A MAN who grudgingly bought a round will stay out and drink more than he wanted to purely to make his money back, he has confirmed.
Stephen Malley felt obliged to buy drinks for all his friends in the pub after one of them said ‘Your round, Steve’ but now plans to recoup his initial outlay by forcing down alcohol he does not want.
Malley said: “I normally try to avoid buying rounds but there was no way to wriggle out of it this time without looking like the miserable, tightfisted bastard I actually am.
“So rather than buying drinks for my mates with good grace and going home when I felt ready, I’m staying out much later, getting steadily drunker but also steadily happier that I am making back the cash I was forced to spend at the beginning of the night.
“That will probably change when I get home really late, have a row with my wife, feel a bit queasy and end up having bread and cheese for dinner.
“I’m not sure that will be worth the £26.50 I was so reluctant to spend in the first place, but crucially my friends will have spent a more equitable amount than if I’d left when I wanted to.
“Pettiness has its own rewards.”
