[oak perl] Re: Checks

Arden Schaeffer arden at lmi.net
Sat Jun 28 12:41:27 CDT 2003


On Date: Tuesday 24 June 2003 5:07 p.m., David Fetter 
<david at fetter.org> wrote:
To: oakland at mail.pm.org

Given the situation with the check--$80 short at first cut--I have a
modest proposal: everybody pays exactly the same when we go out.  Yes,
I'm aware that each time somebody "will get less than they paid for,"
and somebody more, but in truth, what you're paying for at a
restaurant is only about 5% food, the rest going to facilities, staff,
the fact that you can send your food back if you don't like it, etc.,
etc.  If somebody eats grossly more than everybody else in a situation
like that, peer pressure works just great.  Anonymous bundles of cash
going around the table encourages people to...how do I put this
gently...underestimate their contribution.

What say we just set this as a policy in advance for the next one?

Cheers,
D
--
David Fetter david at fetter.org http://fetter.org/
phone: +1 510 893 6100    cell: +1 415 235 3778
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Arden answers:

To all: if we who consume very little are expected to pay for those who
consume much, (which will put pressure to pay on us and pressure to not
consume on them), then i won't attend.
A better policy would be to hold all meetings in places that give
separate checks with good grace.
What think ye all?
~Arden




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