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00:00The defendant was a customer who tipped your waitress $5,000.
00:06Correct.
00:07Were you drunk?
00:08I don't recall much from that night.
00:09You're saying you reversed it because, what, it was a mistake?
00:12I thought I paid $50 tip.
00:14You didn't care.
00:15You just wanted to be a big shot by giving her a $5,000 tip.
00:18What did you think was going to happen?
00:19Um.
00:20Because that is a felony.
00:22Now on Tribunal Justice.
00:46Today's case was filed in New London, Connecticut.
00:50Your Honor, this is case number 3092, Mystic Slices, LLC versus Eldridge.
00:56You're welcome.
00:56You may be seated.
00:57Mr. Organese, you are the owner of a pizza bar called Mystic Slices.
01:04The defendant was a customer who tipped your waitress $5,000 on a $23.65 bill.
01:11But the next day he reversed that and now you're out $10,000, $5,000 for the tip, $5,000
01:18for
01:18the money he pulled out of your account.
01:20The estate maximum for you is $5,000 and that's what you're suing him for.
01:24Sir, you say it was supposed to be a $50 tip.
01:28I did it on my cash app, which I've since canceled because of this problem.
01:32You don't know anything.
01:34Correct.
01:34Okay.
01:35So let's start, sir, by telling us a little bit about Sports Bar.
01:40It's in Mystic, Connecticut.
01:41Is it in Mystic?
01:42Yeah, it's a sports bar in Mystic, Connecticut.
01:45And on the 13th of October, 2024, the defendant came into our establishment.
01:52What time was it when he came in there?
01:54I believe it was around 6 or 7 o'clock at night.
01:56Is that correct, sir?
01:57I can't remember.
01:59Maybe.
01:59Yeah.
02:00Would the bill reflect what time?
02:02So I'm going to tell you it was after 10 o'clock.
02:04Yeah, okay.
02:05How many hours were you there, sir?
02:0830 minutes or more.
02:0930 minutes.
02:10Was the bar closing while you were there, sir?
02:12Yes.
02:12Okay, go on.
02:13So he comes in and...
02:15And he came in, and one of my workers actually, I guess, went to grade school with him, and
02:20they met.
02:21They stayed there a little bit, and they talked at the bar, and...
02:24Were you there, sir?
02:25I wasn't there.
02:26Okay, so then let me ask you.
02:27So, sir, while you were there, what did you order?
02:31Some wings, some pickleback shots.
02:34What?
02:35Pickleback shots?
02:36A pickleback?
02:37Yeah.
02:38There's pickleball, now there's pickleback.
02:39Yeah.
02:40Everything's being pickle here.
02:40That's a Jameson and pickle juice.
02:42Pickle...
02:43What's in the pickle juice?
02:44It's Jameson and a shot of pickle juice.
02:46That sounds like it's enough to make you sick.
02:49It's quite delicious, actually.
02:50Is it really?
02:51Yeah.
02:51Oh, okay.
02:52So, you ordered these shots.
02:54The waitress served you.
02:54Do you know who the waitress is?
02:56No.
02:56Same waitress served you for the whole time you were there?
02:58Yes.
02:59Was there anybody there with you?
03:00Just the gentleman he was talking about at works there.
03:03The gentleman, you're sitting next to him at the bar?
03:05Yes.
03:06Have you ever been to this bar before?
03:07No.
03:08What made you go there?
03:09It was down the street from the hotel I was staying at.
03:12Why were you in a hotel in Connecticut?
03:14I got in a fight with my brother from Andover, so I just drove about an hour away to a
03:19hotel
03:20to stay.
03:21So you had an argument about what?
03:24Just respect in the house and stuff like that.
03:26It was just a petty fight, but just needed some space.
03:29For a petty fight?
03:30You went to a hotel an hour away?
03:32Yeah.
03:32You must have really been angry.
03:33Yeah.
03:34You were pissed off, right?
03:35Yeah.
03:36You were really angry.
03:36Okay, so you go into Gino's place and you order.
03:40What happens?
03:42I just paid my bill.
03:44I thought I paid $50 tip, and I woke up the next morning, and my cash app when I went
03:50to
03:50go get a coffee at Dunkin' Donuts was negative over $5,000.
