Italian government pays bill for dine and dashers in Albania

by cheblogudo

The BBC reports:

In a unique act of diplomacy, Italy’s government has settled the restaurant bill of four Italian tourists in Albania who left without paying.

The dine and dash in the city of Berat made headlines in both countries.

The chatter prompted Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama to raise it with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, while she was visiting the country.

She responded by telling her ambassador to “go and pay the bill for these idiots,” he told La Stampa newspaper.

Luckily for Italian taxpayers, the bill in question was only €80. Still, doesn’t a bailout only encourage this behavior? Let me know what you think of Ms. Meloni’s unexpected dine-and-dash diplomacy in the comments.

No one eats cheese bugers and leaves without paying! Photo: cheblogudo