Did he do anything wrong?
This past weekend I went to a comedy club with several friends. Two of the attendees (Marc & Stacey) were a couple who met about 3 months ago through one of my events.
At the end of the show, Marc & Stacey’s table had a bill totaling $78.46 (the auto gratuity was included in that amount). The 6 people chipped in and gave Marc $80 to pay the waiter. Marc gave the guy 4 $20 bills and waited for $1.54 change.
Lets just say a 15 minute conversation took place on the car ride home. Marc was “scolded” by a few of the ladies including the one he is dating, about how he looked bad by waiting for his change. Marc defended himself and thought he did absolutely nothing wrong.
So what do you think? Did Marc do anything wrong by waiting for his change? Did it make him look like a cheapo? Is money still money and Marc had every right to get his change?
Ladies, if you went out on a first date with a guy and the same thing happened, would it have influenced you as to whether to go out on a second date? Or would you have thought nothing of it?
Technically, only 25 cents of that was Mark’s money, since everyone else chipped in. He should have left it for the server, not waited for his change. It makes him look cheap. I would have been disappointed on a first date, but might have given him another chance. If the service was slow or bad, then I could see taking the change. If it was more than $5, I could see waiting for change, but $1.54??? Cheapo!
Unless the service was horribly bad, he should have just said “keep the change!” It definitely made him look cheap. I would have second thoughts about dating someone that waits for less than $2 change, unless he was extremely HOT! Haha! 😉
He looked very cheap and would probably influence me about dating him.
marc
He looked very cheap and it would influence my feelings about dating him
Marc
I wouldn’t crucify the guy for it. Did he split the $1.54 among everyone? lol I wouldn’t have waited for the change but everyone has a right to be who they are. Chose your battles wisely.
I wouldn’t crucify the guy for it. Did he split the $1.54 among everyone? lol I wouldn’t have waited for the change but everyone has a right to be who they are. Choose your battles wisely.
If the bill was split 6 ways the change wasn’t wholly his to keep. So yes he is a cheap and money should have gone to the server.
Yes he looked cheap waiting for that amount of money and it wasn’t even his.
I hate this kind of stuff. Not only would I consider him cheap, but a little anal and un-fun as well. I definitely wouldn’t go out with him again.
yes thats so silly Jay – keep the 1.54..i would think someone is a little cheap if they waited for 1. 54 – also just bc gratuity is included.. i still extra tip.
Their first mistake was splitting the bill 6 ways evenly. I hate when groups do that. I never order as much as everyone else, so why should I have to pay the same amount? Everyone should have paid for what they ordered and then all split the tip amount 6 ways. I think it is absurd to leave it for the server since TIP was already included in the total. If he had left it for the server, then the server would have gotten another tip. That is ridiculous!
Since they did split it 6 ways, the change should have gone to the person in the group that didn’t order as much, but got stuck paying as much as everyone else…there is always one person in every group that gets stuck with this. Give that person the change, NOT the server who already got his/her tip.
I think Marc needs to find a new set of friends to hang with if they made such an issue of this! LOL
Did he need the $1,54 for coffee in the morning? I don’t like to over pay and hate when the tip is added into your bill – (how do they know how the service is before I get it?), but I would have left it. That being said, I probably would have joked with him for doing it but if it was a good date, would give him another chance. If he keeps doing it, then maybe it would be weird. But being cheap is how some people have millions!