What is Punitive Dining?
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Ordering the most expensive meal on the menu, on the firm's/company's tab, when one is forced to dine at their desk on a Friday evening.
PARTNER: "Harris, can you stay late to finish this brief? Dewey Cheatum & Howe will pay for dinner."
ASSOCIATE 1: "Sure. I'll have the lobster."
ASSOCIATE 2: "Yes! Punitive Dining!"
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1.
Ordering the most expensive meal on the menu, on the firm's/company's tab, when one is forced to dine at their desk on a Friday evening.
PARTNER: "Harris, can you stay late to finish this brief? Dewey Cheatum & Howe will pay for dinner."
ASSOCIATE 1: "Sure. I'll have the lobster."
ASSOCIATE 2: "Yes! Punitive Dining!"
See
