Dining-and-dashing, stiffing the wait staff, and then stealing earlier tips is gilding the stereotype, but sticking the cutlery in the waitress' arm for lagniappe... that is adding injury to insult.
(In my best Bugs Bunny voice) "Dem Doity Boyds!"
“”then stealing earlier tips””
They must have pocketed those immediately on sitting down or why were they left on the table?