Originally Posted by noam

Well, here's how it went down:

At the beginning, the wine list was handed to me. I looked it over, closed it and asked if the Rosemont Shiraz is ok with everyone - got a few nods.

When it was time for the check, I simply handed the waiter my credit card - which nobody actually noticed. When the check came back already paid up, the mom and daughter thought it was still unpaid, and when I reached to sign for it - the daughter took it away from me to hand to her mom and said, "you don't have to pay".

I said, "oh - I already did. Your mom is a guest here". I thought they might make a scene - but it only took them about 4 seconds to accept the fact that I paid...