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Input: I (26/F) and my coworkers (various ages and genders) were told by our two bosses to attend a team meeting lunch today.  Our bosses have brought up this lunch the past two team meetings, so this has been discussed at minimum, for a month, in addition to having the team decide where to go for lunch.  All of us were told to not schedule any appointments to make it to this “team building lunch”, and payment was never discussed.  For background, the last 2 company outing/lunch were paid for, where each person was told we have $15 to spend on the company’s dime.  My coworkers and i assumed this would be the case again. 

My coworkers and I all show up the restaurant on time, and we were all in good spirits, where my boss (60/F) was arriving late.  We waited anxiously as we have not heard from her and she is the one with the company card.  She arrives, we sit at our reservations, when she suddenly states that we are to all pay individually, and that she doesn’t understand why we would think this was paid for.  All of us are in shock, but one of my coworkers became upset and told my boss that she will be leaving this lunch as this was never discussed prior and she attended believing that this was free and required.  I and the other coworkers convinced her to calm down and come back, as my boss angrily stated she would rather have my coworker stay and that if it’s an issue she will pay for her.  

I’m not condoning my coworker for snapping at our boss, but I am also very confused to why my boss would repeatedly reference this lunch, call it a team building, and not speak out regarding payment until we sat down.  This is not the first time my boss made plans and didn’t pitch in her money or time, so it was a buildup of sorts as well.  

Were we the assholes to assume this lunch was free and feel upset?  This is super petty but I’ve never seen a boss behave this way.  

thinking the "team building" lunch at work was free