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Don’t dine and dash! (Niveau A2)

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Don’t dine and dash!

Niveau A2

You eat at a restaurant. The food is delicious and the servers are friendly. The restaurant is clean and cosy. The whole experience is lovely. Then, when you are finished, you must pay. Oops! You realise you forgot your wallet at home! What do you do? Do you phone a friend and ask for cash or do you dash?

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You phone a friend, of course! Unfortunately, there are people who dine and dash. And sometimes, there are people who didn’t forget their wallet. They just eat and run away without paying for fun. Ann and Bernard McDonagh from Port Talbot, Wales, are people who dine and dash for fun.

Ann McDonagh, 39, and Bernard McDonagh, 41, defrauded restaurants and a takeaway in south Wales for more than £1,000! Judge Thomas KC says the couple sometimes ordered more food than they could eat. Then, they left the restaurant without paying. What did they order?  T-bone steaks and double desserts! Why? The judge says, “It’s criminality for criminality’s sake.”

How did the couple dine and dash? They ordered food, and paid with a cancelled credit card. When they payment failed, they said they would fetch cash at the bank. Did they come back with money? No, they never returned.

Ann and Bernard McDonagh are from a “very large travelling community”. Unfortunately, their behaviour reinforces negative stereotypes about travelling communities. But the couple aren’t new criminals. Bernard McDonagh had 27 convictions for affray, stealing, and he had 23 aliases. Ann McDonagh had 18 convictions, for shoplifting, and she had 20 aliases. Judge Thomas thinks that Ann McDonagh was the instigator. So, he sentenced her to 12 months in jail. He gave Bernard McDonagh eight months in jail. Justice is served !

a wallet: un portefeuille

to dash: partir en courant

unfortunately: malheureusement

to dine and dash: faire un resto-basket

to defraud: escroquer

takeaway: restaurant à emporter

to order: commander

a T-bone steak: bifteck d’aloyau

for the sake of something: dans l’intérét de

to fetch: chercher

a behaviour: un comportement

an affray: une bagarre

alias: faux nom

to shoplift: voler à l’étalage

to sentence: condamner

Marque: Actualité
Publié dans: Culture

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