Puester wrote:
> 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?
>>>
>
>
>>
>> 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
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>
>
> 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....

As I am someone who tends to splurge on the rare occasions I do eat out,
my response to the claim that not splitting the bill evenly is "cheap"
would be "you feel like paying for your share and part of mine too? groovy!"

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