Nancy Young wrote:

> I've taken many people out to eat, and I've been taken out to
> eat by people many times. I've seen it all. One person, I know
> she was kinda tight for money, we were having lunch, I said,
> I got a raise, lunch is on me, she said, Oh, good, in that case
> I'll have an appetizer!

That would have been the perfect time to rescind the offer.