03:55So you're saying you reversed it because, what, it was a mistake?
03:58You were drunk?
03:59Yeah, I was definitely drunk, but I don't know if I put extra zeros or if I forgot to
04:03put a decimal, but...
04:04Well, how much did you drink?
04:07Three or four shots of picklebacks.
04:09What was your total bill?
04:11Well, I think I had a couple of bills.
04:13You did.
04:14You had a card and then a credit card, a Visa card.
04:17Let's look at the bill here.
04:19The original bill says $36.
04:21It says on the top that you ordered this on the 13th at 10.53 p.m.
04:26Four Jamesons.
04:27Is that a pickleback, Jameson?
04:30Yeah.
04:31What else will you guys come up with?
04:33Four Jamesons, $36.
04:35With the tax, $38.
04:37You pay with a prepaid card.
04:39Whatever that balance was on the card you used to pay, you had a balance of $23.65.
04:46And that's what you used to pay with your Visa card.
04:49Correct, sir.
04:50Mr. Organese was charged on a Visa card?
04:52Yes.
04:53The $5,023.65?
04:56Yes.
04:56And then there, sir, why don't you go up, step up to your receipt and show us where the tip
05:01line is.
05:02What does that say?
05:04$5,000.
05:05Yeah, I don't see any $50 there, do you?
05:07No, ma'am.
05:08And when you add it up, what does it say?
05:10$5,023.65.
05:13Yeah, I don't see $73.65.
05:15Do you?
05:17My intentions weren't to do that.
05:18Well, let's put you back there, because I think we have a video of you in the bar.
05:23The moving papers from the plaintiffs say that you were being nasty to her.
05:28The bartender, Tasha?
05:30Yes.
05:31Do we have Tasha here by any chance?
05:33No.
05:34No?
05:34No.
05:34Okay.
05:35And you say you weren't being nasty, right?
05:37Of course not.
05:38I don't know, let's see what the video shows, because there's no sound, but I think her body language is
05:44very revealing.
05:47You are interacting with her, and she's standing there, like, with her hand on her hip, like, kind of indicating
05:53that you were not being Mr. Personality and Charm.
05:56Do you recall that?
05:57I don't recall much from that night.
05:59With four shots?
06:01I mean, were you drinking before you got there?
06:03No, I just don't drink very often.
06:05Now she gives you a bill. The guy next to you is your friend from the bar?
06:10Right.
06:10It's one of our employees.
06:11Now you're writing out your tip, adding it up. How old are you?
06:1628.
06:17I mean, what do you mean by you don't drink very often? I don't know if I believe that.
06:20I don't really drink at all.
06:22First, let me just clarify. He had two of those four, and the guy next to him had the other
06:28two.
06:29Yes.
06:30Coming up on Tribunal Justice.
06:33You knew you did not have that money in your account, right?
06:37Correct.
06:38So explain to me the difference between what you did with a person that passes a bad check.
06:47Restaurant owner Gene Arganese is suing customer Charles Eldridge for leaving a $5,000 tip, then disputing the charge.
06:55Charles says he was drunk and only meant to tip $50, and anything more was just a simple mistake.
07:02So you didn't have four shots. You're saying you don't really drink, but even a light drinker who's eating, like
07:08you said, with your wings and everything else, I don't know why you're excusing your behavior for two drinks, but
07:15go on.
07:16Yeah, so, Your Honor, it's not that uncommon. People once in a while do give bigger tips.
07:21So even though it was kind of strange that someone's going to give a $5,000 tip.
07:26Yeah, kind of strange, really strange.
07:27And part of my bartender, I said to him, I said, what happened that day?
07:31Okay. So now you're going to give me hearsay, and that's not going to work here, but I do think
07:36we have somebody here who might have a little more personal information about their interactions.
07:42Ah, there we are. Mr. Martin, do you know the defendant, Mr. Eldridge?
07:47Yes, Your Honor. I used to work with him on a farm when we were growing up.
07:50So have you been close friends?
07:53Not really close friends, no. I just used to work with him when we were younger.
07:56And you've been listening to the testimony in here, sir, during this time?
08:00Yes, Your Honor.
