This bill’s been floating around social media for a couple of years and floated onto my linked in timeline, a welcome diversion from glamorous marketing people showing off awards for financial services to the hospitality industry.

I think it very ungrateful after paying a service charge of 20%, $25,000 of tax and a $21,000 admin surcharge that there was nothing in the gratuity box.  Quite apart from paying $100,000 for a single bottle of champagne, these guys paid nearly $100,000 in extras.

The bill was paid at 5.19 AM.

And herein the glory of ad valorem. Once you have got the wallet open, things cannot stop, fee is charged on fee to a point where the value of money is debased and value for money forgotten.

We’ve all had these moments. I had mine yesterday when I chose to pay £40 for a bottle of PicPoul I can buy in Lidl for £7.99. I paid another £5 to have it served me and I dare say whoever picked up the bill – paid a tip on top,

When money is no object, nobody looks at the bill -until the morning after