Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Cheap

We went to Chili's for lunch yesterday. We had coupons for free kid meals so it was a no brainer to go there. As soon as we sat down, our server solicited us with their charity chilies you can buy for $1 each and color. I don't even remember what the money goes toward. I felt super pressured though and said that we would buy one. So she gave us one.

John David colored the chili, we ate our lunch, and our bill was brought to us. I checked it and noticed that we had been charged for 2 chilies, not 1. This really aggravated me. I hate being solicited for stuff anyway, but now I'm being charged for more than I agreed to. The worst part was that we couldn't say anything without looking super cheap. Especially since we were already going to use coupons.

It's not that we don't give. We do. But we give at church. We were only eating out because we had coupons to begin with. But I didn't want to say anything so I handed the check to John and told him he had to say something if he wanted it taken off.

When the server came back he handed her the check with our debit card and said very nicely, "Uhm, it looks like we were charged for 2 chilies instead of one." The waitress said snidely, "Oh, well it's no big deal. I'll just pay the dollar for the chili."

So she was rude, we were cheap, and one awesome looking airplane chili is hanging up on the wall at the restaurant. What a lovely lunch.....