What does the term "help yourself" mean to you? A co-worker brought in a 2 liter bottle of soda, put it in the office fridge and told me I could help myself. I finished it in 3 days. She was angry and said I had to replace it. (cont.)
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We got in a dust-up about it. I told her that to me "help yourself" meant "take as much as you want." She said "no, it means take your fair share, but any TIME you want" and that I should have realized that other people might have wanted some. Who is correct?
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"help yourself" means "don't finish it, it still ain't yours!" It's a soda; replace it. What'll it set you back, $1.59 the most?
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I'd say your workmate. To me, 'help yourself' would mean have a glass or two over the next few days. It wouldn't mean drink it all. That would be 'here, this is for you'.
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I think you should apologise :)
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