large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

Homeownertobe

PasturesNew wrote: »

The same position as others - sharing their experiences. Is there a memo I didn't get, where diversity's banned?

Where've you been, you're late here ... been out to dinner?

But you're not in the same position as others. You've been going on about that for what seems like decades.

And yes, though I've been back a while, you'll be horrified to know I had the most expensive item on the menu. A whole £8.

Not including the beers.;)

Frogletina

I had lunch out with 2 friends today, my meal cost £15.50, theirs were £22 and £25 respectively.

Had we split the bill, I would have subsidised both of their meals, but fortunately we have always agreed to pay for exactly what we have.

They came back to mine and I opened a bottle of Prosecco.

Shucks, I paid the most in the end and had the least. :doh:

Homeownertobe

PasturesNew wrote: »

... yeah, there's always one that spoils it for everybody else and orders the most expensive thing

It's OK. We paid for our own food, you really have no choice at Soup Kitchen.

onlyroz

Homeownertobe wrote: »

I have you a specific example from this thread. Don't invent reasons for your own purposes.

Nothing to do with taste, or the food, but the fact that one person is making it clear they want more, but can't have it and are sat there with a face like thunder making everyone else feel guilty. All because they refuse to accept that some experiences are not for their budget.

I'm sorry but you'll have to direct me towards the post where somebody said they would sit there with a "face like thunder" miserably eating their soup, pronouncing to the whole table that it was all they could afford and that they were still hungry afterwards. I don't recall such a post but this thread has got rather long now...

Homeownertobe

onlyroz wrote: »

I'm sorry but you'll have to direct me towards the post where somebody said they would sit there with a "face like thunder" miserably eating their soup, pronouncing to the whole table that it was all they could afford and that they were still hungry afterwards. I don't recall such a post but this thread has got rather long now...

Will I indeed? How interesting.

moneyistooshorttomention

Andypandyboy wrote: »

Not trying to pick holes at all, just putting the other side of the coin. Yes, of course PN should go out, but eating out seems fraught so perhaps other avenues would be more amenable.

Maybe and then maybe not. There can be pitfalls in any social situation. It's possible to sit at home quietly (ie not even socialising) and notice that other people nearby are up to something that's immoral, illegal or both and find that things get a bit "fraught" when they realise keeping quiet about it is your definition of "covering up for them" - so you don't (keep quiet that is). :rotfl:

Person_one

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Maybe and then maybe not. There can be pitfalls in any social situation. It's possible to sit at home quietly (ie not even socialising) and notice that other people nearby are up to something that's immoral, illegal or both and find that things get a bit "fraught" when they realise keeping quiet about it is your definition of "covering up for them" - so you don't (keep quiet that is). :rotfl:

That might be the most random tangential post of the whole thread, and that's saying something!

missbiggles1

Person_one wrote: »

That might be the most random tangential post of the whole thread, and that's saying something!

Mind you, it might make today's posts quite interesting!

duchy

Peter333 wrote: »

Oh come on! NOBODY is going to sit there with a bowl of soup, and a glass of water for the entire evening! That's pure hyperbole! If anything, people with less money would just choose cheaper options; like a pasta bake instead of a sirloin steak. And then maybe a bowl of ice cream for dessert.

If you get 'offended' at someone not spending as much as you, then that says more about you than them. What others choose to spend is NOTHING to do with you. If you started looking down your nose at me, if I chose to spend half of what you do, then that would be the last time you would have the pleasure of my company.

To suggest that people having less 'ruins' it for others, is one of the most ludicrous things I have ever heard. Are people that precious that they can't bear people spending or eating less than them. !!!!!!, when I go out for a meal with friends, I go for their company, and for a chat, not to sit there judging them for having small portions!

Good grief!!!

<adds Peter to the list of posters I'd eat out with>

I do find it peculiar how conventional and shallow some people are.. If I am enjoying someone's company I don't care what they eat-they can be vegan , recovering from stomach surgery, skint or just not particularly hungry. I don't regard what I or my dining companions order as a status symbol we are simply sharing company - what each choose to consume isn't in the least bit important.

moneyistooshorttomention

Okay go on then - and I'm not going to say just what I've noticed my neighbours getting up to (as I havent "kept quiet" about it)....and has anyone else noticed neighbours "getting up to summat" and, if so, what did they do about it? Owt or nowt?:)