But in retrospect, I can see her point. If she’s out with a cheap tightwad, who is too much of a penny pincher to pay three bucks for a slice of cheese. Then she is better off without him.
And another point in her favor: This is New York City we’re talking about. I wouldn’t be surprised if the hamburger itself was $20-$30.
So what’s an extra three bucks for a slice of cheese?
But he had no trouble with her ordering branzino, which is more expensive. Maybe he just didn’t want to pay that much for a $.10 piece of cheese.
Kinda agree here.
At least she didn’t have her going off on him about eating meat.
This coulda been a LOT worse.
You outed yourself again.
I wouldn't pay $3 extra for a slice of cheese on a burger either, it's basically tasteless anyway.
Maybe he actually lives on, and sticks to a budget in that overpriced shithole called NYC.
It is his money. If he doesn’t wan to pay 3 bucks for a slice of cheese, that is his business, not hers. She must have said yes to the cheese.
I would question any adult who didn't expect to pay more for an add-on item at a sit-down restaurant, especially in an expensive city. From McDonald's all the way up, cheeseburgers cost more than hamburgers. Three dollars may sound high but that's city prices.
In addition, restaurant prices are not just for the quality of the food; they're also to discourage the "wrong" customers. I've seen many a restaurant have to raise their prices just to keep the riff-raff out. Watch any episode of 'Bar Rescue' and see Jon Taffer explain it to clueless owners and managers.
As for the cost of some add-on items, a lot of such prices are to discourage customers from ordering certain things, and are not designed to rip them off. It's the game; they have to offer it but they hope customers don't order it.
As for her, she's an ass for shaming her date online.
I would have walked out if he HAD paid three bucks for a slice of cheese, that was prove he was too stupid to date.
She probably already made up her mind regarding the guy and just used that as a reason to end the date. That said, $3 for one slice of cheese is ridiculous. I would not have paid it either.
Yeah, I can understand that!
I was once on a (fourth) date with a really beautiful girl. A 19-year-old college student, talented musician (piano, guitar, singing). To be honest, we had known each other for a whole semester and, by this date, had already progressed beyond the "hand-holding" stage, and there was a realistic possibility that we would be "sealing the deal" that evening.
Anyway: When the time came for her to the pay bill for our restaurant meal (I was earning only $4/hr correcting Physics homework for a few hours per week, while she had a steady part-time job at the campus bookstore, so it was fair for her to pay for everything), she tipped the wait-staff only 10%.
Such a cheapskate! So I dumped her!
Was I being any less petty than this woman?
Regards,