Food faux pas: China diner shocked by RM280,000 bill for meal after accidentally posting photo of dish ordering QR code online


By Fran Lu
Woman posts innocent photos of eatery’s dishes online, landed with huge bill. Other diners piggyback on her table’s QR code for orders when it appeared in photos of food. — SCMP

A woman in China was shocked to receive a 430,000 yuan (RM280,462 or US$60,000) bill at a restaurant after accidentally posting the QR code for ordering food online, which others used to place food orders.

The woman, surnamed Wang, said she only wanted to post photos of the dishes from a hotpot restaurant she visited with her friend on Nov 23, but she accidentally included a QR code that was stuck to the table for ordering and paying for meals.

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