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Originally Posted by mousepod
I wasn't there, and if you're offended by my attitude, I'm sorry in advance.
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I'm not offended by the concept. Many people swear by it. I will not abide.
Many people in our "group" are on, shall we say, a "fixed income." At my end of the table, Isaac ordered a side of mashed potatoes for dinner. Keith and Omar split their entree. I'm not even suggesting any of them did this for financial reasons, but there's no way I'll sit by and let any of my friends pay some kind of equal share for the meager amount of food they ordered.
Conversely, I don't expect anyone to share in my bar tab. And it would curtail what I order from the bar
and the kitchen if I knew everyone would be splitting the tab equally.
On the occassion when I've been part of a group that happened to notice we've all ordered substantially similar amounts of food and drink, we've agreed to split the bill for convenience sake. But in most real-world situations I've found myself in, this would be grossly unfair.