BLOGMAS - The Bill Splitting Edition!

 

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What are everyone’s thoughts on splitting the bill equally after having a meal in a restaurant with others?  Oh this post is inspired by recurring bill splitting stories on twitter. I have got so many stories on this but I will share just a few...

One time years ago while working retail, a couple of us decided to go out for an impromptu meal after our Sunday shift, there was like 14 or so of us. One of the girls was off that day but lived close to the restaurant we were going to, so we called her up to see if she wanted to come along. By the time she got there our food and drinks had been served and since she was coming from home and had eaten already she decided to have green tea only. So please tell me why when the bill was brought someone who actually saw this girl come in late and order green tea decided that the bill should be split equally among us all! Fam it was chaos this girl protested and some of us joined her in the protest as well, she was like there is no way she is paying 10 times more for what she ordered, no way, finally it was resolved and she paid for what she ordered while the rest of us split the bill equally since everyone else’s meal and drink combo came to pretty much almost the same price give or take a few.

On the other hand....

In another very recent scenario, went out for dinner on a work trip a couple of months ago and one of the colleagues offered to settle the entire bill when it came, since according to her someone else could do the same the next day (we were there for 4 days). I told her I was perfectly ok paying my own bill since, one there was no guarantee that we would all have dinner together the next day, and two even if we did there was no guarantee that the bill would be to the same amount or near to make it equitable not just to her, but to the rest of us as well if her I pay today you pay tomorrow idea was to work. Imagine settling the entire bill on day one with the knowledge that someone else would do the same the next day, only for everyone to go MIA on you. No thanks not happening. In the end we got separate bills as we should have from the beginning. Turns out the waitress had actually asked her while the rest of us were cackling away so we never really heard the question...if we wanted one bill or separate bills...and she asked for one bill. Why lady why?

To be fair if I am with my homegirls or close family/friends then one person settling the bill is not even a problem because we do that all the time and it’s no biggie. I have also been in situations where I have gone out with a group of people and two or three people decide to split up the entire groups bill (despite everyone else’s protest) amongst themselves which is ok too. The difference with this scenario and my colleague is that these people were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, no expectations whatsoever, while she was doing it in the hopes that someone else would do the same the next day. It doesn’t always quite work out like that lady...

 

My opinion on this -  don’t be that person that orders an entire bottle of wine and lobster while everyone else is drinking juice and eating chicken and expect people to split the bill equally...don’t, just don’t.

 

Blogmas is like Vlogmas but for bloggers. YouTubers put out vlogmas videos everyday in December until the 24^th of December and I blog everyday whenever I can in December and title it BlogmasJ Content creator solidarity you know...it’s sort of like a countdown to Christmas of sorts.

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