Do men always have to have the last say?

Was eating dinner at O'Brien's at The Central when I came across two incidents whereby the men had to have the last say.

Firstly, it was a mature man who obviously has never drunk chamomile tea. Ever. I guess he wanted to show the lady friend that he was very gentlemanly and looks for value-for-money in a 'suave' kind of way (note the inverted commas).

When the tea came, he asked the waiter how come the tea looked as pale as water. Ha!! Hello, just in case anyone of you was like the man I saw (who didn't know zilch about chamomile tea), it is supposed to be a pale yellow colour. The wait staff was very nice though. He obligingly brought a pot of hot water or what I presumed, could be the tea itself and added more.

If anything, I think he just showed his lady friend how lacking in knowledge he was when it came to that area of tea. From overhearing them, I also get this feeling that he is a little stingy, trying to get more out of things. This is not pasar malam (flea market. Direct translation from Malay: Night market), you know?

Then came another couple who ordered a wrappo. When the food came, the guy (another mature guy) made some comment and said "Woah! It doesn't look like we will be full eating this". He was implying that the wrappo was small in portion.

Now, I would understand if you were eating one whole wrappo on your own and complained that it was too little. He is, after all, a guy. Guess what? He was sharing it with his lady friend! So why complain?? It was their choice to eat there and therefore, he should not have any grouses and if he did not feel too happy about the food, etc, order more or don't come the next time!

In my world of weird theories, I would conclude that this is a male ego thing. That they have to show the females that they are the boss around and they call the shots. They also make such comments to make themselves feel all-important, but in actual fact, it just shows otherwise. When will these big boys learn?