There are a group of 10 of us, 5 couples, who eat out together several times a year. For our birthdays (people sometimes Double Up if two birthdays are close) and we often go out in December for a pre Christmas get together. It is usually all of us but occasionally we just can't manage that and it may be 8.
We enjoy these nights out. We do not enjoy settling the bill. Most of us just agree to divide it equally. Anyone who knows they have had a lot more alcohol than others always offers to pay extra so that's OK. There are 2 friends who sometimes leave slightly earlier and leave their share. Except it's usually not enough, or hasn't allowed enough tip etc. A bit annoying as the rest of us have to make it up.
On Sunday night we had a lovely meal out, all 10 of us. We couldn't hear the discussion about the bill at our end of the table and I asked what we owed. We were told an amount and my friend sitting to my right asked whether it included a tip. We were told it did but those at the other end of the table had taken the decision to remove the optional 10% and add less tip less to our bill.
We were not happy at our end of the table. This restaurant is excellent. Food, service, ambiance all perfect. To my mind its only acceptable to remove the 10% if the food or service were bad. Many restaurants add 12.5% now and I would agree about taking that off and paying 10, but in this case only 10% was added.
My friend said she didn't agree with removing the tip. I said I didn't either but we couldn't really make others pay more than they wanted. The waiter had taken away the bill, removed the tip and bought a new one by this time. The four of us at our end of the table added what we felt was fair, not what the others were paying.
It still makes me cross!!
We enjoy these nights out. We do not enjoy settling the bill. Most of us just agree to divide it equally. Anyone who knows they have had a lot more alcohol than others always offers to pay extra so that's OK. There are 2 friends who sometimes leave slightly earlier and leave their share. Except it's usually not enough, or hasn't allowed enough tip etc. A bit annoying as the rest of us have to make it up.
On Sunday night we had a lovely meal out, all 10 of us. We couldn't hear the discussion about the bill at our end of the table and I asked what we owed. We were told an amount and my friend sitting to my right asked whether it included a tip. We were told it did but those at the other end of the table had taken the decision to remove the optional 10% and add less tip less to our bill.
We were not happy at our end of the table. This restaurant is excellent. Food, service, ambiance all perfect. To my mind its only acceptable to remove the 10% if the food or service were bad. Many restaurants add 12.5% now and I would agree about taking that off and paying 10, but in this case only 10% was added.
My friend said she didn't agree with removing the tip. I said I didn't either but we couldn't really make others pay more than they wanted. The waiter had taken away the bill, removed the tip and bought a new one by this time. The four of us at our end of the table added what we felt was fair, not what the others were paying.
It still makes me cross!!
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