A man in his 20s has been rushed to hospital following a 'knife fight' in Manchester city centre. Police were called out to Piccadilly Gardens at 12.35am this morning (September 24).
04.09.2022 - 15:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man who had recently finished university and landed a full-time job has been called "selfish" by not footing the bill for his celebration dinner. He says his family invited him out for dinner to celebrate his achievements at an expensive restaurant, but he didn't expect to be handed the bill himself when it was over.
Despite having a "pretty good time", the fun quickly came to an end when the young man was presented with the bill for 17 people, which was "in the thousands", the Mirror reports. He'd been prepared to pay for his own share as well as his elderly grandfather's, but had not realised his family were waiting for him to cover everyone's part of the meal.
And, when he asked for separate bills, he claims his family looked at him "like he was a thief".
Taking to Reddit, the new graduate - who goes by the username u/XIANGHO - wrote: "I asked what was up and my aunt replies 'Oh you could do us the courteously of paying for our meals'. The bill was somewhere in the thousands. I am the only member of my mum's side of the family who went and graduated from college. So family was using the excuse 'We threw you a surprise party so the least you could do is pay'.
"Grandfather was confused and told them no. I am fine with paying for a bill that's in my budget range. I would have paid for everyone otherwise, but the bill was in the thousands. My family did not even look through the prices before ordering. Grandfather tried explaining that it was their problem."
After some arguing back-and-forth, his family claimed that they would all pay him back if he covered the full bill this time.
He continued: "I told them about all the money they owe me. After about two minutes the argument went nowhere. I was called selfish because
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