# No I will not buy you a $6 dollar burger! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377 "2012-03-10T09:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/41 "2012-03-12T13:20:13Z")
It’s not that $6 is expensive, and it’s kind of silly that some of us are focusing on that. It’s just the rudeness that one guy thinks we should be financing his Super Duper Mega Burger, instead of just taking what they get. Another person who says “Don’t give them options”. People are like kids; too many choices and they go berserk. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/42 "2012-03-12T14:26:41Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > It’s not expensive here, either, unless you’re poor or very frugal. Or the burger is coming from Burger King. It’s all relative. I agree with those who say not to offer a bunch of choices. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/43 "2012-03-12T14:28:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Another person who says “Don’t give them options”. People are like kids; too many choices and they go berserk. +1 …And lets not get started with the “…there’s _fill-in-the blank_ on mine! I can’t eat that! that’s disgusting…!” crowd. Buying for a group as a favor isn’t shilling for tips, Bud. There’s a garbage can in the corner if you don’t like it, and in the words of Elwood, "…If it don’t bounce back…you go\* Hungry…!\*’ ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/44 "2012-03-12T14:41:53Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I’m unclear on what the OP meant. The OP sounds to me, that he offered to buy food, and is complaining that people wanted a **hamburg** , fries, and a drink instead of just a dollar menu item. Also: > [@](#): > > Seriously, I don’t get it. I haven’t been to BK in years, but I’d be really surprised if you can get out of there with a combo that doesn’t cost six bucks or thereabouts. If you want the dollar menu, then say that: I’m going to buy a dollar \*\*hamburg \*\*for everyone. Oh, and no fries and no drink. For the love of Christ, Cthulu and all that is holy in this universe, it’s a goddamn hamburg_ **er** _, not a city in Germany. Sorry, hit a twitchy spot there. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/45 "2012-03-12T14:49:08Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > +1 > > …And lets not get started with the “…there’s _fill-in-the blank_ on mine! I can’t eat that! that’s disgusting…!” crowd. Buying for a group as a favor isn’t shilling for tips, Bud. > > There’s a garbage can in the corner if you don’t like it, and in the words of Elwood, "…If it don’t bounce back…you go\* Hungry…!\*’ This pisses me off so much. Like some people were never taught the least bit of fucking gratitude. Eat it or don’t eat it; don’t tell me it’s disgusting. I was raised to be polite about food. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/46 "2012-03-13T16:29:00Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Also: > For the love of Christ, Cthulu and all that is holy in this universe, it’s a goddamn hamburg_ **er** _, not a city in Germany. > > Sorry, hit a twitchy spot there. Thank you. I was going to post the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/47 "2012-03-13T17:33:54Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > This pisses me off so much. Like some people were never taught the least bit of fucking gratitude. Eat it or don’t eat it; don’t tell me it’s disgusting. I was raised to be polite about food. So was I, and rule one was never assume everyone has the exact same taste. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/48 "2012-03-13T20:43:37Z")
> [@Ahoy](#): > > The great thing is, I don’t _have_ to feed anybody. Precious eaters don’t have to eat what I provide, can bring their own food, or buy their own stuff. My workplace goal isn’t to make friends. If someone decides they’re not my BFF for not providing something special for them, when I didn’t have to provide anything at all, I’m not losing sleep at night. Perpetual complainers are nobody’s friend. No, you don’t “have” to do anything, but I don’t get wanting to do something nice for people and then deliberately stiffing people who have dietary limitations. I mean, why treat anyone to food if not to make friends or make people happy? What’s the point of a nice gesture when it’s backhanded? Yes, there are precious sunflowers out there who won’t be satisfied without every little thing being catered to them, and they are a pain in the ass, but I don’t think that group encompasses every single human who can’t indiscriminately eat any food you put before them. Do what you want, I just think it makes you seem a bit petty if you’re putting people in a position to “go hungry” (presumably by telling them lunch is provided or not to bring food?), and knowingly buying stuff they can’t/won’t eat, and then calling them “precious”. I mean, we have vegetarians here, we have picky eaters here, food allergies, et cetera, if I want to bring in brownies I don’t do a poll, but if we ask people to have a working lunch then we take food preferences into account. It just seems odd to me, like buying the whole office gifts but making sure they’re items only a certain subset will like, rather than trying to get something that everyone would use. Why bother? FWIW I’m all for reasonable compromises. I don’t eat red meat, so I typically get whatever the vegetarians want on the pizza. This is always plain cheese, which isn’t my preference (I like veggie) but I think it’s fine to group us up with what our requirements are, just not what all of our preferences are. Likewise, the meat-eaters typically would like all different ones, but they’ll all eat the pepperoni if that’s what there is. ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/49 "2012-03-13T22:13:36Z")
