"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-02-05 2:38 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:35:39 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Did she ever say what that bottle of wine cost?
>>
>> I wondered about that too.
>>
>> If it was pricey, I'd certainly want to take however little was left
>> home, unless it was less than a glass. And as a "guest", I certainly
>> wouldn't feel comfortable giving it away w/o first asking my dining
>> partner if she wanted to take it home for later.
>>
>
>
> Pricey or not, it takes a lot of nerve for a dinner guest to give away
> something that his host paid for. Even if splitting the bill he should
> have consulted the host. He really had no business doing that.
> However.... if the host knew in advance that he was only going to drink
> one glass of wine he obviously isn't much of a wine drinker so I have to
> wonder why he would have taken it home for himself and why he worried
> about it.
>

Two words: table wine.

What he should have done was just order by the glass. It is wasteful if
nothing else to order a bottle when you know you won't finish it.



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