Man Fakes Heart Attack Over 20 Times at Restaurants Across Spain to Get Out of Paying Bill
Daily Mail - A conman has faked having a heart attack to avoid paying the bill.
The man known as Aidas J., a Lithuanian who lives in Spain, scammed 20 restaurants in the city of Alicante before he was jailed.
I give this man a 10 out of 10 for innovation, and a 19 out of 20 for execution.
A bit of a high-risk, low-reward scheme this moon faced Lithuanian had going on here. Best case scenario you skip out on a small bill, worst case you're arrested, thrown in jail, and your fat face is blasted across the internet. Even worse would be if you fake the heart attack too well, someone calls the ambulance, the paramedics insist on loading you in there, and next thing you know you're hit with a massive ambulance fee. It's definitely a fine line to walk when you're playing the fake heart attack game.
That juice is just not worth the squeeze. If you're going to go the fake heart attack route, you gotta make it worth your while. Nothing but top shelf liquor and the finest cuts of meat the restaurant has to offer. Buy everyone in there a round beers. At least go down swinging. Imagine causing such a massive scene over an appetizer.
As each bill he skipped was considered a small amount - ranging from €15 to €70 (£13-£60), Aidas only committed 'minor crimes'.
Although to be fair, in the end, he barely in any trouble because the bills were so low. So I suppose he was being smart. It just seems like a fake heart attack is way too big of a production for such a small amount of money. He didn't even get away with it every time either. The man was getting arrested left and right.
His crime spree went on for two months, during which he was arrested several times but let go because he only owed a small amount to each restaurant.
So at what point is that not worth it anymore? I'm assuming every time he was caught, he was forced to pay the bill, along with a fine for the ticket. That just couldn't have been a profitable endeavor for him. Again, just a way too high-risk, low-reward move.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any videos of the incidents, but to this man's credit, based on the picture in the tweet, he's got a fantastic heart attack face. If I see that man walking on the street on a random Tuesday, I say to myself, "This guy's having a heart attack." He looks like he's in a permanent state of heart attack. I wouldn't be surprised if this man suffers a steady heart attack from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to bed every night. So I'm sure for him to fake one hardly any effort at all.
I wouldn't recommend faking a heart attack to get out of a bill at a restaurant, but it might not be a bad trick to keep in your back pocket for other situations. Situations where the risk isn't quite as high. Like if you want to leave a bad party early, if you need to bail on a bad date, or if you want to get out of coaching the Florida Gators (or Ohio State, or the Jacksonville Jaguars).
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