I have seen some weird things so far in my outsourcing days. Today, I came across something that really made me raise an eyebrow.
I am sure you are familiar with the liability forms located on all hotel paraphernalia. “The hotel is not responsible for lost or stolen goods”. Or when you rent a car how the rental company makes you sign a form stating that, “The car rental company is not responsible for stolen items left in the car or for damage to its underbelly and tires”
Well just the other day I was introduced to another seemingly redundant liability warning.
Let me explain.
On one of the projects IOC Israel outsources for American companies, restaurants owners need to send copies of their menus so my team can put it on the website Bite2Eat.com. Every restaurants menu is a bit different, but they all have the same minimum denominator of food and prices. Some menus are fancier, others are in small font, Some are so big they don’t fit into a fax machine, but they all share a minimum level of professionalism.
I got a menu sent over to my office today that was nothing like its others! Every food item was situated next to a cartoon animal. (Snoopy - Garfield - Barney - all sorts of others I could not distinguish). As I was perusing the menu I happened upon an even greater abnormal addition to this already strange menu. This menu had the words, “The restaurant is not responsible for lost or stolen items on the restaurant premises” printed in the largest possible unsuspicious font.
Losing something in a hotel - plausible, having something stolen from your car - believable, but what exactly are people losing at a restaurant? Their pants? What valuable items are people bringing into restaurants these days? When I go out with my wife I bring only myself and my wallet. How often are people and or wallets going missing in this specific restaurant?
Could this be a scheme where the restaurant secretly steals your stuff and then points to their protective liability sign. I can see them saying, “Hey, look at the sign! We aren’t responsible if someone stole your shirt while you were sitting eating your food”.
I dunno guys. Something sounds a bit fishy…