A couple of weeks ago I was going out to buy chicken and chips, and asked if anyone wanted anything while I was out. This is generally understood to mean “I’ll pick it up since I’m going there anyway, but you pay for your own”. Anyway this guy who has made it his mission to try to make my life miserable, undermine me in front of my superiors etc, asks for some chicken, and then didn’t offer any money when I came back. That’s just rude. If you’re not sure whether you’re being treated or not (why you’d be unsure when “anyone want anything?” always means the same thing in this context, I don’t know), offer the money. The person can then turn it down if they don’t want it. I sure as hell did want it, but the swine just sat there with ketchup round his mouth loving the whole situation. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/50 "2012-03-13T22:16:40Z")
> [@Number](#): > > So how many dollar dollars _are_ you willing to spend? They’re _square_ dollars, which makes slight increases in price very significant. I mean [SUP]2[/SUP]3.00 is only a quarter of what [SUP]2[/SUP]6.00 is. ---
**Author:** ![Ahoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Ahoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ahoy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/51 "2012-03-13T23:07:01Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > No, you don’t “have” to do anything, but I don’t get wanting to do something nice for people and then deliberately stiffing people who have dietary limitations. I mean, why treat anyone to food if not to make friends or make people happy? Why do anything for anyone, ever? There doesn’t have to be a motive. I just think, huh, maybe my crew would like some grub. I bring a small variety. I’m not going to catch everyone in that net every time. > [@](#): > > Do what you want, I just think it makes you seem a bit petty if you’re putting people in a position to “go hungry” **(presumably by telling them lunch is provided or not to bring food?)**, I never said that anywhere. If I bring in food unexpectedly, it’s just a treat. They should already have their own food or plans as backup. What doesn’t get eaten, we have a fridge. They can eat what’s provided and spare themselves packing a lunch tomorrow, or they can pass and do their usual thing. There’s a client who occasionally brings in a big box of donuts. Not everyone will eat them every day, even though everyone there likes them. Some days they take a pass. Watching weight, not hungry, all the good ones are gone, whatever. I pass on them, too, most of the time. But I thank the client, and if he were a co-worker, I’d thank him, too. > [@](#): > > and knowingly buying stuff they can’t/won’t eat, and then calling them “precious”. I mean, we have vegetarians here, we have picky eaters here, food allergies, et cetera, if I want to bring in brownies I don’t do a poll, but if we ask people to have a working lunch then we take food preferences into account. It just seems odd to me, like buying the whole office gifts but making sure they’re items only a certain subset will like, rather than trying to get something that everyone would use. Why bother? On the flip side, sometimes my folks will bring in a treat or gift for everyone, and it’s not to my taste, either. I smile and say “thank you” or “no, thank you” and understand the gesture as it was intended. You can’t take everything to be a snub. Well, you can, but then it’s a personal problem. > [@](#): > > FWIW I’m all for reasonable compromises. I don’t eat red meat, so I typically get whatever the vegetarians want on the pizza. This is always plain cheese, which isn’t my preference (I like veggie) but I think it’s fine to group us up with what our requirements are, just not what all of our preferences are. Likewise, the meat-eaters typically would like all different ones, but they’ll all eat the pepperoni if that’s what there is. FWIW, I hate pepperoni. It gives me heartburn something fierce. I usually end up eating the cheese pizza I bring in. The pepperoni makes the majority happy, so they win. I’ll tell you why the compromising is limited: because of the situation in the OP. Around and around in circles we go. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/52 "2012-03-14T14:05:23Z")
> [@Teacake](#): > > A couple of weeks ago I was going out to buy chicken and chips, and asked if anyone wanted anything while I was out. This is generally understood to mean “I’ll pick it up since I’m going there anyway, but you pay for your own”. Anyway this guy who has made it his mission to try to make my life miserable, undermine me in front of my superiors etc, asks for some chicken, and then didn’t offer any money when I came back. That’s just rude. If you’re not sure whether you’re being treated or not (why you’d be unsure when “anyone want anything?” always means the same thing in this context, I don’t know), offer the money. The person can then turn it down if they don’t want it. I sure as hell did want it, but the swine just sat there with ketchup round his mouth loving the whole situation. It _is_ rude of him but why not just ask for your money? “BTW Bob that’ll be $5 for the chicken.” If he refuses to pay he’s the one who looks pathetic, not you. Even if it’s been a while you can bring it up next time you go pick up food. If he wants something just tell him he still owes you from last time. It’s one thing if it’s somebody you like and you want to spare them the embarrassment of a misunderstanding, but that doesn’t seem to apply to this guy. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/53 "2012-03-14T14:50:26Z")
$6 for a burger? 😕 In Vegas, **I like the $60 burger**! 🆒 Kobe beef, sauteed foie gras, shaved truffles … available from: [http://www.burger-bar.com/lv\_menu.html](http://www.burger-bar.com/lv_menu.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377/54 "2012-03-14T17:03:18Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > I get not polling the whole group, but if someone has food restrictions (be it kosher, vegetarian, halal, food allergies, whatever) it’s usually not that hard to get them something. You know, grab a cheese pizza with the others. The meat eaters will still eat it, believe me (the vegetarians are usually lucky to get a shot at the vegetarian pizza!). I feel lucky. I used to work at a place where the boss would occasionally arrange for lunch for the entire office. Since he knew I ate kosher, I went out, bought my own meal, and he reimbursed me. No muss, no fuss. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-i-will-not-buy-you-a-6-dollar-burger/615377.md?page=2)