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o As happens amongst friends, sometimes in the past our
non-veg-friends had paid theentire bill but this time it is
my turn. Now, should I pay the entire bill or not? o We have an out of town guest who is a close friend and we
go out to eat. The guest orders non-veg food. Being the
host, should I pay for his/her meals? o At Thanksgiving time in the US, my company/employer
gives each employee a free turkey voucher. I am a vegetarian and the turkey voucher has no value to me. Instead, I have the option to cash the same voucher for some predesignated dollar amount at the company office. Please note that the cash value of the voucher is much less than the actual price of the turkey in the open market. Now, one of my colleagues at work knows that I am a vegetarian and I do not want the turkey. So, he offers to buy the same voucher from me (at the same cash price or even slightly higher what the company will cash that voucher for). Now, what should I do? By selling the voucher to my colleague,
am I still responsible for the life of the turkey? o I work for a company, large or small. The company gets
visits from many customers and other important company guests. I have meetings with these visitors and after the meeting, I offer (as I am supposed to) to take them out for lunch or dinner on behalf of the company. The guests eat what they want, veg or non-veg (as I cannot dictate what they should eat or not eat). They are the guests of the company and not of mine. Here should I pay or not pay or what should I do knowing full well that the company expects me to be the host and that I will be reimbursed
fully for these expenses? o Say I am the owner of a company and I take my important
visitors to lunch or dinner (or the non-veg food is brought
in the company). Being the owner, what should I do? These are all real life situations. I am sure there are many other similar situations. Here let me share with you how I have tried to handle such situations.
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