Rule No.126: Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
I have the perfect example for this one, the second half that is. A friend of mine agreed to have a college over from another country for a week on a business/pleasure trip. The idea was mentioned by the college and my friend politely agreed. The first night arrived and as any host would, my friend payed the rather large bill, as the man was quite a size himself and was not shy. The following day he got them breakfast, lunch and dinner happily, but by the third day he noticed there was no sign of any hands going into any pockets by the college at any time. After a week my friend walked in looking a little worse for wear. Turns out, for the entire week this other man had not so much as even pretended to offer (you know that motion when you go for your bag/wallet as a polite gesture) A whopping 1800€ tab was counted at the end of this week, for food, drinks, petrol and you know, stuff in general. As my friend said, he would have paid for everything anyway, but a gesture, or a ...