One man did not feel well when his friend kept complaining about the food he prepared for dinner. So what did he do? He asked his complaining friend to leave the party and sent him home on foot.
In a recent Reddit post “Am I A——?” forum, the 27-year-old man explained the situation, first explaining to users that he had organized a dinner for “a few friends” and put a lot of work and “hours” into preparing what he considered a “fine meal” despite the fact that he is not Gordon Ramsay.
The incident happened during a New Year’s Eve weekend dinner, and things turned awkward when one friend, a 28-year-old man, suddenly decided to play food critic.
“I’m not a professional chef, but I enjoy cooking,” said the original poster (OP). “And I spent hours preparing a fine meal. Everyone seemed to like it, except my friend ‘Mark’. ”
“From the moment he sat down, Mark kept making little comments like, ‘Did you forget to season this?’ or ‘This is why I stick to take-out.’ ” he continued. “At first I laughed, but he didn’t stop.”
Obviously, the jabs and insults of his ungrateful guest continued. But the last straw came when his friend compared his home cooked meal to frozen pizza, something that triggered the OP.
“He ended up saying something like, ‘Man, even frozen pizza would be better than this.’ ” said the OP. “That was the last straw for me. I told him, ‘If you hate it so much, maybe you should just leave.’ ”
Thinking it was just a joke, the rude dinner guest just laughed, but as the OP explains, he was dead serious.
“I made it clear to him that he was not welcome to stay if he was going to continue to insult me,” he said.
But that’s exactly what the obstinate dinner guest did: he just got up and left — and on foot.
“Since he didn’t drive, he had to walk home (about 20 minutes),” OP explains.
Right after he sent his friend out, not all of his friends sided with him. Some of them thought he went a little too far.
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“Now a few friends say I overreacted and that his expulsion was too harsh, while others think he deserved it,” he said. “Mark texted me later, called me “petty” and said I made him feel humiliated.”
“AITA?” he asked his fellow Reddit users.
Immediately after, many users responded with “Not A——” (NTA).
“I can’t stand nasty people who just think nobody notices them. Lose it,” said one user.
“Even if you don’t like the food, say thank you and eat it if you can,” commented another, “You don’t make the host feel bad for trying or joke about it. He should apologize, not you.”
“Mark is not a friend,” said another person. “Rude guests with no manners don’t get a call back.”
Many commentators were also quick to point out that Mark’s choice to walk home was his own. After all, why not just call an Uber?
“You didn’t make him walk home. You asked him to leave because he was rude to you in your home,” one person said. “He could have taken an Uber, the bus, or asked one of your friends to drive him home. It sounds like he was walking on purpose to make it more dramatic and get more sympathy for the situation he got himself into.”
“Mark needs to look in the mirror. He humiliated you with his comments,” agreed another. “He decided to walk so he could play the victim. The fact that your friends supported him tells me that you need better friends from all sides.”
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But after the overwhelming number of people who supported the OP, there seems to be one neutral commenter who saw the situation in more ways than one.
“He was way, way out of line and seemed like one of those ‘I’m just being honest’ people who like to make excuses for their own rudeness———-,” said one user, who tagged his post with “ESH.” (Everyone here is shit).
“Still, throwing him out was probably too much. You could have made it clear that he crossed the line and became rude with his comments, and then just never invite him again.”
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