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Asking Eric: Is It Too Much to Ask to Have Lunch Friend Pick up the Tab Once Every 10 Years?
The friend has regularly ordered steak and drinks over 10 years without paying, highlighting a strained dynamic and unbalanced hospitality between them.
- The speaker and a friend have been meeting regularly over the past decade at an upscale neighborhood restaurant, where they enjoy steak and drinks together.
- The speaker questions why the friend has never offered to pay the tab during their decade-long routine and notes they need to be direct to reset this pattern.
- The speaker, who worked nearly 50 years in managerial roles, emphasizes communication and empowering staff as key to turning failing departments into successful, engaged teams.
- The author reads Eric's column daily and shares advice that sitting down separately with staff to ask for suggestions makes them part of the solution, which has earned respect consistently.
- The situation suggests friendships can change over time, requiring direct communication to address shifts in priorities and possibly accepting new relationship dynamics.
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Omaha World-HeraldFreeloading friend hasn't paid for lunch in a decade
Dear Eric: I have a friend who has moved several states away but comes back to visit at least once a year. She has many friends in this area, and I know she is busy trying to fit us all…
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Total News Sources12
Leaning Left3Leaning Right1Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution67% Center
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources are Center
67% Center
L 25%
C 67%
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