This reminds me of my stupid ex, who owed me 20 euros, gave me some flowers and said he didn't owe me anything afterwards. *insert insult here*

A five star restaurant can charge almost what ever they would like

worse than that, even if it did cost $200, she would have only eaten $100th worth, so where is the rest of the money

You have never been anywhere "fancier" than The Olive Garden, have you?

Serving jail time for theft is not worth $200.

Who said the friend had to know that OP was the thief. Silent justice, while you're at it, you should tack on another 200 and take her out when she's upset. Pay her meal with what's essentially her money.

I wouldn't call it stealing. it's just borrowing. when she gets her money, she gets her stuff back.

That's called pawning, but works just as fine. People thumbing us down for suggesting illegal activities over just dropping the friendship, why not get paid, and then drop the friendship? Like I'm going to let a douchebag walk away with my money because of what the law deems moral? Fuck off

72: Because the cost of bail, court fees, fines, and restitution would easily exceed $200. Then there is that pesky problem of possible jail time and having a record. You can't just go steal someone's possessions because they're a shitty person whom you're owed money by. It would make you just as much of a shitty person as they are and you wouldn't even be getting any of your money back; you would be losing more of it.

If you get caught, you deserve it. Stealing 101