Have you ever eaten out with friends and they don’t pay their fair share? Sometimes it’s innocent, sometimes, they are just out to lunch.
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good one
Ask the waiters/waitresses to split. easy enough
Simple rule:
Everybody orders the same dish (like going for a pizza) = everybody pays the same = split the bill equally
Everybody orders different stuff = either get separate bills or pay for your own + little tax to not be pennyhoarder.*
*this requires to live in country which includes tax in bill.
If you are going to split the amount of a bill evenly then it should be the person who is the most disadvantaged that makes that decision. For example let's say I go out to dinner with two friends and my meal is roughly 15 dollars and my other two friends meals are roughly 25 dollars each. This comes out to a total of 65 which is just over 21 dollars each. In this case if I am the one to suggest splitting the bill evenly because I am willing to be a little generous then cool no worries because I am the most disadvantaged in this situation by splitting the bill evenly. If I am not okay with splitting the bill evenly then we each should pay our fair share for what we ate.
america can go fuck off with the stupid tip.
How about remembering how much your meal costs?
If you can't do something as easy as spliting the bill, don't go to a restaurant.
This is why I don't have friends… well that's what I tell myself when im alone.. so very alone.
Ahhh so if going to restaurant in a group .
Order your own , pay your own hahaha
I’m a teenager and I’m going to a restaurant with a large group of people for a birthday. I’m the introvert and going out is something I don’t do. It’s my first time paying for food myself and I have no idea how I’m going to do it. The restaurants I have been to, I see my parents go up to the register after the meal and pay. They don’t give your table a check. I need advice.
If your splitting the bill equally that should only happen if it is willingly suggested by the person most disadvantaged. In the example you gave where one of the people only ordered a salad and water for $12 and an even split would have come to 34 then if the person who ordered the salad is the one to willingly be the one at the table to suggest splitting the bill evenly because he doesn't mind paying extra than that's fine.
There's a special place in hell for people who split bills in restaurants. It's uncalled for, wrong, embarrassing, bad etiquette and your gonna piss off the already pist off server even more. Stay your ass home if you can't afford to pay the check or just don't dine with people who you can't organize a friggin meal payment with. You people are a menace to decent society. 👺
Asking for separate checks strikes me as being a bit rude. Why is it the waiter's problem that the customers can't figure out how to split the bill? I've never been a waiter, but it seems as if it would be super-annoying. Plus, the waiter needs to deal with separate batches of change and such.
How about communicating ahead of time about if you're splitting the bill or paying the full amount to avoid confusion. I mean simple as that. I personally don't mind paying for the full tab when I am financially able to do so. But the bill would be the same regardless if it is split or not correct?
Oh well, In My Country Called "SUDAN" (I'm a muslim) we basically fight for who is paying. just like In Scotland and some other places out there… (you might have visited Scotland) it's like. " I'm paying "……."NONO Its Okay I will pay!"
It's Really Complicated.
This reminds me of an uncle who ALWAYS had to go wash his hands after we all decide it's time to head out. He would conveniently disappear for 10 minutes
It's always a tough choice unless you're very close friends or immediate family where it doesn't matter. I've personally been in 4 scenarios that really burned my ass, but what can you do.
The first is going out where there is a couple that will count the two of them as 1 portion of the bill since "she didn't eat much" or whatever.
The second situation is going out with a married couple where i get it this time, they get it next time. …well, if everyone orders the same thing, THEY account for 2/3 of the cost every time and only pay back for 1/3 of the bill the next time.
The third situation is another -you get it this time, we'll get it next time. Well, the time you are paying, they decide to eat out at a nice restaurant that puts you out $300 or $400. When it's their turn to pay, they invite your family over to their place where they picked up 2 grocery store deli chickens and other things for a total cost of $50 or less. rinse and repeat.
The last situation, and this one was pretty specific, but it still burns my ass thinking about it. A bunch of us were over at someone's place after being out somewhere. I would guess there were 10 of us there and someone asked if anyone wants to order a pizza. 3 of us wanted it, and the rest said they weren't interested. The 3 of us ordered and paid $45 for 2 pizzas. You know what happens when they arrived…the rest of the herd suddenly changed their mind about not being hungry. I ended up with 1 slice of pizza that cost me $15 because some of the non-payers took more than 1 slice on their first go at it.
in my experience, this doesn't happen if they're good friends. most of them will over contribute plus their own tip, the final credit card payer can come close to paying nothing or even make money. They don't make money though because they'll pay their own fair amount also and the bulk of the extra goes to tip, where it should be.
This is why I prefer the system in Europe. Tax is inclused from the start. No need to get a big calculator.
Not in my family lol!!My brother never pays….and usually I or my mother picks it up!!
f u make the wait staff split the bill accordingly they get tips for a reason
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If no app I prefer to get separated bills, because in my personal experience, we use to just split between all of us eating but wasn’t always fair because the ones eating way less ended up paying more for what they got. Some also use to like drinking wine while eating. Wine in restaurants is expensive (less expensive bottle was 65$ with average meal prices of 18$), so when we are 8, and only 3 out of the 8 end up drinking 2 bottles, it’s not fair for the rest to also pay for it. Now unless everybody agree to it and nobody mind paying that way then I guess it’s ok, but it could bring tensions sometimes, specially when the groupe gets bigger
If my shit is 10 bucks plus tax so I give 14 im not paying 20 or more cause ya decided to make the bill go over 200 bucks
Splitting equally is the most equitable, as it is a better approximation of the benefits received by each person. You are going out to eat with a group for the benefits you receive from group company.
Also, this addresses the challenge that many have with calculating tips, or the moral opposition.
Asking for separate checks risks getting poor service.
I know for me asking for separate checks works best. When I go out to eat I generally just drink water and don't get alcoholic beverages so equally spending a check would out me in the loosing seat everytime. 😂