GolfHos

Or anybody else:

A customer of mine gave me 2 free passes to Washington National (fairly spendy upscale local course), which I have to use this weekend.

I offered to take a friend of mine, and he invited 2 other people that I've met a couple of times...

Do I:

Offer to split 4 ways, or

Use my free pass, and let the friend and the friends friend sort that out between themselves...

White Trash in Seattle

this course? (http://www.washingtonnationalgolfclub.com/)

Did you offer to pay for you and your friend with the pass?

You have to use the pass, there is no reason you should be out of pocket any money on this, except for minor peripherals. I say use one pass for you, one pass for your friend, and since he invited others, which is fine (did he check with you?), but the onus shifts on him, and them.

Your golf is free.

PS. I did not hear my phone ring?  ;) :)

Yes, and it's a really outstanding track, they've held several NCAA Pac-10 tourneys there. I think some qualifiers too?

If I were in the same position as your friend, I wouldn't expect you to split your pass, but I suppose you could clarify what he thinks the arrangement is or should be and go from there.

I've heard of it before.  And what the site shows certainly looks nice.

I don't like it when things like this happen to me (I get shivers just thinking about it); sorry your having to deal with a situation like this.  Talk to your friend; tell him you only have 2 passes, and that you wouldn't be going if they hadn't been given to you.  Then tell him that you had thought of inviting him using the extra pass and that you're glad that he is looking forward to it.  Explain to him that - because the passes were given to you - you don't have passes for the friends that he invited.  So if they still want to come, suggest that he and his friends work out something between the 3 of them to pay for the costs of that.

I said 'Friend'... [sm_devil]

No, you keep putting me off, so I figured you were out what with the recuperation and all.



'Sorry'?
 
Did you fart?

I'm not   :airquotes: dealing with :airquotes: anything.  

I'm a man, and I'm going to do the manly thing:

Show up early, check in, throw the 2 passes on the counter and let those bozo's figure it out... [sm_scratch] [sm_scratch] :fish: [sm_pain]

What the bird said. :)

lol :D

[indignant voice] Blah, blah, blah! [sm_shock] ::) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Minnesnowta_Girl/Smileys/Handonhips.gif)  :P ;) :D [/indignant voice]

Dealing with in the sense that you are gonna let your friend know that you only had 2 passes and that he needs to work the rest out with his friends. 


[sm_scratch] Is what I said any different than what everyone else said?

Actually, when MikeW told me he was bringing 2 others, I did say 'I've only got 2 passes' figuring that he would take the hint....

And yeah, it's a GREAT track...

Awwwwwww you left out my wink and my smiley emoticon, which is my understanding means "lighten up Francis I'm only jerking your chain don't be an arsemunch and use a devil smiley on me" or something like that, s'what stroh said it meant anyway.

Recuperating? Naw...just practicin'...that's all man, just practicin', I'm figgerin' 2 more weeks and I'll be ready to play. I was gonna give you a shout out.

You asked it's the only reason we responded, don't get pissy.  ;) :)
Note: the wink and the smile.

Slow down:

When you meet me, you'll realize that sarcasm and irony are the canvasses I work in, which don't really translate well to the ThE InTerNeTs sometimes.

There is not enough information provided at this point.

In my mind, the principle issue, not yet disclosed if I have read this carefully, is whether or not you would enjoy copulating with either or both of the two additional friends invited by your friend to round out the foursome.

Once we know this, I'm confident we can arrive at a satisfactory solution for this particular conundrum.

Slow down?  Who said we were speeding?

MFWAG.........after reading Blader's post, I think he was saying that you might enjoy indulging in homo****ual activity on the golf course!!!!! :o :o :o :o :o
Don't let him get away with that!!!! [sm_devil] ;D

No, I would certainly NOT enjoy copulating with anybody in this particular 4some, so Blader is saying I don't really need to offer to split 4 ways.

If there were members of the Bikini Team involved, that would be a WHOLE different matter, obviously.

Dream on, MFAWG!!!! ;D ;D

A friend of mine and I once played during some sorority reunion golf outing when I lived in NorCal, which was ALMOST as good as the bikini team.

That course hadn't seen that many fish since the Pleistocene, and they invited us to the BBQ after.

We were SUPPOSED to meet friends at Sears Point to watch NASCAR qualifying that day.

We never made it to the track...

Come on finish the story...........is this how you met Mrs Mfawg!!!!! ;D

Exactly. 

In this instance, you would have magnanimously given your two free passes to the ladies, and if things worked out (either during or after the round) as well as you'd hoped for you and your friend vis-a-vis satisfaction of certain primal urges and so forth and whatnot with his two invited guests, he would become your regular Saturday morning playing partner, for now until eternity plus infinity.  Which is an extremely long time according to my calculations.

But since things aren't going in that direction, my final recommendation is that you share the two free passes amongst the entire foursome and split the remaining total cost of the round 4 ways.  Good things happen (eventually) to those who do good things.

FYI, this isn't the first time I've commented on this sort of scenario.  Perhaps you missed my classic work on Social Contracts, entitled "Blader's Little Purple Book: Lessons and teachings from a lifetime in copulation"?

I understand its available through Amazon

I think this is an easy call. You offer to share both passes among the foursome. By doing so you will not only earn good karma from the Golf Gods, you'll look like The Man with your buddy and his friends, and chances are it will work out for you in the end anyway.

Once you offer, one of three things should happen.

1. The other three guys will insist that you keep one pass for yourself and thank you for the offer. They'll be happy to save $25 each (based on the published fees) and you'll not only have a pass for yourself, but you'll build up goodwill and avoid a possibly awkward moment. Chances are that they aren't expecting you to give up your pass anyway.

2. They'll accept your offer and reciprocate by picking up the tab for incidentals, tips, and your share of post round food and libations. Again, you are The Man, AND you wind up breaking even since your green fee should only come to $37 which is an amount that is easily recovered if they pay for your food at the turn and beers in the clubhouse.

3. They accept the offer and give nothing in return. You are The Man, you earn good karma, and you wind up playing a very nice looking golf course for $37. Not the worst, "worst case" scenario.

Unless these guys are total infidels, or were raised by wolves, you're much more likely to see scenario #1 or #2 than #3, and even #3 isn't that bad of an outcome. Offer to split and you avoid any awkward moments and chances are you'll come out ahead in the end.

Let us not forget, however, that JDerion is a noted and well documented communist.

I don't know what that has to do with anything. And really, we both know that if he keeps the pass for himself it will lead to further exploitation of the non-free pass holding classes, and they will eventually rise up. I'm only trying to prevent a revolution.

I agree with JDerion.



*feces*.

OMG!!!! :o :o :o I don't believe it!!!!! You scraggley lot, have become a more "caring and sharing" type of man, that cares about Karma!!!!! [sm_shock] [sm_shock]
What's next, posting about what Oprah talked about on her show!! [sm_shock]
Talking about the good work Brangelina does for third world countries!!!! [sm_shock]

Oprah and Angelina agree with JD.

And Blader.

So we have two camps replying here,

Kamp 1 says Karma is the way to go, share the wealth.

Kamp 2 says screw Karma and play for free, let the other suckas pay.

What's the bet on which kamp MFAWG goes with?

Unless you're giving points, I'll take the under. ;D

Campy's in kamp 2

I'm going to offer one very, very quietly, probably when no one is really listening, and then go straight to two.... ;)

 :o