Hungry

A business fella around thirty years old climbed aboard and proceeded to whinge about his dinner companions, four women and two men.

"I’ve been given a new team at work so I took them out to a fancy restaurant. After the menus arrived one woman announced, ‘The usual ?’. Well, the ‘usual’ was just a main meal; no entrees and no desserts. That’s the last time I take middle-aged women and gays to dinner - bloody weight watchers ! I’m going home to make pancakes."

Comments

[Bill Steamshovel]

I probably would have done the same, unless of course if the boss was paying, in which case it would have been "Bring on the bugs and oysters Kilpatrick, followed by the rare Wagyu topped with king prawns and finished off with chocolate mousse and cappuccinos."

Then, of course, the team leader would have been bitching about how I took advantage of his generousity. :P

[Roy]

Hi Adrian
Ever notice..........men bitch more than women do?

[blonde canadian]

If the boss was paying, then I'd be all for the works. Not so much if I were paying for myself. Then again, I am but a lowly underpaid teacher...

[Anthony]

Never be afraid to order up big on the company's dime. Whatever you do is peanuts compared to what the bosses get away with...

[PQ]

Last time the boss bought me a meal it was a kilo of snags and a bag of buttered rolls and had to be shared between eight of us.

The tax write off must be huge, possibly close to $5.00 or even (gasp) more!

If I ever get the boss's offer to a sit down meal, I am going straight for either the crayfish or the New York Cut steak, with all the trimmings.

[Krupo]

Heh, when I read that, I interpreted - "took them out" - to mean that the guy *was* the boss, or someone with expense-authority anyway, but didn't feel like ordering a three course meal when everyone else was going light.

One would say, "if that was the case though, he was daft - he should've set the tone". Yes - but this was a new team and he didn't know what "the usual" means.

Poor guy. :p

[marcelproust]

I took it from your story that he was paying for them all, but maybe they didn't know that when they were ordering, maybe they were being decently circumspect, or maybe they just didn't want to hang around too long with him! Anyway, what a whinger!