Dog3 wrote:
>
> Nancy Young >

> On the other scale, there is the person that orders a $100 bottle of wine.
> Naturally the person offers it up to the table but few if any take a drink.

I would expect them to pay for it.

> > Funny, reminded my of my fil's 80th. We surprised him with a bd
> > dinner. They didn't specify the tip even though we had maybe 12
> > people.
> >
> > Well, this was the first and only time I met one of my sil's husband.
> > What an ass. Everything was free, the flight in, the hotel, and I
> > was paying for dinner (not that anyone knew that), but he sure
> > wouldn't, being broke. He starts snapping his fingers, ordering
> > around the staff, then he ordered appetizers for his side of the
> > table. Hello, I would happen to like an appetizer. So the waitress
> > had to make two trips.

> Been in a similar situation. I was paying for dinner for 10 family members
> and whoops, a cousin showed up with 4 extra people. The husband was a
> pompous, overbearing, disgusting pig of an ass. He was obviously
> intimidated by my family and for some reason felt the need to tie one on.
> He ran the wait staff to death. I paid for dinner and his bar tab alone
> was over $40. I way overtipped and will never associate with this
> individual or his insipid wife again. Sadly, his children appeared to be
> terrified of him.

That is pathetic, but now you know what I'm talking about. When he
started snapping his fingers at the waitress I seriously had to hold
my tongue. I was furious. Acting as if he was the host of the party.
All hot shit in his 10 gallon black hat. I didn't mean to imply he
should sit there, can I order an appetizer? I guess it's a
compensation thing for his huge money troubles. Order an appetizer,
but ask the other people at the table if they wanted some, too.

At any rate, I pretended to need to use the ladies room and got the
waitress and paid the bill so no one would be embarrassed.

> > My point is, it's a mixed bag with a large group. Management is
> > right to protect their staff in these situations, I really think so.
>
> <smooch>

Right back atcha, sweetie.

nancy