Listen carefully when the waitress speaks

In Atlantic City (US), a restaurant guest had to pay $3,750 for a bottle of wine, thinking the waitress meant $37,50.

Everybody knows that ordering the chef’s lobster special at an exclusive harbour-view restaurant in the Mediterranean is asking for trouble when the menu does not mention the price of the dish. But at some restaurants you should even pay extra attention when the waiter does mention the cost.

Business Insider reported that a restaurant in Atlantic City charged New Jersey resident Joe Lentini $3,750 for a bottle of wine. Lentini went to a business dinner and the host encouraged him to pick out the wine. He asked the waitress if she could recommend something decent. And she did. She pointed to a bottle on the menu. And since Lentini didn't have his glasses at hand, he asked how much and she said, 'Thirty-seven fifty.'" Lentini assumed the waitress meant $37.50. She was not. At $3,750, the bottle of Screaming Eagle Oakville 2011 wine was one of the priciest wines on the 24-page menu. The other diners agreed to split the bill before they left.

Further reading on businessinsider.com