Takeaway - Who pays?

mathie

So last night myself and my brother were invited around to my sisters house for a takeaway.

Who would people expect to pay in this case?

Normally I'd invite her and her husband around and I'd cook and naturally wouldn't charge them.

Celly Smunt

complications arise when you invite bother.

Saila

the neighbours 3 doors down

mathie

pmcmahon wrote: »

complications arise when you invite bother.

Typo corrected.

Well done sir you've corrected an error on the internet.
Off to wikipedia with you.

chin_grin

You pay for what you ordered. Unless it was a pizza then it's split x ways (x is the amount of people.........But I'm sure you guessed that).

Celly Smunt

mathie wrote: »

Typo corrected.

Well done sir you've corrected an error on the internet.
Off to wikipedia with you.

too cheap to add the "R" tut.

mathie

pmcmahon wrote: »

too cheap to add the "R" tut.

...or the 'r'.

TheZohanS

There are a few different ways you can do it, best way is to take turns if you're meeting up on a regular basis. If it's only the odd time one buys the drink and the other the alcohol. However if one side always cooks then the other side should pay and if they refuse to you can just change your habits and refuse to cook, order in next time.

It's seriously not worth falling out over.

mathie

chin_grin wrote: »

You pay for what you ordered. Unless it was a pizza then it's split x ways (x is the amount of people.........But I'm sure you guessed that).

So if I invite people around and I cook then I pay.
If I invite people around and order takeaway then everyone pays?

Oranage2

Depends really - When I'm at my sisters I'd say want to get Chinese and I'll pay - that mean I'd pay but she'd throw me a tenner or what not.

If somebody says wanna get chinese then you pay for what you order.

Celly Smunt

mathie wrote: »

So if I invite people around and I cook then I pay.
If I invite people around and order takeaway then everyone pays?

pretty much.

petes

TheZohan wrote: »

There are a few different ways you can do it, best way is to take turns if you're meeting up on a regular basis. If it's only the odd time one buys the drink and the other the alcohol. However if one side always cooks then the other side should pay and if they refuse to you can just change your habits and refuse to cook, order in next time.

It's seriously not worth falling out over.

So who buys the booze?

Cupcake_Crisis

Everybody pays for what they order!

AnnaVanilla

mathie wrote: »

So if I invite people around and I cook then I pay.
If I invite people around and order takeaway then everyone pays?

Yep. But I'd usually bring wine or something if I'm invited for dinner at someone's house.

Sooopie

Offer to pay your share & see what she says

This is not something that would trouble me though to be honest

Dotrel

Society

"fancy coming over mine for x factor and we'll order a chinese?" Everyone pays for their own

"why don't you and xxx come over for dinner on saturday and we'll watch x factor" (but then you order chinese) You pay

ScumLord

The simple solution is to make a takeaway style diner buy some plastic cartons or hang on to some the next time you go to the chipper. Then pretend you ordered stuff from the chipper and make them pay for it.

TheZohanS

Insurgent wrote: »

So who buys the booze?

Either can, but if the visitors get the booze in then you have to stick to those rules.

If I head over to family and we decide to get a takeaway then we divide the bill and all chip in.

Jaxxy

You pay for what you order. Can't say I've ever had this problem, normally when my family gets together it's a race to foot the bill.

When I'm cooking dinner it's on me of course, but my guests never arrive empty-handed. Couple of bottles of wine/dessert/munchies/flowers for the cook, stuff like that. If your guests are regularly arriving to be fed and watered and offer nothing in return then they sound a bit mean, OP.

Celly Smunt

ScumLord wrote: »

The simple solution is to make a takeaway style diner buy some plastic cartons or hang on to some the next time you go to the chipper. Then pretend you ordered stuff from the chipper and make them pay for it.

you truly are the scum lord.

Misticles

Whoever is doing the inviting should pay....

maxfresh

First world problem here ,id say just divide bill by 4 (or how many are there)

thenightrider

Invite them around to yours order in then say you left your wallet at home.

Celly Smunt

maxfresh wrote: »

First world problem here ,id say just divide bill by 4 (or how many are there)

what about the chap who gets everything extra,balls to paying for his extra fat crap.

Oranage2

If this question even arose and you were my sibling OP, I wouldnt invite you around for dinner!

Shiner11

Do you know who REALLy pays for all this?








Your cholesterol levels.

Kasabian

If I invite people round and decide to get a takeaway, I will pay for it.

mathie

Oranage2 wrote: »

If this question even arose and you were my sibling OP, I wouldnt invite you around for dinner!

So if we were siblings and you invited me around for a takeaway and I asked "who pays?" you wouldn't invite me around any more?

In my experience, if you're cooking for someone it's free, but if you're ordering takeaway you pay for what you order.

If you're not willing to pay, don't order anything. Simple.

jester77

If someone invites you over for a meal, then you are not going to turn empty handed. You would bring a desert, wine or something else.

hardCopy

Deleted User wrote: »

"fancy coming over mine for x factor and we'll order a chinese?" Everyone pays for their own

"why don't you and xxx come over for dinner on saturday and we'll watch x factor" (but then you order chinese) You pay

This, but with less X-Factor

LighterGuy

Well if someone invites you over for say takeaway or drinks. You assume you have to pay your share. A rule of thumb. If someone invited you over for dinner you bring something (bottle of wine even)

But the messed thing about these situations can be the same person who invites you around and expects you to pay (fair enough) could be the same person that when you invite around expects you to pay for them. You'd be surprised how often it happens.

Kasabian

When my friends go to eachother houses the owner of the house foots the bill for any food be it takeaway or a cooked meal.

The gesture is then returned at the next get together. Everyone is happy with the arrangement, an arrangement that just took it's course as we are all friends, not a bunch of people worrying about who might have got an extra springroll they didn't pay for. :rolleyes:

Standard Toaster

Tis a toughie OP.
I'm not sure even Stephen Hawking would be able to figure out this conundrum.

So did you pay in the end or scab of them?

LeeHoffmann

I'd expect to split the bill between us. But as somebody said on the first page, it's not worth falling out over it.

mathie

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Tis a toughie OP.
I'm not sure even Stephen Hawking would be able to figure out this conundrum.

So did you pay in the end or scab of them?

Im no sociopath.
I just did what any sane person would do in the situation.

I wiped my dick on their curtains.