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CALGARY RESTAURANT OWNER FURIOUS AT OILERS OVER UNPAID TAB

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发表于 2010-2-6 17:09 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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CTV 1/1/2010
1 z; }$ H) r# i8 I' r. ]; CCALGARY -- The manager of an upscale Calgary restaurant is furious, claiming that Edmonton Oilers players refused to cover the full cost of a nearly $17,000 tab during a New Year's Eve night out for team members.
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$ _3 g+ r$ |# W4 o, g; kMaurizio Terrigno of Osteria de Medici, the restaurant where former U.S. president George W. Bush dined when he was in Calgary last year, said the team and staff owed $16,796.39 but wanted a break on the bill and paid $12,381.45.
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* }. F. l" d% [& D# m! G: p; S& PTerrigno said about half of the bill was for alcohol totalling $8,248, including dozens of shots of tequila and bottles of expensive wine and $1,000 champagne.
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, J& ~. i3 y% _2 J"These guys came in, they enjoyed our hospitality and when the bill came ... they went ballistic to the point where they started threatening, denigrating my staff, saying, `We're the Edmonton Oilers, we expect a 50 per cent discount,' " said Terrigno.
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Terrigno said 45 people ordered off the menu and their total bill came to $14,234.23, including $677.98 for GST. The restaurant usually adds an automatic 18 per cent gratuity for a large group, which would bring the total to $16,796.39.
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6 B5 j  s: P  jThe Oilers had lost by a score of 2-1 earlier in the night against the Calgary Flames.- v8 V! C9 h+ I5 E" x2 B

& s! }; w) X- _4 v4 K9 BOilers spokesman Allan Watt said the restaurant was recommended by some Calgary friends of the players and they had a prearranged meal and menu.
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"They received the bill which they felt was outrageous," said Watt.4 y5 a! P: I2 ^. _  K: w/ T8 q$ \

) p( Q& A8 \. r8 |% g"They inquired about it and they were unhappy about it and were unhappy with some of the charges. The restaurant adjusted it by $7,000."
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Watt said the players paid the adjusted bill and added a $1,900 tip and left the restaurant.
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7 G- @! i( x9 g0 L- {) ^Terrigno said the group, which included team captain Ethan Moreau, attempted to negotiate a discount on the bill.! b2 @  |) O7 ^4 M4 s

+ x% A+ c- d1 ^( T( DHe said the players argued they should pay by the bottle for dozens of shooters purchased during the bash, but the restaurant charged them for each one individually.
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+ B* S$ k5 j$ t  H: k8 BThe restaurant tried to charge for a bottle of an imported expensive brandy after one of the players took a swig straight from it.& M. ^+ S. @! b# ^, c6 `

& A$ t* v, K8 J, d" Z"They refused to pay for the whole bottle because they didn't consume the whole bottle," said Terrigno.
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; ?, Y! O9 ?- C, o. zHe said there's no way the restaurant will serve other clients from the same bottle.
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6 D) D& M7 k1 w7 s' H- [Terrigno said at one point he threatened to phone police.! S) Y( I2 z# Z$ J% }. D; V- P
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"It's the first time during the 37 years of business have I ever experienced something like this," he said. "What's more upsetting is we know who they are."" X6 u$ I1 \2 n! k! I4 K
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Terrigno said because he was infuriated by what happened he plans on donating the money the players paid the restaurant to charity.
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发表于 2010-2-6 23:30 | 显示全部楼层
The Edmonton Oilers players were ripped off.
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