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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
" H3 z9 t" W) Z" K0 }/ rCALGARY -- 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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Maurizio 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., Q" |; S7 @, L( `
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Terrigno 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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: C& Y3 g! i5 c# S"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.: W# O! y& e% j, J- y, ?; o: Q
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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.  d+ ^6 y: b  g" k( ^4 x" n+ f. n; P) X

/ h- A9 B: [2 {# LThe Oilers had lost by a score of 2-1 earlier in the night against the Calgary Flames.: q2 S% v& v# a

; v0 [9 S0 @/ G( VOilers spokesman Allan Watt said the restaurant was recommended by some Calgary friends of the players and they had a prearranged meal and menu.  Q' N5 O. j2 Q# \6 G
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"They received the bill which they felt was outrageous," said Watt.
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"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."6 J3 h. H8 m8 i# A% Q( Y

- x5 x/ y- B, e+ ?4 M% eWatt said the players paid the adjusted bill and added a $1,900 tip and left the restaurant.
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Terrigno said the group, which included team captain Ethan Moreau, attempted to negotiate a discount on the bill.
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6 l1 S5 t1 C. f" i  g$ N' c* y8 _He 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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The restaurant tried to charge for a bottle of an imported expensive brandy after one of the players took a swig straight from it.
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; C$ N% ~; F3 R4 M: h& B/ w: U' A8 N"They refused to pay for the whole bottle because they didn't consume the whole bottle," said Terrigno.2 N; D, D. [+ f! u# N
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He said there's no way the restaurant will serve other clients from the same bottle.
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Terrigno said at one point he threatened to phone police.3 \1 |5 x7 B/ S; 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."+ S8 a$ y7 j. a) W) p) U( p2 ?5 _, U7 I# C
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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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