blake murphy wrote:

>>> Then... I make sure not to order anything more expensive then they do.
>> That is the proper thing to do. When people take me out for meals I
>> certainly would not be looking at the most expensive items or ordering
>> extra courses and side dishes.
>
> hell, i'm usually too shy about getting the expensive stuff when *i'm*
> paying.

Same here. I am not rich, and even if I were, I don't think that I would
automatically go for the most expensive item on a menu. If I am being
taken out for a meal I appreciate the hospitality and the generosity,
but I don't want to take advantage of it. My father in law loved to
entertain in restaurants and at his clubs and did it often, but I know
that it annoyed him when people ordered the most expensive items, even
more so when he thought it was something that those people would not
normally order if they were paying. I remember his once grumbling about
his own son ordered a large lobster at the most expensive club. That, at
the time,would have cost about three times as much as the other entrees.