A woman has always been offered a 40% discount at an expensive chain restaurant on her birthday, all thanks to her best friend's partner who works for the company. However, this year, she hasn't been offered anything at all.
According to this anonymous woman, the partner gets a very tasty 33% staff discount for that particular restaurant, as well as 40% off other restaurants under the same umbrella company.
All he needs to do is to log into his staff portal and download a voucher which is then sent via email. The user then has 24 hours to wine and dine for a snip of the price. He can get a fresh voucher every day, so there really is no limit.
She herself has reaped the benefits of this policy, with her friend of 20 years getting him to download and send one to her every year on her birthday. This year, however, things have been different.
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Taking to Mumsnet, the disappointed mum - who goes by the username sofaslofas - "Tonight I'm taking my partner to this particular restaurant and when she asked what my plans were I told her -and she didn't offer to get me a discount voucher and just said "have fun"
"Now it would cost them nothing to get me a discount voucher. I used to work in a department store and every time she came in I made sure to serve her and she got 30% off.
"This was off beauty, clothes, homeware, and even a sofa. So I've saved her a fortune over the years."
With this in mind, she's now thinking it's a "bit tight" for them not to have even offered, and has turned to fellow Mumsnet users for advice.
One person wrote: "I think if you were going weekly and expecting it that could be seen as taking the p*** but it doesn't sound like you are. As you've helped her a lot with your store discount.
"I think it's acceptable to presume she would do the same, one good turn deserves another and all that. Maybe she just didn't think? Or could it possibly be her partner objecting to her offering her friends the discount? Would you not ask her if she could get you the code to save you some money?"
Another said: "It is not your friend's discount to give out. Her partner may have already given one out, or the rules about them may have been tightened.
"The fact you give your friend discounts does not matter as it is not her discount to give out!"
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