Should you skip ordering meat when dining with vegetarians?
I attended a professional conference recently. The attendees from my company were the president, the executive director, a co-worker, and myself. The president and executive director invited my co-worker and myself out for dinner. During these large conventions, it is rare to be able to sit down for more than 20 minutes and have a balanced meal. This made the dinner event really nice for us, and I appreciated it.
Was it wrong of me to order the meal I wanted and that would sustain me for the five hours of events taking place after dinner? Do my dietary restrictions and concerns take a back seat when the boss is picking up the tab?Your co-worker took the opportunity to demonstrate an advanced level of personal knowledge of your bosses, in order to curry flavor with these professional superiors. Flaunting this knowledge is professionally risky — and rude.
I hope your bosses responded to this by letting you know that they have no beef with you regarding your own choices. Your colleague’s effort to suck up by shaming you is extremely unappetizing.My closest friend from college is getting married in the fall. He has asked me to be his best man. The problem is that I don’t want to. The main issue is that this wedding is already shaping up to be very time consuming and expensive.
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