Unsurprisingly there's an app for that. We use "Splitwise" Let's you put in who paid what who owes what and accumulate it till you want to settle. Allows you to split evenly, by percentages, you name it.
-- Charles On Wed, 15 Jan 2025, 9:18 am Udhay Shankar N via Silklist, < [email protected]> wrote: > (leaving the earlier message below for context) > > This approach to splitting the bill (and many hairs) is interesting, > although I don't know if I would take the effort. > > https://x.com/itspsneha/status/1878676557952381309 > > Thoughts? > > Udhay > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:15 AM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> 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)) >> >> > > -- > > ((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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