Contrary to popular belief, a tax write-off doesn't make it free for the business.

Since the steak was already purchased as a business expense, it was probably written off already anyways.

I didn't mean write-off from a tax perspective, I meant it in the colloquial sense of eating the cost. Most restaurants are able to absorb the cost of a few mistakes without it impacting their bottom line horribly.

I've only ever seen someone dine and dash once or twice ever in my life, but I've seen restaurants fix mistaken orders plenty of times.

It seems like body cams on servers is a huge overreaction.