“This was a man on a mission, and he is good at what he does.” Before the cashier knew it, workers said, the man had combined the change and his $100 and walked down Georgia Avenue. When it was time to pay, the customer complained, talked fast and kept the confusion high. Lottery and about the modern take on Mexican food, co-owner Joe Orozco said.
This time, he asked the cashier about her birth date as he searched for numbers to play in the D.C. Before the cooks could slice the meat and box the meal, the man had turned a $14 order into a profit of $78.45. On Oct. 9, workers at Mama Chuy’s Mexican Taqueria found out that there was more than authentic tortas on the thief’s mind, when he asked for a carry-out steak platter. “But I still don’t know how the money and the change got to be in the same place.” “It was the rush of the night, and it can get distracting,” Duplex Diner chef Mark Mulvey said. The man then walked back into the bustle of Adams Morgan. As the money was recounted, the thief pocketed his $100 bill and the server handed over $83.50 in change. When the server handed the man his change, he disputed the amount. As the server rang up his to-go order and the scammer handed over a $100 bill, he asked to see the menu again, and inquired about other entrees, according to workers there. It was dinner rush at the Duplex Diner on 18th Street NW on Oct. 6 when the man walked up to the marble and white-tile bar and ordered a chicken pot pie. “I walked straight out and looked, but he was gone,” she said. Within a few moments, the women realized they had been had. He left it on the counter,” Ribeiro said. As the fast talking continued, he slipped all the cash into his hands and left the boutique. As they discussed the mistake, he asked to see the bill he initially gave the clerk for the purchase. He handed the clerk $100, she placed it in the register and handed him $78.45.Īs he counted his change, the thief slipped a dollar bill into the pile and told the clerk she had overpaid him, employees said. “He just looks like an older, friendly man,” Ribeiro said.Įventually, the man placed a metal canister of “Birds and Blooms” glitter tags on the counter for purchase, but quickly changed his mind and grabbed an Apothecary brand soy-wax candle. She wondered whether the chatter would ever end, she said, but the man seemed harmless. The banter was so relentless that studio director Marlies Poplawski Ribeiro could hear the man from the back office. He quickly browsed some low-cost items, all the while asking the clerk about herself: When is your birthday? Where are you from? The pleasant gentleman in a plaid shirt walked into the Tranquil Space yoga boutique on Tuesday and said he needed a birthday gift for his granddaughter.
ART OF CHARM SCAM SERIES
Surveillance video of the suspect in a series of thefts in D.C.
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