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What's the purpose of including the entire bill? They also left out some key details: (1) Who paid? (2) How much did they tip?
by rcavezza 16y ago
What's the purpose of including the entire bill?
They also left out some key details:
(1) Who paid?
(2) How much did they tip?
- jasonlynes 16y agoit's the format of the piece. he goes to lunch with interesting people at interesting places and includes what they ate.
- angstrom 16y agoThat's great and all, but what I really wanted to know is how he used his napkin? Was it folded in a triangle in his lap or a rectangle...gasp, did he use one at all?! Superfluous information is superfluous information. That said, I still skimmed it for the bits and pieces I found interesting.
- rdouble 16y agoAs part of the format, the magazine pays except in one of the articles where the interviewee insisted on paying.
- tesseract 16y agoMy understanding is that it is the norm in journalism for the interviewer to pay for the meal, when an interview is conducted over one. I can think of a few reasons for this, but the ethical one (avoiding the appearance of bribery etc.) seems by far the most obvious and important.
- chalst 16y agoThe bill is fascinating! The FT is always supposed to pay; if somehow it didn't, you can expect the piece to say so. The tip is grouped together with tax, not separately enumerated.