53. But You Had Lobster, and I Only Had Chicken . . .
Two couples were out to dinner. One of the couples ordered a $120 bottle of wine. They drank all the wine themselves, as the other couple wasn’t drinking. When the bill came, the first couple didn’t offer to pay for their wine and assumed the restaurant bill would be split in half.
People have gotten annoyed at friends, coworkers, and even relatives when they are dining together and one party orders significantly more costly items than the other and then doesn’t offer to contribute more to the bill. One colleague told me that she and her husband will not dine out with another couple again because this couple always orders the most expensive items on the menu and expects them to share the costs. ...
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