Is there anything more cringe-inducing embarrassing than dining with the sort of

[Sir C]

You order a couple of pre-dinner drinks, as you finish them the waitress asks you if you are ready to order, you say yes and order your starters and entrees and a nice bottle of wine. She then asks if you want water for the table, you reply yes and that tap water is fine. She thanks you and leaves to place your order.

What's wrong with this exactly?

Also, you finish a meal with another couple, the waiter arrives with the bill and you tell him to split it into two and you give him two cards. He then processes two payments.

What's wrong with this exactly?

I never touch tap water. You know that socialists add fluoride to tap water, don't you? I'm not having socialists interfering with my precious bodily fluids. No way.

[AFC East]

I agree with you, splitting the bill and drinking tap water seems perfectly reasonable. Shafting the waiting staff is more of an issue.

[PSRB]

I never touch tap water. You know that socialists add fluoride to tap water, don't you? I'm not having socialists interfering with my precious bodily fluids. No way.

Botted water = 250px-Only_Fools_Mother_Nature's_Son.jpg

[WES]

I never touch tap water. You know that socialists add fluoride to tap water, don't you? I'm not having socialists interfering with my precious bodily fluids. No way.

#drstrangelove

[Ash]

person who specifically asks for a glass of tap water knowing that the establishment cannot charge them for it? I mean what sort of message do these people think they are sending? Do they think we’re all thinking ‘Good for you! You’ve got your eye on the ball and aren’t going to let these thieving cùnts rinse you. Well done!’?
When in fact everyone is just thinking you’re the sort of weird, tight-fisted **** who orders tap water.

As someone who works in hospitality and has done data analysis on the 'tap-water-brigade' I can tell you that from our pov if people are buying stuff like food, booze, soft drinks and hot drinks then they are welcome to quench their spare thirst on tap water. Our problem is members who treat the place like a cheap office and use the space and wifi all day while ordering tap water.

Anyone calling me a tight cùnt for not wanting to buy the rip-off and environmental negative that is bottled water while spending good money in a restaurant or cafe is a stupid cùnt.

[Ash]

I never touch tap water. You know that socialists add fluoride to tap water, don't you? I'm not having socialists interfering with my precious bodily fluids. No way.

And ice cream, Mandrake. Children's ice cream!

[WES]

As someone who works in hospitality and has done data analysis on the 'tap-water-brigade' I can tell you that from our pov if people are buying stuff like food, booze, soft drinks and hot drinks then they are welcome to quench their spare thirst on tap water. Our problem is members who treat the place like a cheap office and use the space and wifi all day while ordering tap water.

Anyone calling me a tight cùnt for not wanting to buy the rip-off and environmental negative that is bottled water while spending good money in a restaurant or cafe is a stupid cùnt.

I do have an issue with people who order tap water as a way of not paying for anything. I used to play hockey with an utterly reprehensible muppet who was disliked by pretty much the entire team. He didn't drink so when we had post match beers and food (the host club always puts on the food) he would order pints of tap water. Not a lemonade, not a coke - pints of tap water.

Always irritated me.

[Ash]

I agree with you, splitting the bill and drinking tap water seems perfectly reasonable. Shafting the waiting staff is more of an issue.

I was once with a group at a large, packed, understaffed pub where the waiters were under impossible pressure. There were delays, for which most of the group refused to leave a tip. The upshot of which is that the owners made an absolute bomb from that day while the staff who actually produced that wealth got eff-all. I tried to point this out to the group but as their leftism didn't extend as far as respecting the working class they were not remotely interested.

[SWv2]

You order a couple of pre-dinner drinks, as you finish them the waitress asks you if you are ready to order, you say yes and order your starters and entrees and a nice bottle of wine. She then asks if you want water for the table, you reply yes and that tap water is fine. She thanks you and leaves to place your order.

What's wrong with this exactly?

Also, you finish a meal with another couple, the waiter arrives with the bill and you tell him to split it into two and you give him two cards. He then processes two payments.

What's wrong with this exactly?

Is the entree not the starter?