‘We Have Wronged You by Becoming Thieves’: Anonymous Letter Containing $31 Clears 15-Year-Old Bar Tab
(Photo: Simposio Bar)
In a quaint town in Trente, Italy, a remarkable story has unfolded at the Simposio Bar, showcasing an extraordinary act of remorse and redemption. Recently, the bar received an anonymous letter accompanied by €30 (about $31) in cash, resolving a 15-year-old unpaid bill.
The letter, shared on social media by the bar’s manager, Andrea Bosisio, recounted the incident from a Saturday evening over a decade ago. A patron, consumed by guilt, confessed to leaving the establishment without settling the bill after enjoying several glasses of wine with friends. The anonymous individual admitted to feeling like a thief and disclosed that the shame had kept them away from the bar since that night.
“One Saturday evening 15 years ago, I came to your restaurant with some friends and drank a few glasses of wine,” the letter read, according to Metro. “Out of fun, we left without paying. We have wronged you and us by becoming thieves. That’s why I haven’t set foot in your house since that day.”
“Today I am here to apologize to you and try to make amends for what is owed.”
The remorseful patron enclosed four times the cost of the initial bill and added extra euros for each person in the group, intending to make amends for their past transgression.
The letter cheerily concluded with, “Now I will be able to return to your place with my head held high.”
The bar’s manager, moved by the sincerity of the gesture, expressed gratitude not just for the monetary reimbursement but for the symbolic act of acknowledging and rectifying a long-standing mistake.
“In 18 years of work, this is one of the best days we’ve ever had. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Bosisio added that the Simposio Bar eagerly awaits the return of the anonymous individual, extending a warm welcome for a shared moment of appreciation and reconciliation over a glass of wine.
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