seamstress
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How many of you dine with others and are tired of being taken financially advantage of when the check comes and you end up paying way more than your fair share?? It happen to us again this weekend and we are sick and tired of paying for other people's appetizers, expensive bottles of wine, designer cocktails and their dessert selections. When the bill arrives it is these greedy diners who dive for the check, add the tip and divide it by the number of people at the table and announce the amount due per head.
We are done spending between $40.00 and $90.00 over and above what we ordered, excluding a 20% tip. At which point do we announce, while dining out with others, that we will be paying for only what we consume?? Would asking for a separate check be alright??
At the risk of sounding like a cheap skate, I do not care anymore because I am tired of splitting the check equally when it is never fair for us. People say, oh, in the end (meaning after dining out several times) it always works out. Um, nooo, it does not, not for us. And, the people who we dine with are dear friends and we just cannot understand how they can order whatever they want and ignore the fact that their tally at the end of the meal does not even cover the cost of what they ate and drank.
So, we have tried, at the beginning of the meal to say "We are paying for only what we order" or, we figure out what we ordered, add the tip and throw in that amount of cash. Which is 'short' and puts us in an awkward position. When in fact the gluttons who ordered and ate all of the food should be ashamed of themselves.
So, we decided that we are going to INSIST on separate checks and not give a damn what our fellow diners think.
Now, mind you, this is about fairness. And, I know people can only take advantage of you if you let them.
Is asking for separate checks acceptable in informal and formal restaurants?
We are done spending between $40.00 and $90.00 over and above what we ordered, excluding a 20% tip. At which point do we announce, while dining out with others, that we will be paying for only what we consume?? Would asking for a separate check be alright??
At the risk of sounding like a cheap skate, I do not care anymore because I am tired of splitting the check equally when it is never fair for us. People say, oh, in the end (meaning after dining out several times) it always works out. Um, nooo, it does not, not for us. And, the people who we dine with are dear friends and we just cannot understand how they can order whatever they want and ignore the fact that their tally at the end of the meal does not even cover the cost of what they ate and drank.
So, we have tried, at the beginning of the meal to say "We are paying for only what we order" or, we figure out what we ordered, add the tip and throw in that amount of cash. Which is 'short' and puts us in an awkward position. When in fact the gluttons who ordered and ate all of the food should be ashamed of themselves.
So, we decided that we are going to INSIST on separate checks and not give a damn what our fellow diners think.
Now, mind you, this is about fairness. And, I know people can only take advantage of you if you let them.
Is asking for separate checks acceptable in informal and formal restaurants?