[lit-ideas] Re: Yost's offer
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:08:07 -0700
On Mar 30, 2008, at 12:01 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
Later I'll work out what I wanted to say...which wasn't actually much.
I was wondering if people have interesting things to say about how
one offers to buy someone a drink and what the meanings of such
offers are. When I was at a conference a while back, I reached my
alcohol limit before another fellow from Scotland did. He had bought
the last round and so I offered to stand him a drink, but I said I'd
had enough and was thinking of hie'ing me off to bed. He was
insulted, and on reflection I can see why. What my gesture said to
him was, "You keep drinking alone, I'm off to the moral high ground."
The polite move would have been to order a round and just have a
glass of water or a soft drink myself, or just wound up the
conversation.
I was wondering how the wealthy fellow understood the offer. Your
dialog makes it clear.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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