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[Auzzie Wingman]

A woman and her friend are stopping at a restaurant. She and her friend enter the restaurant and sit at a table. A waiter comes by and sets down a kettle of tea. The woman and her friend talk for a while, and then the woman gets a phone call saying that she is expected at her office. She and her friend leave, but are stopped by a waiter. The waiter said they didn't pay the bill yet, and is threatening to call the manager. The woman protests that she never ate nor drank anything, but the waiter says that she still has to pay for the kettle of tea.

Reading this and knowing where I come from, this immediately turned into an asian situation in the back of my mind, where the waiter is a fat asian and the women are white european travellers.I think she shouldn't have to pay. This is a pot of tea put down by the waiter voluntarily. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE did the women ask for a pot of tea. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE of there being any sign of "Hey, you sit down, we make tea quick smart, you pay!"

[zephyrclaw]

No! If, as seems to be the case, the tea was some kind of complimentary standard drink that the waiter brought out of his initiative and the two customers seriously ate and drank nothing at all (and also didn't lick any of the forks or anything), there's no reason they should pay simply for entering and sitting down.Hmm, if the result is that she was legally required to reimburse the restaurant just for that, it would be pretty retarded. In fact, maybe people should just pull weird pranks like inviting friends over to their houses and then charging them for eating their snacks when they're about to leave (isn't it kind of implied that, usually, the host is covering the light food since it's between friends?). Retarded technical loopholes are not the way to go. Producing logical outcomes based on proper morals and appointing blame or responsbility to the relevant parties is.

[jamzemu]

WOW! 317 replies to this one topic. Impressive.Anyway, it's quite simple. She didn't order or ask for the tea. It came to the table without her request. Therefore, she has no need to pay for it. It was the waiter's fault. If it wasn't one of those free complementary stuff, he should've asked the woman and friend if they wanted the tea before going to fill it up.Sure the restaurant's lost out on the money from the tea but that's the waiter's fault. It's common sense and he didn't use it. Man! If I was there I would've stood up for the woman and given him a good one-two ya know

Edited by jamzemu, 18 January 2010 - 01:07 PM.

[jamzemu]

She bought it.

Wait!How did you come to that conclusion. Where in that opening post does it suggest that she actually "BOUGHT" it. The text mentions that she sat down at the table and the kettle of tea was put down. That does not mean she bought it.So in that case, we go by what you said prior to that:

You pay for what you buy.

Well she didn't buy it so she shouldn't pay.