AIBU for expecting her not to pay with vouchers at a restaurant?

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I'm meeting my friend the first weekend in February again. I haven't seen her for nearly three years as she was working abroad. We decided to go out for dinner and I ask her where she wants to go. She proposed an Italian restaurant because she can get vouchers on the internet for it. I feel slightly embarrassed by this but haven't said anything. Is it right to pay in a restaurant with a 50% voucher? She can easily afford it.

AIBU?

who in their right mind would pay full price for something when they can get it for half price? YABvvvvU - get a grip woman!

Of course it's right. If the restaurant didn't want people to use them, they wouldn't put them on the internet would they?

Not only that, but if they can afford to take a 50% loss, they're charging too much to begin with.

YABU
Why on earth are you embarrassed?
Money off of anything is always good news!

YABU! What is the problem?

I would always check to see if I could get a money off voucher before eating out. If the vouchers are available, the restaurants must be wanting you to use them. Look at it this way, if the voucher entices you to eat in a certain place the restaurant gets your money albeit less than the full price, whereas they wouldn't have got anything if you hadn't chosen to eat there in the first place.

YABU imo (and I've never posted that before!)

YABVU

I hate paying full price for anything, even though we're not short of money. Yabu.

I feel put out when I can't use a voucher! The restaurant had them made to attract custom - they don't mind people using them (especially as usually it's only food/main courses that are reduced, and you pay full price for drinks, side orders and desserts which are very profitable for them) and it gets people sitting in what would otherwise be an empty and unappealing establishment.

seriously? YABU and are coming across to me as a terrific snob!

haha I'm always the embarrassing woman offering the use of my phone to download the voucher codes for the table next door.

YABU. My mate and I go for a pissup ladylike dinner in Zizzi once a month and we've never paid full price yet.

Good grief

Yabu, why should she pay more. If its Ask I know lots of people that do it (including me) and see it in Ask all the time. Pizza express also.

If you're really mortified by the idea how about you pay full price for both of you? Everyone's a winner. Oh, except you because you could have got 50% off!

Of course it is fine, you mad woman. There was a big thread about this recently where the OP had been with a group and paid with a voucher, and people got narky about her not putting the voucher into the 'pot' before divvying up the bill. Bloody ridiculous IMO - it's not like it's monopoly money fgs.

YABtotallyU - what's embarrassing about paying with a voucher?

Eh? Is it OK to pay with vouchers in a restaurant that issues vouchers?

The menu price is twice what it should be so they can take vouchers and make people think they're getting a deal. The staff would laugh at you more if you didn't use a voucher.

YABU. If the voucher is there, use it! Spend the difference on an extra bottle of wine!

Yes you are!!!

Another YABU.

you are a bit weird about this. Justify yourself immediately

Are you being serious?

I've used (shock horror!) Tesco clubcard vouchers to pay for my whole meal several times. I don't feel embarrased at all.. I do feel a little smug though.

I can afford lots of nice things... But doesn't stop me looking for/using vouchers!
In fact I love the phrase 'look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves' and apply it in lots of areas of my life.

Get those vouchers used. Spend what you save on alcohol