Practical Diplomacy, Friday, January 27, 2017

[sith_happened]

Today the classroom was set up with the desks in three circles, complete with takeout menus for pizza, Chinese and Thai. "Today is one of the most practical bits of negotiating you can embark on," Anakin said. "Ordering lunch for a crowd and figuring out how to pay for it."

"Will you split it on the spot by order, forcing the waitstaff to spend precious time figuring out who pays for what?" Obi-Wan asked. "Will you split the price evenly? Will you pay for the group, and request everyone to pay you back later? In cash? Electronically? There is a wide range of possibilities. You may even choose to try and pay for the group without asking money back, in a gift - which sometimes is not so easily accepted."

"Especially if you go on a rotating basis for who pays," Anakin said, "and someone keeps missing their time to pay."

"Or someone does not want you to pay for them out of pride," Obi-Wan agreed. "Such discussions must be handled delicately."

"And possibly not in front of the group," Anakin said, nodding. "Okay. Break into small groups, order fake lunch and negotiate!"

"If the negotiations seem to be going smoothly, don't be afraid to take a different position," Obi-Wan said, a twinkle in his eye. "It can be enlightening."

Anakin snorted. "That last sentence explains so much about you, Master."

Comments

Sign in 1/27

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Name and then pizza, Chinese, or Thai!

Team Pizza!

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Only pizzas? Who's going to be vegetarian? Or gluten free? Or just want a salad? Or want pizza AND garlic knots?

Team Thai!

[sith_happened]

There has to be at least one peanut allergy on Team Thai, right?

Team Chinese!

[sith_happened]

Is everyone ordering their own thing or are you going to split boxes? Who wants egg rolls? Who only wants water and fried rice?

Talk to Anakin and Obi-Wan

[sith_happened]

Who still fight over the check, let's be honest.

OOC

[sith_happened]

How do I miss this idiot so much. How.

Re: Sign in 1/27

[boneyard_girl]

Ada Miller, pizza!

Re: Team Pizza!

[boneyard_girl]

"'M a vegetarian, an' no, I can't just pick th' meat off m' slices 'cause 'm allergic to an enzyme," Ada said, and 90% of it was even true! "So either half th' pizza's gotta be vegetarian, or I'll just buy m' own mini pizza. An' garlic knots."

Mmmmm... garlic knots.

Re: Sign in 1/27

[intotheout]

Gratuity Tucci, Chinese

Re: Team Chinese!

[intotheout]

"Wait, are we pretending to be in a restaurant, or ordering take out?"

Tip had maybe never actually eaten in a Chinese restaurant.

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[era_two_triangle]

Peridot... Thai?

Re: Team Thai!

[era_two_triangle]

What if, instead of a peanut allergy, it was just a general inability to eat food? Because Peridot had that going for her. She squinted at the menu for a few minutes, and then rolled it into a cone and decided to wear it as a hat.

There. Functional!

Re: Sign in 1/27

[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka Tano, pizza

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[good_for_six]

Isabela, chinese

Re: Team Chinese!

[good_for_six]

"And are we really going to pretend we're not going to end up with more food than we can eat no matter what we actually order?"

Isabela's only experiences with Chinese food were here in Fandom.

Re: Team Chinese!

[intotheout]

"That just means you can eat it for breakfast." Tip had been raised at least a little on cold low mein breakfasts, especially after her mom's margarita nights out. "If it's take out, you can just make everyone pool their money in advance. Of course -- then you can just mooch of other people's orders if you don't get any of your own. . . ."