Who stole the chair from the Pita Pit?

TAMPA -- "Moron steals chair from Pita Pit" reads the headline on the YouTube video, posted by a restaurant in an effort to get back its hijacked chair.

So, dude ... Remember Friday night, when you went across the street to the Pita Pit after all-you-can-drink happy hour at MacDinton’s?

You ordered food. Then, you grabbed a chair. You dragged it right out the door — across Howard Avenue! Employees canvassed SoHo when they realized what you did, but the chair was nowhere to be found.

Dude. Where’d you go? Who are you? And, more importantly, why would you want that chair? It’s got a metal frame and wood seat. Your bean bag chairs have got to be more comfortable.

Now Pita Pit is down to only nine chairs. "They’re not, like, cheap chairs," owner Andrew Turek, 26, says. "We have to get them ... shipped from Idaho."

Idaho, dude.

The pita folks saw you on their security video. They put it on YouTube. They don’t know your name but say you’re a regular.

"I'm the idiot!" reads a note on the video, pointing to you. (Nice sideburns, by the way.)

"I only have 2 friends and 1 of them should turn me in," reads another note. (They’re offering a free pita to anyone who does. Call (813) 254-PITA.) Still another: "I'm not allowed in Pita Pit anymore :("

Banned for life -- unless you bring the chair back, Turek says.

Then, it’s all good.

Alexandra Zayas, Times staff writer

• Dude, here's your video on YouTube

Comments

[David Weber]

First off, I had sideburns for a long time. They're cool. Deal with it.

Second, I don't know the crook, but the cashier looks like a guy I had class with.

Third, I don't think they make things in Idaho outside of potatoes and KKK members (KKK HQ is there).

Fourth, when you're drunk, sometimes you need a seat. Why look around for a semi-clean curb or random car when you can have a portable chair? It seems to me that he was acting in the interest of efficiency. They should find this guy and put him in charge of GM!