I invited 3 friends to dinner, but eleven came. I excused myself to leave first, and I was stunned when I received the news at night.
I invited 3 friends to dinner, but eleven came. I excused myself to leave first, and I was stunned when I received the news at night.
Xiao Liu has only been working in the current company for more than half a year. Although the working hours are relatively short, because Xiao Liu likes this job very much, he has put a lot of hard work in this job. Every afternoon, many people are stuck. When he gets off work on time, he will take the initiative to stay and work overtime for a while, study his own work ideas, and adjust his working methods.
And because Xiao Liu was willing to put his heart into this job, Xiao Liu also achieved very good work results, was noticed by the leaders, and also appreciated him very much, and gradually handed over those more important tasks to him. And because Xiao Liu's work results are good, the commission he has obtained is relatively high, and he has also obtained a good salary.
When Xiao Liu was chatting with his friends, he talked about their respective work situations. It turned out that Xiao Liu developed the best, so the other three friends joked and said that Xiao Liu would be treated. And Xiao Liu really felt that his current work situation was more gratifying, so he happily agreed and promised to invite them to dinner after get off work on Friday. When Xiao Liu's three friends heard it, they naturally agreed.
On the day of the appointment to invite dinner, Xiao Liu left the company after work. After arriving at the agreed restaurant, Xiao Liu sent a message to the group with three friends. The three friends also returned one after another, saying they would come over later. But what Ling Xiaoliu didn't expect was that when the first friend came, there were three people behind him. The friend explained embarrassedly: "On the big weekend, I said I was going to have dinner, and they wanted to come and eat together."
Xiao Liu saw that everyone had arrived, so he couldn't tell them not to eat, so he had to invite them to sit down together. After waiting for a while, the second friend also arrived, with two people behind him. Xiao Liu was a little surprised at this time and asked what was going on. The second friend also scratched his head and said with a smile, "These are my two friends who had a good time in the company. I brought them here to get to know you. There are many ways to have more friends!"
Although Xiao Liu was a little angry, he was outside anyway, so Xiao Liu could only bear it, thinking that he would find his two friends to settle accounts after the show was over. But it didn't take long for Xiao Liu's anger to become helpless. It turned out that the last friend had three people behind him. Xiao Liu glared at his 3 friends, but these 3 friends all had smiles on their faces. As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person when you reach out. Now it's still in public, so Xiao Liu can only endure it.
It's okay for a few colleagues to bring people. Xiao Liu has experienced them before, but when they ordered food, Xiao Liu realized the seriousness of the problem. It turned out that there were 12 people at this large table. After ordering the dishes, Xiao Liu did the math and spent more than 1,500 in total. Although Xiao Liu's salary is relatively good, he is a newcomer and his salary is not that high.
My original plan was for 4 people, and I would only eat more than 300 at most. Now that the cost has doubled, Xiao Liu can't bear it. Thinking of this, Xiao Liu felt that the food in his mouth was no longer fragrant. The more he thought about Xiao Liu, the more uncomfortable he felt. Finally, Xiao Liu began to think that he was not the one he called, so why did he pay so much money! It's better to just wipe your feet and walk away, it's simple and easy.
So in the middle of the meal, Xiao Liu made an excuse to go back first, and then settled the money for himself and 3 friends and left directly. The more Xiao Liu thought about it in the car going home, the more outrageous he felt. Usually, it would be fine to bring one or two people, and it would not cost much to ask for it by himself, but now that he brought seven or eight at once, how could Xiao Liu pay for it.
But soon after Xiao Liu got home in the evening, just as he was about to take a bath, he received a message. After opening it, Xiao Liu was stunned. It turned out that the 3 friends went to checkout when they were leaving. It turned out that Xiao Liu had settled the accounts of himself and the 3 friends. They realized that they originally planned to make AA for each person, but they forgot to explain it to Xiao Liu. .
They apologized to Xiao Liu on WeChat and said, I'm really sorry, they must say hello before bringing people next time. If they bring people, they must be AA. And later, the money that Xiao Zhang paid for the three friends was transferred to Xiao Liu.
When Xiao Liu saw the news, he knew that it was his own overthinking. They didn't mean to let themselves pay the full amount, and now they also realized their mistakes. Since everyone is a friend, Xiao Liu didn't care too much, and he returned well, so he didn't take this matter to heart.
1. Communicate well before bringing people
Therefore, in this story, we can get the revelation that we must communicate well before bringing people to the meeting. If we want to bring people who are not on the party list before the party, we must remember to communicate with the original party personnel first, because some people may not like to bring people, in this case, we better not bring them people.
In this story, Xiao Liu's friend did not do it properly. He didn't explain to Xiao Liu before the party. Although he was friends with Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu would not care too much, but he still felt a little uncomfortable.
Second, see the principles of doing things
When we are in a meeting, we must first see clearly what the principles of the host or host are. If the host doesn't like to deal with strangers, then we try not to take people. If the host likes to know more people and believes in "multiple friends, multiple paths", then we can take people there.