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4 hours ago, Honest Saints Fan said:

Was out for dinner on Saturday night with Ruggy. Table of ten beside us, 5 couples celebrating a birthday.

At the end of the meal when the bill came one of the females refused to split it 5 ways and made each couple get their phone calculator out and work out how much they should pay. All couples went on to pay separately by card.

Fucking horrible behaviour. Wish the restaurant owner told them to f**k off.

 

I'd be willing to bet the value of this month's gas and electricity bill that she was a primary teacher.

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I briefly worked some Friday nights in Johnny Foxes

Sorry to hear that.


If you don't mind paying for others' booze bills then good on you. It means you can comfortably afford it. Not all folk are in that position

If you're that on the edge that £2 difference in the cost of drinks is going to cause you trouble then what are you doing spending unnecessary cash on eating out?
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4 hours ago, Honest Saints Fan said:

The beer was £2 more per drink. She was being completely unreasonable getting the waitress to take 5 separate payments. 

I don't drink alcohol and I'm never bothered about paying towards others beer/wine.

Imagine outing yourself as such a tight miserable c**t over the sake of what's probably about a tenner....

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I've said this before, If I'm going out I'll always set aside X amount. (I'm one of those weirdos who has to see a menu before going). It'll always be about £40 more than what I plan to eat and drink. That gives leeway for a few more drinks and alterations. 

Once the bill arrive - if it's £50 as my share and I took £80, the extra £30 still gets thrown in. It's money I've already written off as spent in the establishment.

I wouldn't attend events if I was having to penny pinch because if I am that close to the bone, I couldn't justify that outlay.

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12 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

I've said this before, If I'm going out I'll always set aside X amount. (I'm one of those weirdos who has to see a menu before going). It'll always be about £40 more than what I plan to eat and drink. That gives leeway for a few more drinks and alterations. 

Once the bill arrive - if it's £50 as my share and I took £80, the extra £30 still gets thrown in. It's money I've already written off as spent in the establishment.

I wouldn't attend events if I was having to penny pinch because if I am that close to the bone, I couldn't justify that outlay.

You should be on a list somewhere,  while your benevolence might be viewed as admirable there will be people that know you do this and make a mug of you while you subsidise them.

I’m firmly in the camp of split the bill evenly and move on.  Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.  If you don’t think about it you don’t worry about it.  f**k working out individual bills.

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1 minute ago, Left Back said:

You should be on a list somewhere,  while your benevolence might be viewed as admirable there will be people that know you do this and make a mug of you while you subsidise them.

Nah, the excess gets handed to the waiter/ess when they bring the receipt back. The bill gets split first and the "what you putting in for a tip" conversation has happened whilst they're away settling up.

I admit there's been a couple awkward "Why?" looks from the staff in the past.

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2 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

Nah, the excess gets handed to the waiter/ess when they bring the receipt back. The bill gets split first and the "what you putting in for a tip" conversation has happened whilst they're away settling up.

I admit there's been a couple awkward "Why?" looks from the staff in the past.

Ok.  Different conversation if you’re handing it to the staff.

Means you’re on a different list and even the staff agree 😂

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13 hours ago, Left Back said:

You should be on a list somewhere,  while your benevolence might be viewed as admirable there will be people that know you do this and make a mug of you while you subsidise them.

I dunno, if you've got mates who are going to run up a huge bill expecting you to subsidise them, you might want to think about why you're going to dinner with these people in the first place. They'd need to put Peter Ustinov to shame.

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Re. splitting the bill - how do all those folk on here who refuse to believe that cash is still needed manage to pay their share when the bill is being split if they don't carry cash?  
 

You can pay your share by card.
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So the place has to separate the bill, or process the payment separately?  Seems like as lot of hassle when cash would suffice. 
 

I'm not sure it'll be all that difficult tbh. The system will have everyone's order on their screen and just deduct it from the total bill. I've never worked behind a bar/restaurant but I'd imagine it's a case of clicking on what the person says they ordered and the machine will tally it up to be paid and leave what's left.

I expect the process is quicker than the paragraph I just wrote.
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Just now, 19QOS19 said:


I'm not sure it'll be all that difficult tbh. The system will have everyone's order on their screen and just deduct it from the total bill. I've never worked behind a bar/restaurant but I'd imagine it's a case of clicking on what the person says they ordered and the machine will tally it up to be paid and leave what's left.

I expect the process is quicker than the paragraph I just wrote.

Alternatively, take cash and none of the above is required. 

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I've seen people split bills by card in restaurants, and it seemed pretty easy. Probably no more difficult than fannying about putting cash together. The server just tapped in the amount on the reader, card got tapped, move on to the next person. It would've been a ridiculous hassle back before Chip & Pin, right enough; I think the general rule was that one person would pay the whole thing and everyone else would pay them back later.

Not that I think getting rid of cash is a good thing.

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On 27/06/2022 at 18:20, Rugster said:

Standing an inch from the baggage carousel as soon as they get there blocking access to people whose bags are available instead of standing a few feet back to let people in and move forward when your bag arrives. Wankers. 

I usually just let the carousel go round a couple of times to let the crowd clear.

That wouldn't work if you had a connecting flight with limited time to board it, obviously

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