Man arrested for faking heart attack 20 times at restaurants to avoid paying bill, reports say

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Man arrested for faking heart attack 20 times at restaurants to avoid paying bill, reports say
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This would never work in the US. The ambulance bill would be 5x higher than the restaurant bill.

20x

Must be one expensive meal to be 1/20th the cost of an American ambulance.

The exact ratio depends entirely on the your personal limit for when you see a bill and say "Yup, definitely heart attack worthy"

After the 15th time people started getting suspicious

From the headline, I thought this was twenty fake heart attacks for one meal. That would have been funnier. It’s still pretty funny that he did this at twenty distinct restaurants.

I’m gonna try doing it how I first read it. Omg, heart attack! Wait I’m better. Oh no, it’s happening again! Whew, false alarm. Holy shit, I’m dying! …

They didn't buy the first 19 fake heart attacks, but he really sold it the twentieth time.

Seafood paella and two whiskeys for only $36.80 USD? I'm fucking moving to Spain

“And what is the charge? Having a heart attack? A succulent Chinese heart attack?”

….I thought shit like this only happened in sitcoms.

This guy having a real heart attack in a restaurant some time in the future.

“Oh no, just ignore Aidas. He is such a joker. Now would you like the lamb or the fish tonight?”

He's going to fake a stroke to get out of the trial

This sounds like a Michael Scott bit in The Office.... I'm pretty sure something like that actually happened in The Office.

But were they big corporate restaurants? Because that's victimless.