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Hi, a quick question as I want to help my friend relax.
Long story short, we were out last night and jokingly when we were leaving the bar my friend took the wrist stamp they use when people pay cover because he was drunk and thought it would be funny to stamp my head with it. He walked out with the stamp and no one said anything and threw it out when he go bored of it.
He woke up this morning and is terrified that he was likely on camera doing this and worried the bar will report this and the police track him down. I'm trying to get him to relax. But, does anyone here work at a bar? Will the bar manager bother trying to report this and fine him over a stamp they likely change nightly? What kind of punishment can he face if they do try to find him? Should he go back to the bar tell them he was being drunk and stupid and offer to pay to replace the stamp?
Appreciate any advice, thanks.
Long story short, we were out last night and jokingly when we were leaving the bar my friend took the wrist stamp they use when people pay cover because he was drunk and thought it would be funny to stamp my head with it. He walked out with the stamp and no one said anything and threw it out when he go bored of it.
He woke up this morning and is terrified that he was likely on camera doing this and worried the bar will report this and the police track him down. I'm trying to get him to relax. But, does anyone here work at a bar? Will the bar manager bother trying to report this and fine him over a stamp they likely change nightly? What kind of punishment can he face if they do try to find him? Should he go back to the bar tell them he was being drunk and stupid and offer to pay to replace the stamp?
Appreciate any advice, thanks.
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Re: Please Advise
arubz32 wrote:Hi, a quick question as I want to help my friend relax.
Long story short, we were out last night and jokingly when we were leaving the bar my friend took the wrist stamp they use when people pay cover because he was drunk and thought it would be funny to stamp my head with it. He walked out with the stamp and no one said anything and threw it out when he go bored of it.
He woke up this morning and is terrified that he was likely on camera doing this and worried the bar will report this and the police track him down. I'm trying to get him to relax. But, does anyone here work at a bar? Will the bar manager bother trying to report this and fine him over a stamp they likely change nightly? What kind of punishment can he face if they do try to find him? Should he go back to the bar tell them he was being drunk and stupid and offer to pay to replace the stamp?
Appreciate any advice, thanks.
Yeah.....but they're more likely to think that it simply got lost because Saturday is a busy time and lots of people get drunk. It is also just as likely the manager will just think of getting a new stamp (because that's faster and doesn't involve thinking too much) instead of going full police procedural to find out where the stamp went.
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And some bar managers will fine the person who was supposed to be in charge of the stamp. In which case, it won't be a case of paying back. People in some bars get fired for lesser infractions.nakatago wrote: Yeah.....but they're more likely to think that it simply got lost because Saturday is a busy time and lots of people get drunk. It is also just as likely the manager will just think of getting a new stamp (because that's faster and doesn't involve thinking too much) instead of going full police procedural to find out where the stamp went.
And the stamp man's gonna diligently view the CCTV and print the thief's photo and put it on the ban list. And maybe report to police...



Stealing property as a joke? Well, OP need to learn , it isn't a joke in Singapore
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The stamp generally aren't expensive, less than 5$, but depending on the bar, it maybe one of those expensive custom stamps. Good luck.arubz32 wrote:Hi, a quick question as I want to help my friend relax.
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Which bar was it ?
You and your friend are locals / residents in Singapore?
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Yes it is understood that it is stupid. He was drunk and thought it would be funny to stamp someones face and then just didn't register when he walked out with it.
It was some club in Clarke Quay. He is expat from UK. If they report it, would this likely result in a stiff fine? Or would someone go to jail for something like this. Understand it is serious, but working professional with no record to speak of so is it likely just a fine or warning?
It was some club in Clarke Quay. He is expat from UK. If they report it, would this likely result in a stiff fine? Or would someone go to jail for something like this. Understand it is serious, but working professional with no record to speak of so is it likely just a fine or warning?
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If he has been in Singapore for a while he should know not many locals consider pilfering, even small stuff - as a joke.arubz32 wrote: It was some club in Clarke Quay. He is expat from UK.
Who knows, on his next visit there - he may held by angry security who's job may have been threatened by this joke, cops called .. and after everything, be just let off with a warning ...... nobody gets jailed or caned over a 10$ or cheaper stamp.
Or .......
Simply forgotten, as the bar may be very immune to drunk Brits stealing stuff for fun.
Who knows. He should go to the same bar and find out himself.
This "friend" wasn't you right ?

Just hope he doesn't make it to ASS or STR and such online gossip sites. That maybe career threatening



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So did your friend man up and show he is a man, or decided to be a jerk ??arubz32 wrote:...


Or even worse, has destroyed the rice bowl of the poor stamp guy ?



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Re: Please Advise
BE CAREFUL!!!
Tell your friend NOT to go back to that bar any time soon. I had my visa revoked a few months ago because I took a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins from the Golden Mile Food Centre (loved that place...) and, after I kept going back there to eat, a woman who owns a stall there reported me, cited CCTV and pressed charges...
As long as he doesn't go back to that bar though he should be fine.
Tell your friend NOT to go back to that bar any time soon. I had my visa revoked a few months ago because I took a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins from the Golden Mile Food Centre (loved that place...) and, after I kept going back there to eat, a woman who owns a stall there reported me, cited CCTV and pressed charges...
As long as he doesn't go back to that bar though he should be fine.
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Make sure you post an absolutely SCATHING review on tripadviser/hungrygowhere/chope etc....singaporeexexpat wrote:BE CAREFUL!!!
Tell your friend NOT to go back to that bar any time soon. I had my visa revoked a few months ago because I took a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins from the Golden Mile Food Centre (loved that place...) and, after I kept going back there to eat, a woman who owns a stall there reported me, cited CCTV and pressed charges...
As long as he doesn't go back to that bar though he should be fine.
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singaporeexexpat wrote:BE CAREFUL!!!
Tell your friend NOT to go back to that bar any time soon. I had my visa revoked a few months ago because I took a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins from the Golden Mile Food Centre (loved that place...) and, after I kept going back there to eat, a woman who owns a stall there reported me, cited CCTV and pressed charges...
As long as he doesn't go back to that bar though he should be fine.





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You loved that place so much you decided to have a piece of it for your own. Yes, the world is full of stall owners pressing charges for a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins. We all have to be very careful and your post probably saved few regulars from being jailed or canned.singaporeexexpat wrote:BE CAREFUL!!!
Tell your friend NOT to go back to that bar any time soon. I had my visa revoked a few months ago because I took a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins from the Golden Mile Food Centre (loved that place...) and, after I kept going back there to eat, a woman who owns a stall there reported me, cited CCTV and pressed charges...
As long as he doesn't go back to that bar though he should be fine.
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you didn't hear this from me, but Raffles Hotel is implementing RFID tags in the coasters, as tourists have been seen to swipe the Raffles Hotel Coasters as souveniers ..x9200 wrote:You loved that place so much you decided to have a piece of it for your own. Yes, the world is full of stall owners pressing charges for a few plastic forks and a bunch of napkins. We all have to be very careful and your post probably saved few regulars from being jailed or canned.


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