text: A restaurant manager has been branded the 'stingiest boss in Europe' for charging a mum 36p to heat up her baby's feeding bottle. Mum Gitte Denteneer asked staff at the Rubens eaterie in Leuven, Belgium, to warm up some milk for her two-month old son Lucca. But when she came to pay, she was stunned to find that 50 cents had been added onto the bill. Outrage: A restaurant manager has been branded the 'stingiest boss in Europe' for charging a mum 36p to heat up her baby's feeding bottle . She Tweeted a photo of the bill, which went viral and triggered outrage on the Twitter social media website. Ms Denteneer told Belgium's Het Laatste Nieuws daily: 'We were flabbergasted. This is a very mean gesture. 'I have never heard of a restaurant billing people for this service. I will not be going back.' Her total bill last Sunday lunchtime came to around £20, including an omlette, two cappuccinos and two caramel desserts. Stunned: Mum Gitte Denteneer took to Twitter to express her shock at the charged levied for the bottle-warming . A spokesman for the Horeca Vlaanderen restaurant chain, which owns the Rubens Cafe (pictured), said later 'this could only happen when a customer is explicitly told this service is charged for' Ms Denteneer wrote later on Twitter, along with an image of the bill: 'Euro 0.50 on the bill because you are warming up the bottle for your 2-month-old baby. £fail £caferubens £leuven.' Fellow users expressed astonishment at the boss's penny-pinching. One wrote: 'He is the meanest man in Europe.' Another quipped: 'How very petty. Hope the baby found it yummy.' A spokesman for the Horeca Vlaanderen restaurant chain, which owns the Rubens Cafe, said later: 'This could only happen when a customer is explicitly told this service is charged for. 'But in the vast majority of Horeca establishments, this service is free.'
target: Gitte Denteneer was stunned after getting the bill from Rubens in Leuven .
  The Belgian cafe had charged her 50 cents for use of their electricity .
  Ms Denteneer later took to Twitter to express her outrage at the charge .
  Others on Twitter shared her anger and called the Rubens boss 'mean'