We order alco – our manager foots the bill
Our manager is one of those rare individuals: the type who is well off, and is not stingy. He took us out for dinner yesterday. Most of us wondered whether its okay or not to order alcohol as a) its generally expensive and b) he doesn’t drink alcohol.
We came to the following conclusion. One lime juice will cost him LKR 190 ++. Two 25ml of Vodka will cost him LKR 95 x 2 ++. So, the guys who wanted to have a shot (including yours truly) went for two shots.
Question: Is it okay to order alcohol if someone else – whether friend, manager, client etc – foots the bill? I believe what we did is okay given the calculation. Another shot would not have been okay.
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well…. this got me thinking too..
In your case, I guess what you did was quite okay..:)
But unless the host or person who pays the bill doesn’t offer, it would be kinda weird to ask for alco no…. but since you guys checked out the prices and decided, it’s quite alright..:D
It might be rude to order the most expensive things on the menu but if its within reasonable limits it should be Ok unless the host has some moral or religious issues with alcohol and would object to serving it to his friends.
Since you have no way of knowing that, the bets thing to do is ask.