Friends charged hundreds to attend birthday party
A woman has been left horrified after receiving an invitation to her friend’s birthday celebration that she would have to fork out hundreds of dollars to attend.
In a post shared to Reddit, the stunned guest showed a picture of the invite - which was texted to the recipient's phone.
It stated that the celebrations would take place on a Monday between 5:30pm and 7:30pm, writing that friends will be charged $499, while guests of friends will be $250.
The invitee claimed that the party for the friend, who is a member of their local council, is being held at a pub.
“I posted this after receiving the invitation, it's completely wrong but whatever. It's happening, now it's just shaking our heads and making a joke of the whole thing because of how ridiculous it is,” they wrote.
Hundreds of people took to the comments of the Reddit post to express their outrage over the invitation, with many hypothesising that the party is actually a fundraiser.
“Yep. 100 percent political fundraiser. There is a separate real birthday party, even if it is just the spouse and kids,” one person declared.
“Since the friend is a politician my guess is they're treating it like a fundraiser, but still. Jesus,” someone else added.
Many shared their opinions on the extortionate party, with one person writing, “On a Monday afternoon? For $250 an hour? There are no people I’d ever pay that for.”
Others added that the occasion sounds “more like a happy hour” than a party, with another person writing that they “wouldn’t even send a card”.
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