Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth, and Then Also Asking for a Saddle

MSB's "client" - a company that has agreed to pay her to perform a service that she may or may not perform at some point - has invited her along on a trip. Because a group of them are going together, they have chartered a plane for the trip. A chartered flight of this length will cost at least $40K and probably more. The plane is scheduled to leave from near their office, in a city about an hour's plane flight from us. She accepts the invitation.

But then, instead of being a normal businessperson, she decides that since they have chartered a plane already, they should just fly down here to get her. Why should she have to fly to them? She makes this request. They respond with a resounding "no."

So she learned her lesson, right? Not right. They send her a menu of the food being offered for the flight and she tells them that she needs a special meal that is not on the menu. "I am sure they can make it," she tells them. They respond that no one is ordering items that are not on the menu.

This is one of the rare times that she has surprised me. This is a new low of not understanding the rules of business or polite society. My mind is, once again, boggled. Boggled.