Friends leave dinner party early after host serves ‘vegan lasagna’: ‘The “pasta” layers were lettuce leaves with slices of tomato and other raw vegetables’

Is it wrong to eat a second dinner after the first one was unsatisfactory? If you’re a hungry person, then you have probably done this before. Maybe you go out to dinner with your friend, and it’s one of those places with small portions and light food. Could you be blamed if, a little bit …
Seguir leyendo Friends leave dinner party early after host serves ‘vegan lasagna’: ‘The “pasta” layers were lettuce leaves with slices of tomato and other raw vegetables’

26-year-old gets new job, friends get offended when he leaves birthday dinner early because of jokes about his salary: ‘Bro’s surviving on instant noodles and dreams’

Should friendship always offer a free pass for teasing? Many would argue that you aren’t truly friends with someone unless you can make fun of each other. However, there is a fine line between making a joke or two and acting in a way that hurts feelings. Knowing when to stop with the one-liners is …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old gets new job, friends get offended when he leaves birthday dinner early because of jokes about his salary: ‘Bro’s surviving on instant noodles and dreams’

Friend takes birthday girl out for dinner, she invites 5 of her family members unannounced and expects her to foot he $172 bill: ‘It was so awkward’

Should you be expected to pay for someone else’s family dinner?  Birthday dinners are tricky money-wise, because you want to make sure the person whose birthday it is has a good time and doesn’t feel obligated, but you also can’t be expected to cover the whole she-bang when you were just an invited guest. I …
Seguir leyendo Friend takes birthday girl out for dinner, she invites 5 of her family members unannounced and expects her to foot he $172 bill: ‘It was so awkward’

Employee calls out coworker’s bad table manners in front of a client, coworker reports them to HR for discrimination: ‘They would hold their fork in their hand like a fist and could not cut their steak properly using a knife.’

He needs to learn how to use a fork and a knife at some point in his life. There is a lot of uncertainty in the sales industry. There is usually quite a low barrier to entry. Someone can get a sales job with little field experience, or even without a degree. Getting the job …
Seguir leyendo Employee calls out coworker’s bad table manners in front of a client, coworker reports them to HR for discrimination: ‘They would hold their fork in their hand like a fist and could not cut their steak properly using a knife.’

26-year-old birthday girl arrives 80 minutes late to her own dinner, chews out friend for saying she couldn’t stay: ‘I was irritated because I had skipped lunch’

Tardiness is never a good look, even if you’re the birthday girl. If you can help it, you should never make your friends wait. Maybe you have more bandwidth with them and room for error than you do at work, but it’s still never nice to disrespect someone’s time. Because that’s what it is, disrespect. …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old birthday girl arrives 80 minutes late to her own dinner, chews out friend for saying she couldn’t stay: ‘I was irritated because I had skipped lunch’

Entitled couple demand wedding party cook welcome dinner for destination wedding: ‘The couple charged the bridesmaids for dinner’

Would you attend a wedding if you knew that you were going to be one of the catering staff as well as a guest? We all know that planning a wedding is often a stressful affair, and this is not just a responsibility that affects the bride. Indeed, it is possible for everyone in the …
Seguir leyendo Entitled couple demand wedding party cook welcome dinner for destination wedding: ‘The couple charged the bridesmaids for dinner’

Fluent Spanish-speaker calls out his brother’s girlfriend for insulting his mom’s cooking in Spanish: ‘My brother is furious at ME for causing a scene.’

She has no right to talk about her mother-in-law that way, no matter what language she’s speaking.  Have you ever wondered if the old ladies at the Polish bakery who are talking to each other in Polish are talking trash about you? Your instincts might tell you that they’re doing that, and I’m sorry to …
Seguir leyendo Fluent Spanish-speaker calls out his brother’s girlfriend for insulting his mom’s cooking in Spanish: ‘My brother is furious at ME for causing a scene.’

Mom refuses to make a different dinner for her 15-year-old exchange student: ‘When Brenna saw the meal provided, she was upset that it wasn’t pasta.’

Is it bratty to ask your host-mom to make you a specific meal after she’s already cooked a different one for the rest of the family?  Who among us didn’t have a bratty moment or two during our teenage years? The brattiest moment of my teenage life had to be the morning I tried to …
Seguir leyendo Mom refuses to make a different dinner for her 15-year-old exchange student: ‘When Brenna saw the meal provided, she was upset that it wasn’t pasta.’

30-year-old berates friend for giving his leftover $80 wagyu steak to a homeless man after his birthday dinner: ‘He says I ruined the vibe of his birthday by bringing up poverty.’

She asked him if it was okay to give the hungry man his steak, because she knew that if she didn’t, it would’ve ended up in the garbage. 

Woman catches boyfriend updating spreadsheet rating every meal she’s ever cooked for him: ‘This is making me feel very weird and judged’

If many are to be believed, a relationship should be a judgment-free zone. So long as everybody is comfortable, it is the one place where you should be able to be your most authentic self, warts and all. While it is understandable for some to find certain things about their partner irritating or even not …
Seguir leyendo Woman catches boyfriend updating spreadsheet rating every meal she’s ever cooked for him: ‘This is making me feel very weird and judged’