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))
>>>
>>>
>>
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