large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

duchy

Homeownertobe wrote: »

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.;)

You are mistaking us for someone who cares what you paid - which shows you've missed the whole point of this thread. You are the one getting your knickers in a knot over what other people think......Most people don't view eating out that way .

Feral_Moon

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

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?:)

Do you mean those neighbours with pampas grass in the middle of their front lawns?

cbrown372

Person_one wrote: »

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

Just be grateful you aren't her neighbour

moneyistooshorttomention

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Do you mean those neighbours with pampas grass in the middle of their front lawns?

Okays - you'll have to explain that reference please:)

It's not some modern take on the box of "OMO" prominently displayed on outward-facing kitchen windowsill (as in "Old Man Out") from days of yore is it?:rotfl:

silvercar

If only one or two people are having starters and everyone else is waiting for the main course, those one or two people are going to feel some pressure to eat quicker than they would have done had everyone had a starter.

That would put me off ordering a starter if no-one else was doing so. I wouldn't want to be the one delaying everyone else getting fed.

missbiggles1

silvercar wrote: »

If only one or two people are having starters and everyone else is waiting for the main course, those one or two people are going to feel some pressure to eat quicker than they would have done had everyone had a starter.

That would put me off ordering a starter if no-one else was doing so. I wouldn't want to be the one delaying everyone else getting fed.

I also think there's been some deliberate confusion between what happens when eating out in a large group and what happens when eating out with 1 or 2 other people. Despite some people emphasising that they're talking about the latter situation, others keep dragging it back to the former, totally different, situation.

Feral_Moon

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Okays - you'll have to explain that reference please:)

It's not some modern take on the box of "OMO" prominently displayed on outward-facing kitchen windowsill (as in "Old Man Out") from days of yore is it?:rotfl:

Not quite :rotfl:

Google "pampas grass front garden"

onlyroz

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I also think there's been some deliberate confusion between what happens when eating out in a large group and what happens when eating out with 1 or 2 other people. Despite some people emphasising that they're talking about the latter situation, others keep dragging it back to the former, totally different, situation.

How is it different? In either situation how is your meal ruined if somebody eats a different number of courses to you?

Your solution to stopping your meal from being "ruined" seems to be to force people to order more food than they want. How is this better? You still have people not eating while others are - just that they now have a full plate of food in front of them that they don't want, rather than having them patiently wait for the next course.

Would people seriously prefer me to order and waste a plate of food just so that they can feel better about the amount that they are eating themselves?

seven-day-weekend

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Okays - you'll have to explain that reference please:)

It's not some modern take on the box of "OMO" prominently displayed on outward-facing kitchen windowsill (as in "Old Man Out") from days of yore is it?:rotfl:

Pampas grass in your front garden is a sign to say 'Swingers live here'

Pollycat

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Pampas grass in your front garden is a sign to say 'Swingers live here'

Do you know that from personal experience or did you do this?

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Google "pampas grass front garden"