Family-run tapas restaurant shames customers who stole decorations

A family-run restaurant in Whitefield has publicly shamed a couple who stole new decorations from them.

Campo Blanco, a popular tapas joint in the Bury suburb, threatened to call ‘Santa’ over the petty theft.

Owned and operated by high school sweethearts Aaron and Faye Cummins, the charming local spot opened back in 2018 and has been a firm favourite in Whitefield ever since.

But it’s not just their tapas menu that’s caught the attention of locals – now apparently it’s their new table decorations.

Campo Blanco has shared CCTV footage of a couple who dined there recently pocketing lamps off their table.

The customer in question quietly reaches across her dinner, picks up the pretty gold lamp, turns it off, and shoves it into her coat pocket.

The restaurant shared the video online and pleaded for them to return the lamps by Christmas Eve.

They then said they’d be telling Santa – ‘and by Santa, we mean the police’.

Campo Blanco wrote: “We love our new table lights too. We actually can’t get them anymore as they’ve stopped making them so please bring them back. Also, they aren’t yours!

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“You have until Christmas Eve to return them with no questions asked.

“If not, we will tell Santa to put you on the naughty list. And by Santa, we mean The Police. Cheers. Merry Christmas.”

One person replied to their post saying: “You’re joking. No that’s ridiculous.”

Another user commented: “You wouldn’t believe the amount of people that think this is perfectly ok to do. Makes me so annoyed! Theft is theft!!!”

Someone else wrote: “Can’t have anything these days. Disgustinggggg.”

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Featured image: Instagram, @campoblanco