Couple arrested for not tipping...

“Jipped on the Tip” by Doreen Linder of the Allentown Headlines Examiner

When John Wagner and Leslie Pope visited the Lehigh Pub in Bethlehem, they never thought they would be leaving in a police car.  They never thought their service would be bad either.  Both kind of put a damper on a evening.

Lehigh Pub

Pope and Wagner went to have a night out with a group of friends.  They ordered wings, salad, and drinks. There food came over an hour later and they had to get up refill their drinks at the bar.  According to some reports, this waitress spent most her time outside the restaurant smoking.  When the bill came, they refused to pay the 18 percent gratuity that accompanied the bill because of the poor service which amounted to $16.00.

The Bethlehem police were called and the couple was arrested and charged with theft.

This case has made national news and one can see online on yelp.com that reviewers as far as Oregon are outraged about this couple’s arrest.  It is the subject of blogs accross the nation.  The question here is, “Should one have to pay a gratuity if the service was not good?”

A court date has been set for next month.