A Simple Question
July 31st, 2009 - 10:49 am
Dear Miss Manners,
My husband and I are having guests over for dinner this weekend, and there’s a point of etiquette where we can’t seem to agree. I say each person should pay for their cocktails and wine when they order them. But he says one should discretely present them with a bill for their totals, along with the price of their meals, at the end of the evening.
And how much of a tip should we, as good hosts, expect? I know 18% is customary these days, but that sounds a bit low considering just what a nice place to visit our new home is.
Please respond quickly — it’s almost Saturday already!
Wouldn’t the conflict of interest being the CEOs paying for Obama’s lunch? I mean, if the White House buys them lunch, then don’t the CEOs then owe the White House a favor (or at least a meal) down the road?
I cant wait to see Czar Putins face when he gets his bill.
Oh my lord. That is just so tacky that it takes my breath away.
Ok you CPA’s out there, does this qualify as a business expense?
I would pay good money to see the classless clown couple in the WH get the ‘Gentle Reader … ‘ treatment. They’re in dire need of it.
How did this idiot get to be president? Really, these four years may look as weird in retrospect someday as the 1970s do now.