What happens when a blind date goes badly? Hopefully, for the sake of saving face and not making a public spectacle, both parties stay until the end of the meal, thus avoiding the always conspicuous stomp-out routine or solo dinner party. Then you can have the awkward goodbye outside without the prying eyes of strangers judging you for being obviously unlovable.
If your lovely lass, however, decides to call it a night mid-meal — say after dinner but before the check arrives — that sucks, but you’re still obligated to pay the bill. There’s no half-off waiver for an unlucky love connection.
A man dining at Houlihan’s in Strongsville had a different interpretation of how things should play out. He, after all, knows “blind dating rules,” and those unwritten laws dictate that he does not have to fork over cash for his date’s meal, especially if she left.
This article appears in Mar 23-29, 2011.
my blind date had no chin. halfway thru the meal i thought “how the %*$! does he put on a pillowcase?” cracked myself up so bad he thought i was ill. thank God because i used that to get him to take me home. maybe this was the same guy.
The jerk should have included a tip, it wasn’t his servers fault the date was a flop.