A rich man used to take a group of friends to a restaurant every week. Everything was amicable. The friends had suffered during a recent war, whereas the rich man had come through almost unscathed.
Gradually the friends regained their prosperity. The rich man went on paying the bill, but the friends started to chip in a few dollars. Eventually the meal became quite an expense—there were 15 or so at the table. But the rich man couldn’t help noticing that some people ordered expensive items from the menu and yet paid little. Bill-paying time became rancorous and argumentative. Some at the table wondered how long they could go on being friends.
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