I pay in full and then bill each other party their exact portion through venmo. Credit card points!!!!!
That is the preferred method.. But what idiot doesn't want to charge it on their own card to get the points for themselves?
I pay in full and then bill each other party their exact portion through venmo. Credit card points!!!!!
This is a POV I can get behind $$I pay in full and then bill each other party their exact portion through venmo. Credit card points!!!!!
Thank you. My wife was appalled by the idea I even though about not paying for the person behind me. My position was if no one breaks the cycle then you just have a bunch of people paying for **** they didn't order and no one actually gets to feel good about it.
I've seen a bunch of people elsewhere noting that this is neat for people with money, but the folks in line likely have enough already, and that donating that $ to someone needier would be a nicer plan. I tend to agree on that one.
Do the good deed for someone who needs it more.
I've never evenly split a check, just do separate checks.
When we go out to dinner with someone we pay for our food and they pay for their food. We don't drink and we aren't going to pay for someone else to get multiple bottles of wine. As for appetizers we just order our own and they order their own. We don't go out to dinner with people to share food, we go out for the company/catching up aspect. If I wanted to share food I'd grill and invite people over.
Yes and no. He felt like he invited himself, so he wanted to make up for it. Plus he thought of it as his graduation present to her. I told him that he should never pay at a dinner that I call to honor something my daughter has accomplished. We worked it out. He's a good guy. More about not being a free-loader. Definitely not a show-off-his-money-kind-of guy.
P.S. We didn't let them pay anything for the wedding reception, so they may have still been trying to catch up from that episode. Too bad, she's my daughter.
I also think the pay it forward chain kind of sucks. It's well intentioned, but at the end of the day, you aren't really doing a good deed for anyone - you're potentially creating an unwanted burden for thousands of people.
I love the idea of being charitable and grabbing a stranger's tab out of kindness, but if it doesn't end there, you don't really see anyone benefiting.
If a chain does get started, when someone DOES break the chain and ends up actually benefitting, they look like the *******.
It's also not that hard for a waitress to split checks. The vast majority of places ask, so obviously it is a service they provide. I had no idea anyone even thought this was a big deal.We just kind of look at it from the perspective that we are adults who can perform simple math and take care of it amongst ourselves. We don't need a server to print out multiple tickets and run multiple cards.
I understand why people do it and want to do it, but it just isn't for us.
It's also not that hard for a waitress to split checks. The vast majority of places ask, so obviously it is a service they provide. I had no idea anyone even thought this was a big deal.
The person who thinks splitting checks is rude thinks I'm antiquated. That's rich!They haven't said waitress in about 20 years.