Should the Foreigner Pay For the Entire Meal If he invites a Filipino/Filipinos to Dine Out With Him?

  from Philippine Primer Kyle, an American, spent five years of his primary school in a quaint little town in the Philippines.  During that ...

 

from Philippine Primer

Kyle, an American, spent five years of his primary school in a quaint little town in the Philippines.  During that time, he acquired the local language and imbibed local traits and practices.  When he began his middle high years, he returned to the US with this family.  For almost 30 years, communication between his elementary school friends and classmates was non existent and the traits and values he imbibed while he was in the Philippines were replaced by American values and traits.   And then the Internet was created and communication among friends, schoolmates and classmates was initiated and became consistent until Kyle decided to spend a week's vacation in the Philippines.   He immediately informed his former friends, classmates, and teachers about his plan and even invited them for dinner.  All those who have heard of this got excited and since they all wanted to see Kyle and catch up, they accepted his invitation, plus the prospect of a delicious dinner was too tempting to refuse.  The subject of who was going to pay for the dinner never arose.  

Finally, the day of the meeting among former friends, classmates, schoolmates and teachers has arrived.   It started pleasantly.  Pleasantries were exchanged, Kyle got reacquainted with his former classmates and teachers.  Dinner went smoothly, everyone enjoyed chatting with each other as some of them also have not seen each other for a looong time.  So it became a reunion of sort.  

So finally, dinner would eventually finish and come to a close.   Those who came exchanged contact details, shared more anecdotes; the paying of the meal was really the elephant in the room.   It seems that nobody wanted to bring the matter up.   So finally, Kyle called the waiter (who probably was hovering for the longest time and was impatiently waiting for the time that someone would have the guts to ask for the check) and asked for the check.

Upon receiving the check, Kyle calculated and divided the amount according to the number of people who came.   After doing so, he told each one to contribute a certain amount. 

Which of the following do you think happened after?

1. Everyone was happy to chip in.

2.  Everyone was shocked that Kyle, the American, who is supposed to be earning dollars, asked them to chip in.

3.  The teachers did not expect to be asked to pay.

4.  Everyone reluctantly paid and thought, I thought that that was a free dinner or Kyle's treat.

5.  Everyone thought Kyle should have told us earlier that this was a K-K-B (Kanya-Kanyang Bayad, each one pay for what he ordered) so that I would be ready or I'd come prepared.

6.  Kyle was thinking this is how we do it in the States, guys.  Thought you already know by now.  America may be great, but money does not grow on trees there.  We work our butts off too.

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