It's very wet outside...

... so a blip of my lounge.

A group of us went for a farewell meal at a local bistro last night. We had an amazing meal, and plenty of chat and laughter. Then we had the bill. As we normally do on an evening out we each went up to pay for what we'd had. It was incredibly simple; none of us had wine or sides, only starters, mains and puds. So having paid we got up to leave and at that point the manager said he was £24 short. The girl who had taken the money hadn't done as they normally do and crossed each item off the printed bill to double check everything was accounted for but each of us were certain we had not forgotten anything. The manager faffed around for nearly half an hour starting to check this, that and the other but not finishing anything. We finally persuaded him to check that each person's total was what they had paid. The first person he checked seemed to have been undercharged by £3. She offered the £3 but then he decided that he personally would stand the loss and make it good to the bistro. I can't help but wonder whether the whole thing was a con and they thought that maybe we would just cough up an extra £3 each to "make up the £24". Maybe they should only try that game on parties who have consumed plenty of wine...