你和朋友们一起聚餐的时候,会怎样处理买单的问题呢?你会在用餐快结束时,悄悄地离席,装作去卫生间,然后毫无张扬地把账结了?还是大家AA制?抑或是别人还没来得及提出分摊时,你就先拿出你应付的钱?你是怎么想的呢?聚餐时大家如何付账才合理而且礼貌呢?
Just how do you behave in thatawkward(笨拙的,尴尬的)moment when the bill arrives at a group meal?
Together we've rifled through thecutlery(刀具,餐具) drawer(抽屉,出票人),extended the hand of respectful friendship to the waiter and decided once and for all that there's no place for flash photography in a temple ofgastronomy(美食法),but–in typical British fashion–this series has, thus far, skirted awkwardly around the delicate subject of money.
However much we like to pretend otherwise as we relax into a well-cushioned seat and a glass of wine, at some point the fact becomes unavoidable: eating at a restaurant is a businesstransaction(商务交易)like any other. We've eaten and drunk our way throughcommodities(商品,日用品)that don't come for free, enjoyed (or endured) the service of a host of employees, both front of house and behind the scenes–yet for some reason we find the idea of paying for it allexcruciating(极痛苦的,折磨人的).
Every one of us, at some time or another, have found ourselvesembroiled(使卷入,牵连) ina heated, yet determinedly "jovial" argument on the arrival of the bill–"No, no, NO – let ME!" we screech through fixed grins, as we claw at the offending scrap of paper. So what's the mostgracious(亲切的,高尚的)way to avoid a Mrs Doyle-style punch-up over a 75p cuppa?
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