08:00So you're familiar with what's going on?
08:01So were you there with Mr. Eldridge at the bar?
08:04Yes, Your Honor.
08:05And tell me, how many drinks did you have?
08:07I believe I had two that night, just the two shots.
08:09And what did he have?
08:11He had the other two shots, Your Honor.
08:12And did you see his interaction with the bartender?
08:15Was he friendly? Was he warm? Was he flirty? Was he mean?
08:18No, he just, I wouldn't say he was belligerent or mean, Your Honor.
08:22But, I mean, he wasn't, you know, the best customer to have at the bar either.
08:28What did he do or say?
08:30So in Connecticut, we have this radio show, and one of their bits is that
08:35they named somebody a contestant, and you have to figure out who that contestant is.
08:40It's called the $5,000 fugitive.
08:42They give little clues every single day on the radio station,
08:45and you have to figure out who it is.
08:47It could be anybody in the community.
08:48So how did that play into this interaction?
08:51So Charles had come in that day, and he said, he told me,
08:55and Tasia, the bartender, she said, go ahead, you know, ask me if I'm the $5,000 fugitive.
09:01But she said, some along the lines of, you know, you're not going to pay me,
09:05so it doesn't matter.
09:07And she asked him, she goes, are you the $5,000 fugitive?
09:10He goes, yes, I am.
09:11And again, she reiterated, you know, it doesn't matter.
09:14You're not going to pay me.
09:15And he goes, watch this.
09:15When he gets his bill, he puts, you know, the $5,000 tip on there.
09:19Did you see it, or are you just saying that?
09:20Did you see him right in the tip?
09:22Yes, Your Honor.
09:23But it actually, it didn't go through the first time.
09:25The card didn't go through.
09:26He had to switch money from his Cash App over to his regular card.
09:31Is that true, sir?
09:32Did you have to make a switch over to make a payment?
09:35I don't know which card was I used for the first time,
09:37but Cash App was the only card I had.
09:40Go on, sir.
09:41Did you actually see him write out the $5,000,
09:43or did you just see his hand moving?
09:45No, Your Honor.
09:46I saw him write out $5,000.
09:48And me and Tasia had a conversation afterwards,
09:51and she was like, holy cow, he really just tipped me $5,000.
09:54Thank you, sir.
09:55Did you back out of this transaction afterwards?
09:57The next morning, what did you do?
09:58Yeah, I disputed it on my Cash App.
10:01And did they send it back to you?
10:03Yeah, I didn't have the money in the first place.
10:05And you, sir, they pulled it out of your funding?
10:08Checking account, Your Honor, yes.
10:09And did you actually pay Tasia?
10:11Yes.
10:12You paid her the money, the bartender the money,
10:14so that's why you're out $10,000.
10:16Correct.
10:17And let me just say, all he had to do was call us up.
10:20But he didn't do that.
10:21No.
10:21That's why you're in here today.
10:22He took the coward way out, I know.
10:23Judge Levy?
10:24I got one even better for you.
10:26It's going to blow your whole defense out of the water,
10:28which is, I think, it's, I was drunk
10:29and I shouldn't have to pay anything, right?
10:31That's your defense?
10:32Yes, sir.
10:33Okay, great.
10:34So, one of the things you learn
10:36when you prosecute DWI cases
10:38is one of the first things that's affected
10:40by your overconsumption of alcohol
10:42are your fine motor skills.
10:44This is what I'm doing right now.
10:45Fine motor skills.
10:47It's one of the reasons why police ask
10:48for your license and registration, right,
10:51when they pull over the car.
10:52Because it requires you to use your fine motor skills
10:54to reach into your wallet
10:56and to pick out and to hand over a license, right?
11:00Right.
11:01You give them another card,
11:02then they know that you're likely intoxicated.
11:04So, looking at your receipt,
11:05that's your signature, right?
11:07Yeah.
11:08Yeah.
11:08What do you recognize about that signature?
11:10Right on the line.
11:11Okay.
11:11So, does that make it more likely or less likely,
11:14Mr. I Was Drunk,
11:15that you had use of your fine motor skills?
11:18More likely?
11:19Right.
11:19Take a look at the $5,000 mark
11:21that you put down on that.
