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App: Tinder · Table: The Hustle
She sent the Venmo request before I’d even left the restaurant. Apparently, accepting a second roll meant entering a financial partnership. I thought we were splitting dinner, not refinancing a basket of bread the waiter kept replacing against our will...
Keep reading: She invoiced the complimentary breadApp: Tinder · Table: The Hustle
She explained her dating rewards program before we’d even picked a restaurant. Apparently buying dinner earned points, but asking how the points worked lowered my status. I came to Tinder looking for chemistry and somehow got a credit downgrade without purchasing a single mozzare...
Keep reading: My date had a rewards departmentApp: Hinge · Table: The Hustle
I thought “I have a dinner strategy” meant he’d checked the menu. Instead, my Hinge match sent me a dine-and-dash itinerary before we’d even met, complete with a glaring outerwear liability. I canceled. I refuse to become a getaway driver for a coat that needs its own reservation...
Keep reading: His getaway had a coat check problem