Money Moral Dilemma: Should we have paid for restaurant owner's birthday meal?

katecheshire · 24 May 2014 at 10:49AM

Were there other 'guests' there and were you all sitting together, with the birthday girl? Otherwise it wasn't really a party and she was taking the mickey. A friend of ours invited us to a Christmas party at his club but it was made clear from the start that there would be a charge for the food - £12 a head for a 3 course dinner, which was excellent, followed by comedy acts and dancing. Of course we bought our own drinks so he had a nice busy evening in his club but no nasty surprises for his guests.

hutch610 · 26 May 2014 at 10:37PM

Surely the loss will be more than the gain if word gets around how you have been treated.

Better to have used it to her advantage, invite friends to a birthday party, treat you and hope you spread the word how good the restaurant is. Win win all round.

Were you also buying other drinks as well.

A party invite to me is where I would expect to pay for my own drinks and if food is laid on all well and good. You dont get inivited to a wedding and pay for your meal.

Money Moral Dilemma: Should we have paid for restaurant owner's birthday meal?

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