Annoying !

zxcvbnm1

I bought a round lsat night. Beer and shots for everyone. Cost me £50 on the button.
Then my flatmate hands around the shots to everyone and takes credit for buying them (well - everyone thanks him in the assumption he bought them and he doesn't correct them)

Like - is that annoying or what? Who does that?


Anytime I pass on a drink I haven't bought I always ensure they know who paid for it.

zxcvbnm1

sunflower27 wrote: »

Why didn't you just say out loud to your flatmate 'if you are going to take credit for the drinks I paid for, hand over 50e'.

Stand up for yourself next time. Once you have sufficiently humiliated him he will think twice about trying to play the Big Man off the back of your generosity.

Yeah Faur enough.

But I was at the bar at the time actually handing over the cash completing the transaction. This was all going on over my shoulder.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Quite irritating though.

!!!

This happened to me before... with just one drink though, to a girl, was awkward

Tricia1

I've been there before.

I use to get into rounds with a group of people which is always notoriously dangerous for a few reasons-

1. As you have just described to us, situations like yours can be dangerous and even cause friction and ultimately confrontation between people, as rounds amongst people can be hard to judge.

2. You end up drinking more- getting increasingly over your tolerance level and probably paying for it with the mother of all hangovers the next day.

3. There's always the increased possiblity (depending on how many people are in the group) of getting stung with another £50 round- just before everybody leaves to go home.

I've learnt my lesson on this one and i now stand my ground- insisting that i stay on my own. This way i know what i'm spending and drinking and i know what my system can tolerate thus reducing the risk of a hang over the next day.

If i do get into a round now, it's with two good friends maximum. And the rounds are evenly split. No more people are allowed in the round.

I'd advocate you stay on your own. Stand your ground- it's a democracy.

tenchi-fan

£50 for a round.. oh to be young and foolish. Ok it still happens to me occasionally when I'm drunk enough and have more money than sense.

A few things you can take from this situation:
#1. Don't be an idiot with your money. That £50 could have paid your ESB bill for a month.
#2. Ask yourself, do you really want to go drinking with this guy again?
#3. Don't be so naive in future. Announce that you are buying shots or a round to make sure everyone knows you pay your way.

AnneElizabeth

sunflower27 wrote: »

Why didn't you just say out loud to your flatmate 'if you are going to take credit for the drinks I paid for, hand over 50e'.

Stand up for yourself next time. Once you have sufficiently humiliated him he will think twice about trying to play the Big Man off the back of your generosity.

It's hard to say that without sounding petty and childish: "Hey everyone, thank ME for buying them, not him."
I agree OP that is seriously annoying! What a sly "friend" you have.

Tricia1

In this day and age you're well within your rights to say 'I'm staying on my own'.

Tricia1

As the other poster alluded to- don't be an idiot throwing money away on 50E rounds.

Also i'd think seriously about whether you want to be around this guy/ these people and it's only a matter of time before you get stung again with another 50E round just before everybody decides to go home.

Get away from the situation or stay on your own.