11:22Is that also on the line?
11:24For the most part.
11:25Yep.
11:26Does that make it more likely or less likely
11:27that you were intoxicated?
11:30Less likely?
11:31Exactly.
11:32There goes your defense.
11:34Not to mention the fact that you had two shots.
11:37Two.
11:37No, I had some beers, too, but...
11:39Show me evidence that you have of that.
11:40I don't have any evidence.
11:41Because you gave us absolutely zero evidence
11:44to support your case, right?
11:46Zero.
11:47What did you think was going to happen
11:48when you gave this $5,000 tip to this bartender?
11:52Did you know anything about her?
11:53About her background?
11:54How hard she works?
11:55How she relies on this money
11:57to support herself and her child?
11:59You know anything about that?
12:01No, sir.
12:01No, because you didn't care.
12:03You just wanted to be a big shot
12:04by giving her a $5,000 tip?
12:06You think that she was going to invite you home?
12:08Have a little something-something with you?
12:09Was that what you were hoping for?
12:11Absolutely not.
12:12No.
12:13But we know you weren't drunk.
12:14We know you gave her a $5,000 tip.
12:17We know, based upon your prior testimony
12:19to Judge Domingo,
12:20that you knew you did not have that money
12:23in your account, right?
12:24Correct.
12:25So explain to me the difference
12:26between what you did
12:27with a person that passes a bad check.
12:30Because that is a felony, right?
12:32So you write this $5,000 tip,
12:34Mr. Big Shot,
12:35who was clearly not intoxicated.
12:37What did you think was going to happen?
12:39I don't know, Your Honor.
12:42Unfortunately, you're a business owner.
12:44You've got to deal with mutts like this.
12:46Nothing further.
12:47Thank you, Judge.
12:49Mr. Arganese,
12:50have you ever had anybody tip
12:54more than 100 times what their bill was?
12:58Yes, I have.
12:58So a $5,000 tip on a $23 bill
13:02wasn't unusual to you?
13:03Because listen, I have to say,
13:05I don't know what you had to drink.
13:07Maybe you don't drink.
13:08Maybe you do.
13:09There's no way.
13:10Like, I'm allowed to bring my own common sense
13:13to this proceeding.
13:14And to me, it's just not reasonable.
13:16So explain to me what your thinking was.
13:20Coming up on Tribunal Justice.
13:23I am curious as to why it is
13:26you didn't call the bar the next day.
13:33Restaurant owner Gene Arganese
13:35says customer Charles Eldridge
13:37generously tipped his bartender $5,000
13:39on his credit card,
13:41then reversed the payment
13:42after Gene paid his employee.
13:44He's suing Charles to get the $5,000 back.
13:47But Charles says he was drunk
13:49and only meant to leave a $50 tip.
13:51I have to say,
13:52I don't know what you had to drink.
13:54Maybe you don't drink.
13:55Maybe you do.
13:56There's no way.
13:57Like, I'm allowed to bring
13:58my own common sense
14:00to this proceeding.
14:02And to me, it's just not reasonable.
14:04So explain to me
14:05what your thinking was.
14:07Your Honor, I have multiple businesses.
14:09I have nine different LLCs.
14:10It happens probably about
14:12three to five times a year.
14:14You know, the definition of tips
14:15is to ensure proper service.
14:17That's what the tips means.
14:18There are some times...
14:19I never knew that.
14:20Yeah, at our beach resort.
14:22Some of the guests are there
14:23for four or five days.
14:24Our bartenders, our wait staff,
14:27they have their drink ready
14:28for them at a certain time.
14:29They have their newspaper.
14:30They have...
14:30They go out of their way
14:32to service these people.
14:33And sometimes people give
14:35a great tip.
14:36Yeah, and I'm just going
14:37to interrupt you
14:38because if you're someplace
14:40for a week
14:41and you've got these staffers
14:43who are really waiting
14:44on you hand and foot,
14:45they're making sure
14:46the drinks are ready,
14:47your table's ready,
14:48your beach chair's ready,
14:49your towels are ready,
14:50and you're not tipping
14:51as you go along,
14:52you know, it's not unusual
14:53to then give the staff
14:55a pretty significant tip
14:56at the end of it.
