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| Curry and naan. Photo: jumbledpile, Flickr |
Flash back to 1996, as a customer walks out of the Seaview Palace Tandoori in Swansea, a coastal city in Wales, without paying for his £10 late-night curry meal -- about a $17 bill, for those stateside.
Now, nearly 13 years later, the Daily Telegraph reports the customer is finally footing the unpaid tab plus some.
The police received an anonymous apology in March from the dine-and-dash customer, along with £60 (approximately $100) cash to be passed on to the Seaview Palace Tandoori restaurant owner.
It seems the customer finally wanted to settle his debt, with extra money added to take inflation into account.
Little did the customer know, the restaurant had since been torn down. The police spent the last five months tracking down former Seaview Palace Tandoori owner, 48-year-old Samsul Bari.
They finally discovered him 40 miles away in Pembroke, Wales, running yet another a restaurant.
"I want to give a big thank-you to the individual for getting in touch with the police after all those years," Bari told the Daily Telegraph. "It seemed like a genuine mistake -- I really appreciate the person coming forward."
As the old adage goes, better late than never.
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