said by Cudni :

from
»www.securityfocus.com/brief/372
"...
For years, privacy advocates have lamented the fact that consumers are willing to turn over their personal information for just about anything. Well, it seems that many Average Joes draw the line at pancakes.

An International House of Pancakes in Quincy, Mass., began requiring that customers hand over their driver's licenses before sitting down to eat--a policy instituted by local management to combat dine-and-dash customers, ABC's network affiliate WCVB-TV reported on Tuesday. The policy had customers up in arms over the potential privacy problems.
..."

Cudni

said by dave :

This is the IHOP Genuine Advantage program. IHOP has a right to protect their property in this manner.

said by hpguru :

I hear that the new version turns to maggots in your stomach if you dine and dash.

said by dave :

This is the IHOP Genuine Advantage program. IHOP has a right to protect their property in this manner.

said by major marco :

Huh. The same schnooks would probably hand over their bank account numbers, mother's maiden name, and their SSN all for a free, cheap pen and/or tee shirt.

said by jimkyle :

In my days as a police reporter for a morning paper, working 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., I always stopped at a Toddle House diner on my way home from work, and became friends with the cook. I noticed that hardly an hour would pass without an officer dropping in for coffee, and one night asked her why the place was so popular. It turned out that the chain had a rule that required her to brew fresh coffee every 30 minutes and toss the old pot -- and late at night there wasn't enough normal trade to use up a full pot in half an hour. She passed the word that anytime an officer wanted a cup during her shift, it would be on the house. As a result she had the best security of any establishment in the city!

said by bostechie :

Haven't eaten at IHOP since I found a fingernail floating in my glass of tomatoe juice and when I complained, the manager suggested I put it there. I vowed I'd NEVER eat at IHOP again. That was 25 years ago.

said by Chris 313 :

While I can see why the manager might think that. This is just disgusting and a health hazard.

Was it one of those long fingernails women wear?

said by AB :

...mattresses and bedspreads at hotels & motels...brushing your teeth after dipping it into the toilet...grab your shoes...

said by AB :

And btw, if you keep your toothbrush within 6 or 8 feet of your toilet, you may as well be brushing your teeth after dipping it into the toilet.

said by Jason Levine :

Actually, Mythbusters tackled this one. No matter where they put the toothbrush (even outside the bathroom!) it still wound up with fecal bacteria on it. Of course, none of them were at a level to present any kind of a health threat, but it's still kind of gross.

said by AB :

What else we got?

said by AB :

Freakin' Cudni! Always trying to stir something up!