a decent set of headphones, I never want to go back to my cheap Sennheisers.
narcosis219
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Well she recommended it, so it could have been all verbal.
Much like "what's today's special?" "today we have the filet mignon on special for twenty seven fifty"
Then you proceed to pay $2750. Right?
Sounds about right. The guy was paying for a group of 8 so he's not going to second guess it.
Cops would have said it's a civil matter.
Patrons are claiming bait and switch/fraud.
Restaurant is claiming theft of services.
Cops aren't going to want to sort it out.
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