Chinese restaurant food bill handed to man in ambulance

The actions of Chinese restaurant staff in Australia who slapped a customer with the bill as he was being loaded into an ambulance have sparked fierce debate. Onlookers called paramedics when the man fell to the ground suffering an apparent seizure while enjoying dumplings with his friend at Shifu Dumpling Express in Acland St, St Kilda.

As the man was being loaded into the ambulance and his friend was climbing in to join him, a waiter came and handed the friend the bill. Manager Kevin Tian was remorseless about the alleged gaffe and said he did not regret the money grab.



"My opinion is that they ate in our restaurant, they have to pay,'' he said. The incident provoked some to criticise the restaurant's actions.

However, the majority of commenters seemed to support the restaurant's decision to hand the customers a bill. An Ambulance Victoria spokesman confirmed that a man in his 30s was taken to the Alfred Hospital in a stable condition.