[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I can’t recall ever having one….but a money ‘pet hate’ which doesn’t really happen anymore …is large groups going out for a meal../…like a work related thing…and having the bill worked out to the exact amount…rather than just split (..however many ways and some would give a tip and some wouldn’t.…)……it doesn’t matter if someone had a dessert and someone didn’t or if something was a bit more expensive or etc…or what people had to drink….


…I do recall something a long time ago which I wasn’t a part of because I’m not a wine drinker….but it involved how many glasses of wine and did someone take a bottle home oh my Lord etc and Peace treaties had to be signed eventually….

I get what you're saying but having been on the other end of I do understand why people get a bit tetchy about it. When we go for a meal with work, I tend to drink beer and just have a pizza or something and we always just split the bill. A lot of people will have steaks, wines and then after dinner spirit drinks so a £6 pizza and a couple of beers ends up costing me around £40+

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I get what you're saying but having been on the other end of I do understand why people get a bit tetchy about it. When we go for a meal with work, I tend to drink beer and just have a pizza or something and we always just split the bill. A lot of people will have steaks, wines and then after dinner spirit drinks so a £6 pizza and a couple of beers ends up costing me around £40+

…it’s a weird one isn’t it……(…in my own experience, although as I say it’s been a few years since a bill was done this way for a big gathering…)…I’ve often been the ‘money gatherer’ for some reason, it’s not something I’ve volunteered for…and people would give me what they had spent etc…and then when it came to hand over, I never had enough…so I would pay the difference plus the tip…so some people must have been quite naughty or quite bad at maths…

…now with large gatherings…(…obviously we haven’t had on recently but…)…the meals are generally paid for in advance directly to the restaurant….