14:57But on a $23 bill...
15:00Your Honor,
15:01is it something
15:01I would do?
15:02No.
15:03But there are people
15:04that do it, number one.
15:05Number two,
15:06as a business owner,
15:07all we can do legally, too,
15:09is make sure that
15:10it was signed,
15:11the receipt,
15:13and it went into our account.
15:15Then we're mandated
15:16by state law to pay
15:19because that's not our money,
15:20that's in our business account.
15:21We're mandated to pay
15:22that employee no matter what.
15:25And the defendant
15:25never called us to say,
15:27hey, guys,
15:28I slept on it,
15:29I made a big mistake
15:30the other day,
15:31can we avoid that?
15:32Sure.
15:33We would have absolutely
15:34done that.
15:35I am curious
15:36as to why it is
15:38you didn't call the bar
15:39the next day.
15:40I just thought
15:41it was a mistake
15:42at the restaurant,
15:43so I just had it
15:44handled with my card.
15:45Mr. Arganese,
15:46explain to me
15:47what your process is.
15:49Like, do you have
15:49any checks and balances
15:50for that?
15:51We have a shift manager
15:52on also,
15:53and then all our bartenders
15:55have what you call
15:56TIP certifications.
15:58I think it's every two years
15:59they have to get recertified.
16:00It's a state law.
16:01It makes them aware
16:02of how to handle people,
16:04how to look and see
16:04if they're intoxicated.
16:05And, Your Honor,
16:06as the defendant said,
16:08he had the knowledge
16:09to call
16:10apparently called
16:11his credit card company
16:12to dispute it,
16:13called the business
16:14before the contract
16:16finalizes within one week.
16:17You know,
16:18once the money's sent out,
16:19it's almost impossible
16:20to get it back.
16:21And when did you first
16:22become aware of the fact
16:23that he was challenging
16:24the charge?
16:25When I got the money
16:26put back in,
16:27when we had a reversal,
16:29it was around the 23rd,
16:31I gave it back.
16:31So later in the month?
16:32Later in the month,
16:33correct.
16:33I don't have anything else.
16:35What did you think
16:36was going to happen?
16:36Did you think that
16:37because you couldn't cover it,
16:38they were just going
16:39to not put it through?
16:40I mean,
16:40what did you think?
16:42I thought that
16:43when I disputed it,
16:44it was just going to go away.
16:46So you intentionally wrote it
16:48knowing that you were
16:49going to go and dispute it?
16:50No,
16:51I didn't realize
16:52that I wrote that that night.
16:54Did you take the receipt
16:55home with you?
16:56No, ma'am.
16:57So you didn't take
16:58anything back with you
16:59and yet you knew enough
16:59to get up the next day
17:01and make a phone call
17:02to your credit card company?
17:03So you did remember
17:03that you put $5,000 down.
17:05Well, I went to go
17:06to get coffee
17:06the next morning
17:07at the Dunkin' Donuts
17:08right down the street too
17:09and I didn't have
17:10any money in my account.
17:11I was negative $5,000
17:13in my account.
17:14So the next day
17:15you called your credit card company
17:16but you didn't call
17:17the pizzeria.
17:18Correct.
17:18So you didn't deal with them
17:20because you wanted
17:21to just make sure
17:22that that money
17:23didn't go through.
17:24Did the manager
17:25get involved in this
17:26because you say
17:26you have a manager
17:27set up there?
17:28Yeah, the manager,
17:30anything over
17:31a certain percentage
17:31has to be double checked.
17:33More than 51%,
17:35something like that?
17:35Yeah, it's more than 51%.
17:36It's like over 50%, correct.
17:38He told me that he verified
17:39it with a customer
17:40and everything was fine.
17:42Whether or not that's true
17:43I don't know
17:43but as I said
17:44it would tell me
17:46whether or not
17:47the action you took
17:48by letting it go through
17:50was consistent
17:51with what you knew.
17:52I don't have
17:53any other questions.
17:53Mr. Arganese,
17:54I want to just make sure
17:55that we have all
17:56the evidence clear, right?
17:57So he comes in
17:58on the 13th big spender
17:59over here
18:00and he leaves
18:01the $5,000 tip.
