My Spaghetti Western
The Good:
I have an interview for a part time position that I am overqualified for. It’s with an organization I have been stalking. Why stalk an organization you ask. Simple, I can work part time flex hours, get amazing benefits, and seriously better pay.
The Bad:
I have to take off work to go to the interview after taking off 2 days for a sick kid.
The Ugly:
I might not get hired.
The Good:
Went to dinner with another couple, we had a lot of fun!
The Bad:
I didn’t expect to have such a good time. I thought they would be dull.
The Ugly:
They refused to let Poor Bill pay our half of the bill because: they invited us out.
Sound good? Not to me. It was a $350.00 Bill (before the tip). Now, I feel like we are obligated to reciprocate. I hope they like the clam shack
Tags: The Bad, The Good, The Ugly
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April 6, 2008 at 10:26 pm
These are all good things. You’re making choices among competing, increasingly better things for you and your family. You aren’t leaving behind bad feelings nor rancor. Besides, you always seem to do what’s appropriate, so I wouldn’t worry. Besides, Bill is a Marine, and that still counts for a lot. At least it does with me.
April 7, 2008 at 1:44 am
$350. that’s almost (hang on let me get my conversion correct) £3.10. Must of been horrible for you.
Good luck with the job.
April 7, 2008 at 6:31 am
Good luck on the job front! And yes, sounds like a reciprocal invite is in order.
April 7, 2008 at 10:14 am
Oh God, I hate it when people do that. Would it be too cheapskatey to invite them over for supper instead?
Puss
April 7, 2008 at 10:19 am
Good luck with job… And whatever dinner plans you reciprocate
April 7, 2008 at 2:58 pm
you could reciprocate by cooking them a dinner. that way you can control the costs and still make them feel special.
April 7, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I was just going to suggest what Puss did: take the stakes out of it, and take the steaks out, and have them over.
My view is: if they offered to pay, they were up to it. No reciprocity needed, in truth.
April 8, 2008 at 7:00 am
Yep, dinner at home, steak on the barbie, outdoor theme, booze, then hire a limo to take them home. heh! Cool eh?
I have no idea. But you are doing fabulous. I so hope you get that job. Got all my fingers and toes crossed for you!
April 8, 2008 at 7:26 am
Well, thank the gods they weren’t dull!
April 8, 2008 at 10:16 am
haha… i have to echo franki.
and seriously… i know it’s difficult, but let these people bless you (and if that word makes you queezy, let these people… umm…. treat you ??)
and i think cooking them an extravagant dinner (that will surely still cost far less than $350!) will definitely pay them back. and heck… you said they’re fun… so at least you’ve got that
April 8, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Good luck with the job.
I hope the dinner was good, at least.
April 9, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Go for it - all the way - (the interview) - even if you don’t get hired right away, it could still happen - someone might quit, if you weren’t THE ONE - that person might not work out and you’d get it - go girl!
April 10, 2008 at 4:40 pm
if you DO reciprocate, chances are that you’ll still come out ahead. relax.
April 11, 2008 at 6:31 am
It’s tough on the etiquette front with an expensive restaurant. Don’t ask me. I have enough difficulty knowing how much to tip in your country. Don’t tell me you left more than $20…
April 13, 2008 at 3:19 pm
The clam shack rules. And if they don’t like it, to hell with them, they weren’t the awesome people you thought they were anyway.
April 17, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Those mostly sound like great things. Regarding the dinner, I don’t know what to say. My usual response in such situations is to make Beef Wellington and let the chips fall where they may.
April 26, 2008 at 5:26 pm
You could just shoot everybody and let God sort ‘em out. Like Clint.