Man trying to scam €25 breakfast from Tilburg hotel slapped with €900 in police fines
Police in Tilburg were called to the Mercure Hotel in the city center on Sunday morning after a man refused to pay for his breakfast, and would not leave the premises. Once police officers ejected the man from the building, he returned a few minutes later claiming hotel staff swiped his bicycle.
The incident happened at about 8:30 a.m. "We're at a hotel where a man is joining for breakfast, but he's not staying there at all," police in the district wrote in a post on Instagram.
A hotel manager said the man wandered into the building unnoticed, grabbed a full plate of food, and started talking to himself at a table. While the breakfast is included for some guests, it costs 24.50 euros for others.
He eventually passed out in the breakfast area, the manager told Omroep Brabant. When she went to check on him, he lashed out at those around him, refusing to confirm his room number. The man then stormed off, and locked himself in the bathroom, leading staff to call police.
"The man had to be brought outside with our help," police wrote on social media. "He wasn't exactly cooperative or polite, which is why he's racked up about 900 euros in fines."
But the ordeal did not end there. About five minutes later, the man marched back into the Mercure Hotel completely unhinged.
"He came in screaming that we had stolen his bike," the manager told the broadcaster. The police officers returned to the hotel and brought him outside again. Police issued him a total of three tickets for the weekend incident.