18:02Now we have
18:04you by law
18:05having to pay
18:07your bartender for that
18:08because he has not
18:09come back to your store
18:10and according to
18:11the document
18:12that you provided us with
18:13can we go please
18:15to 03
18:17we see that
18:18the pay period
18:19started on 10-7
18:20and it ended on 10-13,
18:22right?
18:22That's correct.
18:23And the pay date
18:24was 10-18
18:24as is indicated
18:25right here, right?
18:26That's correct.
18:27And then if we can
18:27please now go to
18:290-6,
18:30the bank statement
18:32and the reversal
18:33was on 10-31.
18:35Yes, Your Honor.
18:36That's the timeline.
18:37That's correct.
18:37Which is why
18:38you followed the law
18:39and that's the money
18:40that you actually deducted
18:41and gave to your employee.
18:43Correct.
18:43Okay.
18:44I have nothing further.
18:45Just a couple
18:46of quick follow-ups.
18:47Mr. Eldridge,
18:48you know what I find
18:48interesting is that
18:49in your answer
18:50you don't really make
18:51any mention of being drunk.
18:52The balance of your defense
18:54is that you only wrote
18:56$50 and not $5,000.
18:59It's one or the other.
19:00Were you drunk
19:00or were you not drunk?
19:02I was drunk.
19:03In your answer
19:03you say you just wrote
19:04the wrong number
19:05but now you're changing
19:06that defense to say
19:07no, actually I was drunk.
19:09Yes.
19:10I don't have anything else.
19:11We are going to retire
19:12to deliberate.
19:14Court is now in recess.
19:15Parties will be recalled.
19:23Let's start with
19:24if he was drunk.
19:25If he was drunk
19:26he was a functioning alcoholic
19:28and so he did know
19:29what he was doing still
19:30because as you say
19:31he had fine motor skills
19:32the way it was written out
19:33it was beautifully done
19:34so I think he knew
19:35he put down the $5,000.
19:37Going to what I really think
19:38was that he was not drunk
19:39therefore he put $5,000 down
19:42and he left it as a tip.
19:44He didn't really think
19:45it was going to cause any harm
19:47and they were going to say
19:48okay we're not putting
19:48through the $5,000
19:49not thinking that somebody
19:52was going to be at a loss
19:54as the plaintiff was here
19:55both for him removing
19:56the money from the account
19:57and for him paying
19:59through to the bartender.
20:00When he got up
20:01the next morning
20:01he knew exactly
20:02what he had done
20:03that's why he called
20:03the credit card company.
20:05I wanted to know
20:05if he took the receipt back
20:07because I figured
20:08you know you go through
20:09your stuff and it reminds you
20:10but he knew right off the bat
20:11when he got up
20:12that that was the thing to do.
20:13You mean like going to a casino
20:14and waking up in the morning
20:15like I took out
20:16how much from the cash machine?
20:17Exactly.
20:17Exactly.
20:18So I hear.
20:18You know.
20:19Of course he would never do that.
20:20So I hear.
20:22So I think he wanted
20:23to look like a big shot
20:24and the witness
20:25I do believe
20:26that he had that conversation
20:27and that that's
20:28what motivated
20:29the amount of $5,000
20:30that's consistent with that.
20:32I think the plaintiff's
20:33entitled to is $5,000.
20:35The guy's messed up.
20:36Everyone's trying to figure out
20:37why he did what he did.
20:39It's not an element.
20:40Right.
20:40We don't have to prove it
20:41beyond a reasonable doubt
20:42but there has to be a reason
20:43that he did what he did.
20:44The only logical reason
20:46right was because
20:47he thought he was going to get
20:48lucky with the bartender.
20:49There's no one.
20:50Tell me what the other
20:51logical reason is.
20:53You can't.
20:54You can't.
20:55You don't have one.
20:56Listen, at the end of the day
20:57the guy knew he didn't have
20:58the money in his account.
20:59But I've got to stop you on him
21:00because I think that anybody
21:02trying to pick up somebody
21:03would do something
21:04a little more flirtatious
21:05and hit on them
21:06and we didn't get that.
