November 29th, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
ID for pancakes
RedOrbit - Oddities - IHOP Changes Policy of Asking for IDs
QUINCY, Mass. - John Russo has been a victim of identity theft. So when he was asked to fork over a photo ID just to be seated at an IHOP pancake restaurant, he flipped. “‘You want my license? I’m going for pancakes, I’m not buying the Hope diamond,’ and they refused to seat us,” Russo said, recounting his experience this week at the Quincy IHOP.The restaurant now has agreed to reverse the policy of requiring customers to turn over their driver’s licenses before they can order - a rule that was enacted to discourage “dine and dash” thefts.
IHOP tastes okay, but it the service is always slow and they never bring the bill so you can leave. If you don’t have more than an hour, don’t bother anyway.
If they started asking for ID, yeah, they would lose all informed customers, whether or not they changed their policy back. Privacy invasion and mistakes are wonderful ways to ruin a company.
One Response to “ID for pancakes”
Yes, I believe if they wanted to fix this problem, they should bring the bill to the patrons like normal restaurants, instead of leaving it up the customer to pay as they leave. It is quite easy to forget to pay if they don’t bring you the bill.
By Brian November 30th, 2006 at 6:24 pm