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Originally posted by KellyB369
I've never heard of the credit card crab or the Business lunch (although I haven't been in the working world too long.)
This reminds me, when I went on a trip last year to DC with some high school friends we went out to dinner one night. One of the girls said it was proper etiquette to just split the bill evenly between everyone rather than worrying about dividing it up. I think my meal actually cost more than most (I got a beer or two) but I did not want to just split it evenly because I thought that it was absurd for us to pay for each others, especially when some checks were less or some could not afford it. So we had a big discussion about what you would do if one person ordered surf and turf and another got a house salad. We ended up getting the waitress to split it up. Has anyone else heard of this or does anyone actually do this?
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This happens a lot when I go to dinner with friends, especially when DPhiE has their AA dinner meetings. For the most part, people's meals all cost around the same so if everyone throws in the same amount it works out, especially in covering the tip. Usually restaurants charge the tip in with the bill for big parties though. There has been times though where I've gone out with people and they've ordered drinks and stuff, left, threw some money on the table, and we were short at the end for the bill. That is annoying. I think it is fine if everyone pays the same thing if your meal is around the same amount. I don't care about a couple dollar difference. I did go out one night to a family style place and a friend showed up and just got a salad so we didn't have her pay, especially because the meal ended up costing us each about 40 bucks.