Sorry - may end up as a rant but I thought you lot might understand
Grandson was 5 yesterday - had an extended family tea today in a local pub
great place as it has a large outdoor area with a playground a diddy football pitch
kids eat early - so table booked for 5
4 kids present - 10 months old brother, 4 year old cousin, the 5 year old birthday boy and his 9 year old sister
kids starters appeared after 6 - way after ordering - 9 year old was winging like mad and 'pops' had had to 'have a word' which is unusual
kids mains arrived shortly after which they mostly wanted to play
so when - way after 7 - the adults mains arrived 2 fathers had to be outside supervising so I had to eat fast and go out to supervise while Dads went to eat their now cold mixed grills
kids also go to bed early and have had to very active days - and are now tired and grumpy
and 'someone' decides everyone has to 'pay for what they had'
so - using one bill - we had to work out the total of what we had
amid a load of grumpy tired kids who needed to get home
ours (me and my wife) happened to have the cheapest mains and all the starters we pretty much the same price
and we had 2 cokes between us - which were cheaper than I expected
so I ended up paying only £36 for both of us
the other blokes (because) added their own up and paid
but we still ended up £18 short - more than either of our totals
someone was being dodgy or was rubbish at maths - and none of us are bad at maths given our jobs
Yea Gods why do people do that - we would have paid the least and would have been happy to split the bill - but no - pay for what you had
and to top it all someone suggested that I took the bill home and checked it
I DID AND WE DAMN WELL PAID OVER AS I EXPECTED
but someone will still think I was the one who underpaid bacuse
a) I paid least per person
b) when it became clear I was the first to offer to make up the difference but my wife's son was faced with 3 screaming kids and a stressed parter so just put it on his card
I damn well bet I know who 'got it wrong'
and it damn well wasn;t anyone who was out in the playground supervising kids!!!!

sorry - end rant
sorry - edit - restart rant
and the damn food was rubbish as well
end rant
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