I really love the idea of throwing 20 dollar bills...and losing the nagging suspicion of being bilked by friends. This year though, after 3 trips to India on my dollar, I'm feeling very stingy. No coffees outside for one year, haha and dining out only once a month. Or inviting people home!
El mié., 24 ene. 2024 8:57 p. m., Christopher A Kantarjiev via Silklist < [email protected]> escribió: > An astonishingly number of years ago (before I met Udhay!), I was part of > a group that met at the same venue for lunch every Thursday. At least one > other silklister was part of this group, from time to time. > > The venue was always the same, but the people who attended came and go. > Alcohol was involved, and not everyone drank. Some people drank a lot. The > number of people who attended varied by as much as 50%. The bill was not > split. > > After much faffing about at the beginning, the rule became "throw twenty > dollar bills at the bill until it goes away!". The finer print: if you feel > like you paid too much last week, be a little slower this week. > > This was ... a revelation to me. It completely changed my attitude around > this kind of problem, and somewhat around money in general - from an > attitude where every penny mattered to realizing that the pennies, and a > few dollars, didn't really matter at all. > > I was, I admit, at a point where a few dollars *didn't* matter. But I > hadn't shifted my mental model to realize this. > > I realize that this won't work for everyone. Overall, this experience made > me a more generous person, and I'm (still) glad of it. > > On 1/24/24 7:45 PM, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist wrote: > > > This is a topic that comes up every now and again. Speaking as someone who > regularly organizes group meetups, > > 1. We usually split the bill evenly, because (at least as far as food is > concerned) the entire table ends up sampling whatever is ordered. > 2. The people I tend to meet with tend to order things which are roughly > similar. > 3. Liquor is where this model faces challenges. A teetotaller (or even a > beer drinker, such as myself) might feel hard done by, if asked, on a > regular basis, to partly subsidize someone ordering much more expensive > spirits. > > The solution isn't easily achieved. At least in India, separate checks > aren't the norm, and most POS systems aren't set up for it. Also, keeping > track like this is a tedious and mood killing chore at the end of a > pleasant evening. > > What are the thoughts of the hive mind? > > > https://www.businessinsider.in/policy/economy/news/splitting-the-check-is-no-longer-restaurant-etiquette-in-2024-its-every-diner-for-themself/articleshow/107123596.cms > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > > > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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