I usually whisper, “I’ll flip every table in this joint if you don’t take my card, including the one with that child at it”, and while it has a 100% success rate, I can’t help but feel terrible about it, later. What are some alternatives?

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
      01·
      1 year ago

      It’s a “poor waiter” because he is being forced to choose between two people who are both holding up their card trying to pay the bill.

        • intensely_human@lemm.ee
          01·
          1 year ago

          It’s a thing in America and also in many other cultures. People, often men, gain status by paying for others. Then when there’s two men they like to battle with each other over who’s paying.

          It’s similar to that thing with gift giving where you have to offer and refuse three times before a gift can be successfully transferred.