Dinner Time
Posted by: Anonymous
31st May 2007 03:05pm
Many of us enjoy going out for dinner, or to a friends house for a bbq, but what happens when it comes time to eat and drink? For example, in the case of a bbq, should you only eat what you brought or the equivalent (i.e don't eat the steak if you only brought sausages) or because its a group situation should you feel free to help yourself to whatever is on offer?
Also if you are eating out with a group, should you split the bill evenly amongst the group, regardless of whether you've ordered the most or least expensive thing on the menu, or should everyone pay for what they ordered?
The Governor
- 26th Feb 2008 09:29pm
This really depends on who you are going out with. I have a group of friends & we have many dinners out & bbq's & get togethers as girlfriends & with our partners & kids. Every time each of us contributes food, wine, cooking skills, etc & we all eat & drink as we please, making sure there is enough left to share around the table with everyone else. It is a group of really good friends who genuinely care about each other & so we are happy to split the bill evenly at a restaurant or pay for the other person's coffee as we know that eventually things will even out & they will do something lovely for us in return.
I have however in the past been out to dinner at a restaurant with a group of people where splitting the bill was not mentioned until the end of the evening & a certain couple had obviously decided to see if they could take advantage of the situation & ate every expensive item available - it was highly rude & made some of us feel used & abused - it was most definintely the last time I went out to dinner with that group!!!
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