P.Aitken wrote:
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>
> sarah bennett wrote:
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>> am I the only one who has no problem dividing a bill properly? If no
>> one is treating me to a dinner, I order whatever I want, and pay for
>> it. There is no way that I would split a bill evenly. Why do you guys
>> do it that way?
>>


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> Seriously, though, people do it because at the end of a group meal
> people tend to forget who had how many drinks, how much each course
> cost, and so on. It's a lot easier to split it evenly than to go to the
> hassle of getting the menu to check prices and so on. Some people pay
> more, some less, but in theory it averages out over time. In theory.
>
> Peter
>



Yep. That's another theory that doesn't hold water.

The people who eat most and pay least, being subsidized by their
friends, do it all the time. IME.

And the friends always seem surprised (and not happy) that they've been
taken advantage of once again.

And the perpetrators have learned to look down their noses and insinuate
"cheap" if anyone suggests paying the bill that way is unfair.

And someohow these people keep being invited out.

And so it goes....

gloria p