Everybody grieves in their own way. For a group of 20 people in the Houston area, the mourning process involved walking out on a more than $500 meal — and then, when they were asked to pay the tab, threatening to shoot the employees of the restaurant.


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According to the Houston Chronicle, “The group of 20 allegedly walked into [Houston’s Crazy Cajun restaurant], located off 290, during lunch rush. When the party told staff members they had just left a funeral, [assistant manager Brenda] Garcia let them in, despite being understaffed due to the crawfish off-season.”


Problems arose quickly after their arrival.



First, the group complained about long wait times, and when the food actually did arrive, the quality of the food. Second, the restaurant added an automatic 20 percent gratuity to the large group’s bill — something to which they seemed to have taken issue.


“‘They started getting a little aggressive,’ said Garcia, who comped items like cocktails and food, while offering a 15-percent discount,” reported the Houston Chronicle. Suddenly, the group decided to bounce, leaving most of their bill unpaid. “They even took paper towel rolls from the tables,” Garcia said.


According to Garcia, some members of the group have returned to pay their portions of the bill. Still, there’s about $270 that’s unaccounted for — and not one of the returning members has tipped.


At the very least, no one ended up actually getting shot. Otherwise, there would be a whole other funeral to attend — and yet another restaurant to not pay.