The $50 Dinner and the $100 Million Mistake
Language: en
At the end of the year, I spent $150 taking a potential business partner out to dinner. When I took the receipt to reimburse it, my boyfriend's childhood friend, Mia, transferred me exactly $8. I asked her if she had made a mistake. Mia instead pointed a finger at me and started screaming. "Have you no shame?! Two people can get full on eight bucks! You just want to scam the company!" I tried explaining to Mia that this project was worth ten million dollars. I couldn't take the client to a cheap fast-food joint; otherwise, the negotiation would fail before it even started. But Mia…