Washington State
My mom organized a baby shower for me at a local restaurant. Apparently the check she wrote was bad. The restaurant contacted me a couple of weeks later and told me this. I advised them I would let my mother know the check she wrote bounced. I contacted my mother, who advised me it was all taken care of. A few weeks later my boyfriend and I went into the restaurant for dinner (this was a place we regularly frequented). After ordering our food, the waitress recognized us and asked us if we had a baby shower recently there. We said yes. The waitress started harrassing us about the bounced check. I advised them that this was an issue between them and my mother as I was not a signer on her account, nor responsible for her financial matters. I apologized that she had bounced a check there. The waitress began harrassing us very loudly. We decided to cancel our order. The waitress would not refund our money, and stated she was keeping it as a deposit towards the money my mother owed them. We were outraged, my boyfriend contacted the local police who told them it was a civil matter and they wouldn't respond to the call. I filed w/ the Better Business Bureau because I don't feel that I should have been held financially responsible for a bad check my mother wrote, that I had no control or knowledge of. Their response was to send out a trespass notice to my mother siting my boyfriend and myself as well. I understand that my mother wrote a bad check and this is illegal, however I don't feel that MY money should've been taken. I wrote a letter demanding my money back and their response was to send the police to my mother's house and try to get her arrested.(I again, understand my mother is at fault). I am just curious if what they have done is at all legal???
Thank you!
Nikki
My mom organized a baby shower for me at a local restaurant. Apparently the check she wrote was bad. The restaurant contacted me a couple of weeks later and told me this. I advised them I would let my mother know the check she wrote bounced. I contacted my mother, who advised me it was all taken care of. A few weeks later my boyfriend and I went into the restaurant for dinner (this was a place we regularly frequented). After ordering our food, the waitress recognized us and asked us if we had a baby shower recently there. We said yes. The waitress started harrassing us about the bounced check. I advised them that this was an issue between them and my mother as I was not a signer on her account, nor responsible for her financial matters. I apologized that she had bounced a check there. The waitress began harrassing us very loudly. We decided to cancel our order. The waitress would not refund our money, and stated she was keeping it as a deposit towards the money my mother owed them. We were outraged, my boyfriend contacted the local police who told them it was a civil matter and they wouldn't respond to the call. I filed w/ the Better Business Bureau because I don't feel that I should have been held financially responsible for a bad check my mother wrote, that I had no control or knowledge of. Their response was to send out a trespass notice to my mother siting my boyfriend and myself as well. I understand that my mother wrote a bad check and this is illegal, however I don't feel that MY money should've been taken. I wrote a letter demanding my money back and their response was to send the police to my mother's house and try to get her arrested.(I again, understand my mother is at fault). I am just curious if what they have done is at all legal???
Thank you!
Nikki
