The Jazz Kitchen Bill Cluster Fornication

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

I like to share, not provide. It is a pet peeve of mine to see people show up and chow without contributing, especially when it tends to always be the same people.

That's why I always bring Twinkies....

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

That's why I always bring Twinkies....

I thought you were straight...?

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

I agree... Lisa shouldn't have to pay for my excessive drinking!

True that! I've already paid enough for my own excessive drinking.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

In large groups like we had the other night, there tends to be a few excessive drinkers and I won't pay a portion of their excessiveness.

What excessiveness? You mean when I thought the table cloth was my napkin? (That's where I had a self-imposed cut off, btw).

Or perhaps when Keith was hysterical laughing on the floor? (That's when the waitress cut him off, btw).

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Or perhaps when Keith was hysterical laughing on the floor? (That's when the waitress cut him off, btw).

LOL Laughing on the floor had it's reasons rooted in reality, not alcohol

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by keith - SuPeR K!

LOL Laughing on the floor had it's reasons rooted in reality, not alcohol

Yes! I'm the Rooted reason.

wait..

[mousepod]

LoT Commune FAIL

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by mousepod

LoT Commune FAIL

Not at all. By design and necessity, meals at the commune would run towards simplicity of concept and modesty of portion, prepared with the sacredness of tea ceremony and consumed with prayers of gratitude.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

By design and necessity, meals at the commune would run towards simplicity of concept and modesty of portion, prepared with the sacredness of tea ceremony and consumed with prayers of gratitude.

VSLM!

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I agree with Not Afraid and innerSpaceman (and others) who are not generally comfortable evenly splitting a bill.

I have and will gladly do an even split when my dining companions and I all ordered roughly the same thing. E.g., if we all got an appetizer (or split one), entree, non-booze beverage, and dessert, each person's total is going to be roughly the same. I would happily discard the $3-$4 difference for the convenience in paying.

However, if my date (HA! ) and I each order soup, sandwich, and milk while my friend and his husband order appetizers, entrees, a $30 bottle of wine, and dessert, I simply can't afford to evenly split that bill. And if the tables were turned, I would never expect my friends to pay for my stuff either. I'm not a stingy bastard, I'm just trying to live within my means. If I was wealthy enough, I'd love to pick up the whole tab because I enjoy treating my friends.