Split the bill equally or just pay for what you've eaten?

Lol, what a mess. That was proper awkward. That's why you look at prices before ordering.


I do however agree with him that you don't "have" to tip. We pay servers minimum wage in this country. I don't really understand why we'd tip someone in a restaurant but not at say McDonald for example. They're both being paid by the hour. I just find it an odd concept.

Err, well yeah.

In general, when you're with friends, if you can't afford to just have what you want and split the bill then go somewhere cheaper. Don't get your calculator out at the end of the meal. It looks tightfisted and kind of kills any sense of a relaxing evening if you have to stop what you're doing to be an accountant for five minutes when the bill comes.

I don't have time to "split it evenly" doing long division at the bloody table, money all over the table, stacking fivers with fivers over here and tenners with tenners over there and sliding coins and spare change around to make the exact amount??? Who does that? No one who actually has an active dating life would do that, a lot of people just project what they THINK they'd do on a date. In reality...no one "splits" ****. No one.

It's not that easy. Plenty of friendship groups have people with varying levels of disposable income. That can often mean people compromise on where they go to eat and there can be one or two for whom it's a bit pricey who will say to themselves 'it's OK, I'll just get a main and soft drink' because they want to see their friends and spend time together. And just because someone is an adult doesn't mean they have unlimited money.

And splitting the bill shouldn't be an ordeal if people are reasonable and fair, you pass the bill round quickly and people approximate what they ordered and chuck it in. The problems come when someone decides to be a cheapskate and round down so the total ends up short. But really it's not hard to look at a receipt and quickly go 'pizza 12 drink 3 drink 3 dessert 5 so I owe about 25' and put it in while everyone continues to chat. It doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the evening - what would ruin my evening is watching my friends ordering loads of drinks and worrying that I was going to be expected to pay towards them at the end.

If you actually read through the thread, no-one is talking about what they do on dates. That's a whole different thing.

edit: And there really isn't money over the place or 'long division' if you split the bill evenly. It gets as complicated as, there are four of us and the bill is £108, let's call it 30 each and there's a tip in it. That's literally all that's needed.

What? That's ridiculous. Someone should just man up and foot the damn bill.

lol okay but just so you know everyone apart from you generally divides it up in some way, unless perhaps the amount of money in question is totally irrelevant to you.

LMAO what do you mean "everyone?" Three pages of tsrians who have never even been on dates before or out with mates? In *reality* people don't do that! Because it's pathetic. Seriously. Pay for your food or one person pays for everyone's. Is the most common and logical simplest way. Couldn't give a piss about what people on here think they know and spiel in threads lmao. Nice source though?

And first of all (and lastly, cos I'm not gonna continue this anymore) why did you even quote me bruh? It's my opinion, and about something...not even that deep. Jog on. .

Start working and go out with colleagues at a meeting over lunch, normally one person pays because that's an admirable and professional gesture, or everyone pays their own way. Because you're an adult.

Pretty much this. We will usually take it in turns to pay for lunch/dinner. No-one sites around calculating who had the 2nd coke or the more expensive starter once you're all earning decent wages.

everyone apart from you generally divides it up in some way