large booking at restaurant- how to split the bill?

Twopints

Homeownertobe wrote: »

Careful dear, you'll get saliva all over that lovely food if you continue sneering.;)

Most hypocritical post on this thread - and that's saying something.

onlyroz

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I don't invite people who talk through films to go to the cinema with me either so I'm quite even handed.:D

So to be clear, a person with a limited appetite would not be welcome at a group meal that you were attending?

pollypenny

Yea, gods, this thread has become somewhat childish,

Eat what you enjoy with people whose company you enjoy.

seven-day-weekend

pollypenny wrote: »

Yea, gods, this thread has become somewhat childish,

Eat what you enjoy with people whose company you enjoy.

Agreed They will usually be people who have similar eating habits to yourself.

Having said that, I have a friend who had anorexia (she has it under control now). She came out for a meal with us and her husband, but before we went she said to us that she didn't want any comments about what she did or didn't eat.

We respected that, and she did manage to eat (for her) quite a lot.

I have seen her almost in tears however, because the chocolate sweet that she'd been looking forward to wasn't on the menu. She'd made herself eat a main course, because it was good for her, and her reward was the sweet, she was devastated when it wasn't there.

Funnily enough, although I have never been anorexic, I understand that, which is why I wouldn't want go for a meal with only enough money for the cheapest thing. I'd rather not go at all if I couldn't have what I wanted.

I understand that other people see it differently..

melanzana

What do you all do when out for a meal with a big group? Do you split the bill or pay by consumption or what?

Sorry.....lol. Had to be said.

Georgiegirl256

pollypenny wrote: »

Yea, gods, this thread has become somewhat childish,

Eat what you enjoy with people whose company you enjoy.

That's what a lot of us have been trying to say! :rotfl:

Don't worry what other people are having or aren't having, and don't let it spoil your experience.

missbiggles1

onlyroz wrote: »

So to be clear, a person with a limited appetite would not be welcome at a group meal that you were attending?

Many pages ago, I commented how a woman in my book group doesn't eat at lunchtime and is still welcome at our Christmas lunch. Apart from that, I don't do "group meals".

pollypenny

I don't think I'd enjoy a meal out with you, PN!

And I'm the awkward veggie!

seven-day-weekend

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's nothing awkward about veggies in my book. I don't eat a lot of meat, not bothered by it. Tend to eat it when out as it's a novelty and veggie choices are rank

At carveries I'll always forgo meat - and have the "empty plate" option, but I'll pour meaty gravy over my yorkshires/spuds/veg. I dislike any form of "formally sliced meat" as they cut through it all and you get a thin slice of fatty meat as all the layers of fat are included in a slice - and I find that gross. I like chunks of lean meat, not slices including fat/outer skin.

While I like some foods, I'm not overly bothered about food - so long as it's something I like, I don't get hung up about what it is.

I'm the opposite of a foodie I guess. No interest in it beyond eating something, something that's palatable to me.

Which is why I can't understand why you would chose to go out for a meal. Do something you enjoy instead!

seven-day-weekend

PasturesNew wrote: »

I enjoy eating something I'd never cook myself. Or something I can't (easily) achieve, like a veggie biryani.

I like a nice pie - better than I'd be buying at Lidl, say.

I don't know why you think I don't enjoy eating out. I do. And it's the most common form of 'invitation out' one encounters.

Nobody's said "let's take my boat out tomorrow, let's go water-skiing", or .... well, anything vaguely interesting.

I suppose because you don't seem to like much food and say yourself you're not bothered about it, so I can't understand why you would enjoy eating out. I suppose if it's the only invitation you get, you take what comes.

Although I don't like Bingo, I suppose if that's all that was on offer, I would go. But it wouldn't be my first choice and as soon as something I liked better came along I'd do that instead.

Don't you ever feel you would like to join a group of something that interests you? Scuba Diving? Water Ski-ing?