|
ripT
Stranger
Registered: 07/03/16
Posts: 56
Last seen: 7 years, 6 months
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: ManianFH] 1
#23408636 - 07/03/16 10:07 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Spill their drink, spend as much money as you absolutely can, and get black out drunk and completely disrespect them in everyway.
I dunno man, just be fuckin' respectful. Why don't you ask them how much they're looking to spend and gauge it from there?
|
spirit_shadow
Feature not a bug



Registered: 08/15/11
Posts: 25,674
Last seen: 6 hours, 52 minutes
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: ManianFH] 1
#23408640 - 07/03/16 10:07 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quit overthinking and order the damn steak.
-------------------- ERROR 418 IM A TEAPOT.....(this account is automated, all posts related to illegal activities or advice thereof are strictly from numerous online sites and are for informational purposes only)- Circa 2011 Ban lotto
|
1234go
Ban Lotto Champion


Registered: 07/08/09
Posts: 53,898
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: shadyy]
#23408661 - 07/03/16 10:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Just be like, hey..what's the price range? How much is too much?
That's how I usually bring it up.
Edited by 1234go (07/03/16 10:20 PM)
|
demiu5
humans, lol


Registered: 08/18/05
Posts: 43,948
Loc: the popcorn stadium
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: shadyy]
#23408927 - 07/03/16 11:43 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
i hate liz said: Say a friend offers to pay for dinner...do I go all out and buy what I want, which is a pricey entree and expensive drinks, or should I kind of "keep it simple," on account of it being their $$$?
I was just out to dinner, and I found myself looking at the prices of things (because I knew someone else was paying).
When it comes to things like this (gifts, if you will), do you pay attention to the dollar value, or is it just more like, OK, this is a gift [wipes hands clean]?
Is there such thing as taking advantage? Maybe a line you shouldn't cross??
Like, OK, well I want the steak, but maybe I'll just settle for the chicken parm....but I don't want the chicken parm.
I want the steak, I'd pay for the steak. But I'm not paying...
What about the drinks, do I go for the pricey/good stuff, or to I take into consideration the fact that it's not my money...they're treating....
I mean, they said it's they're treat, so can't I get what I want and not feel guilty??
Then ya find yourself wondering if they're tipping a decent amount.
We have all of these rules and borders...and they're rarely the same from person to person.
Do I tip if I'm picking up? Really, they're just packaging it vs. putting it on a plate, but who does the packaging?
Should I be tipping them?? It's probably an inconvenience to a degree, but I happen to be driving to you. Can't we throw that into the equation??
i had a friend, who is pretty low-income, take me out to breakfast one morning when i was doing a job for him (in this situation a favor; wasn't going to charge him since i was mostly holding dry-wall while he did the work.)
he decided to go cheap and get some pancakes and tea. there wasn't much on the menu at the restaurant that i cared for, but they had shiitake omelette that was $14. despite the fact that one hour of my labor was worth more than the breakfast, i still felt the need to ask him if that wasn't too expensive + beverage.
he was grateful for me asking, then proceeded to tell me to go nuts and get whatever.
there is really no set protocol for this, as far as i can tell.
at the very least, it doesn't hurt to ask, respectfully, if you want something that is of a price that you may think is too high
-------------------- channel your inner Larry David
|
trscstghst
stranger



Registered: 10/14/07
Posts: 786
Loc: here
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: demiu5]
#23408989 - 07/04/16 12:06 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
if they go out of their way to take me out to eat on their dime, then I order what I want regardless of price, or at least anything that I would buy if I were paying my own tab.
if its on the fly just out together anyway, and they offer to pay, I try not to spend too much of their money
-------------------- Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields? o Henry Ford
|
Bill_Oreilly
ANIMALS (the RAINBOW SERPENT)


Registered: 11/12/11
Posts: 26,370
Loc: Boston
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: shadyy]
#23409511 - 07/04/16 07:30 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
it depends how much money the friend who is paying makes.
every situation is different and should be treated as such.
-------------------- Something there is mysteriously formed, Existing before Heaven and Earth, Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging, All-pervading, unfailing, I do not know its name; I call it tao. If forced to give it a name, I call it Great (ta). Being great, it flows out; Flowing out means far-reaching; Being far-reaching, it is said to return. It's just a shot away..
|
thelanzii

Registered: 11/13/12
Posts: 5,434
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: Bill_Oreilly]
#23409519 - 07/04/16 07:33 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
money is weird, best be conservative
|
Asshat331
PM me if you game on PC



Registered: 05/11/14
Posts: 1,159
Last seen: 3 months, 12 days
|
Re: overstepping your boundaries on a nice gesture [Re: thelanzii]
#23409545 - 07/04/16 07:49 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Think about how much this guy spent on DVD's alone, but as long as those movies made him happy,
-------------------- Things change fast, but this too shall pass Better carve it on your forehead or tattoo it on your ass Cause who can tell, when the clock strikes twelve If today’s become tomorrow or if it’s all just gone to hell
|
|