After going through the latest Twitter debate and this email thread, my summary is:
How a person reacts to bill splitting is more about themselves than how the bill is being split. On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 08:27 Charles Haynes via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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