21:07And we didn't even get that
21:09from the friend
21:09that he was hitting on him.
21:10I just think he's a jerk
21:11who thought he was going to
21:12look like a big shot.
21:13Put down the money.
21:14So he had no reason.
21:15Or I think that she said
21:17she said
21:18you're not going to pay me.
21:18You're not going to pay me.
21:19So if you're kind of a
21:22if you're kind of a jerk
21:23you want to be challenged
21:24and you've been challenged
21:26you're going to pay.
21:27But you know
21:27you saw even now
21:28my last questions
21:29and his answer
21:31his defense isn't predicated
21:32on his being drunk.
21:33Maybe he was drunk
21:34when he wrote the defense.
21:35Yeah exactly.
21:35His defense is predicated
21:36on something that's
21:37patently untrue
21:38which is that he only
21:39wrote $50.
21:40Anyone watching
21:40don't think that just because
21:41you know you gave a huge tip
21:43that it means you're going to lose.
21:45Not at all.
21:46It just means that
21:46if you were intoxicated
21:47and clearly the bar
21:49had reason to know
21:50not to accept your money
21:51that this case could have
21:53worked out much differently.
21:54But that's not the case.
21:55I think we went
21:56to the wrong line of work
21:57because if you're getting
21:58$5,000 tips
22:00maybe we're getting shortchanged.
22:01Yeah but only three times a year.
22:02I don't know.
22:07The court is back in session.
22:08Both parties are reminded
22:09that you're still under oath.
22:11Thank you Cassandra.
22:12You're welcome.
22:12Well this is a little bit
22:13of evidence of human nature
22:15at work here.
22:16You get a receipt
22:18that says a $5,000 tip.
22:19You write clearly
22:20a $5,000 tip on a document.
22:23In our discussions
22:24and deliberations
22:25I think it kind of came through
22:27that you didn't care.
22:28You knew what you were doing
22:29and you really didn't care
22:30the ramifications
22:31that you are doing
22:33that and then you're
22:34pulling back on it
22:35would have.
22:36Although we don't have
22:37to ever show motive
22:38in almost any case
22:39you know in criminal
22:40or civil
22:41it's always nice
22:42to understand why
22:43because it makes it
22:44sit better with you
22:45your decision.
22:46So you know
22:47we kind of went back
22:48and forth in deliberations
22:49as to why.
22:50Why would you put down
22:51$5,000?
22:53Were you trying to hit
22:54on the bartender?
22:55Were you just
22:55in a terrible mood?
22:57Were you just
22:57showing off?
22:59But what we kind of came
23:01to the conclusion
23:02is that somehow
23:03at least I should say
23:05for myself
23:05somehow something
23:07is going on
23:07with you in your life
23:08where you are not
23:09on the right track
23:10and I think you know it.
23:12You're coming into
23:12an establishment
23:13you're being nasty
23:15to a stranger
23:15to a bartender
23:16you're either drinking
23:18or not drinking
23:19all of those things
23:20don't give you
23:22a defense
23:22which would negate
23:23the plaintiff's position
23:24that you wrote
23:26$5,000
23:27that you were not
23:28apparently drunk
23:29to anybody
23:30that was there
23:31you gave a $5,000 tip
23:33and you owe them
23:34a $5,000 tip.
23:36So the unanimous
23:37verdict of this bench
23:38is that you are entitled
23:39to the $5,000
23:40court maximum
23:41that you have sued
23:42in this courtroom for
23:43and I think you should
23:44think about what's
23:45happening with yourself.
23:48This case has concluded
23:49all parties are excused.
23:54I thought I was
23:55drinking too much
23:56I guess.
23:57You know if people
23:57want to be a big shot
23:58and put it out there
24:00you know you gotta pay it.
24:01Didn't see myself
24:02doing something
24:03like that intentionally.
24:04He took the cowardly
24:05way out
24:05and this is what happens.
24:07One too many zeros.
24:09Pay what you owe.
24:10No I'll probably just
24:11go to a different
24:12pizza joint.
24:12Have you been scammed
24:14cheated
24:14or swindled?
24:16Let Tribunal Justice
24:17Decide Your Case
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24:37We out.
24:45We out.
24:47We out.
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