Question

Your boss is having lunch at the restaurant across the street. An important fax comes in to the office for the boss, so you need to run to the restaurant to deliver the fax to the boss. You make the delivery to the boss and then leave immediately to go back to the office.

The restaurant did not give you specific permission to enter and you did not order any food or drink while you were there. What were you – an invitee, licensee, trespasser or something else? Explain the reason for your answer.

Would your answer change if, before you left, you snuck some food off the boss’s plate while she wasn’t looking? Explain why your answer would, or would not, be different.

Answer 1