Or...
it's a way of allowing you to contribute something while still mostly paying, thus not indirectly suggesting you're a povvo.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:03, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

But I offered to split it
so they know I'm not a povvo.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:05, Reply)

maybe, but i think after a certain age when everyone has a job etc
it's a bit odd. either take it in turns or split the bill equally, don't split it randomly. it would be different if there were loads of people there, so the alcohol bill was much higher than the food.

i always find it a bit odd at our age when someone wants to get the calculator out at a meal. unless they've not been drinking or the other person had something much more expensive, just split it, man! my friend's husband mike actually once refused to put in £20 on the basis that theirs had only come to £18... he has been known as "pike" ever since...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:07, Reply)

I hate people like that.
Hate them.
( Kroney, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:08, Reply)

Even if people aren't drinking alcohol, most soft drinks will be as expensive as an alcoholic drink
so unless they only had water, they will still be racking up a fair amount.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:09, Reply)

I meant this Mike guy

( Kroney, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:12, Reply)

Oh I hate him too.
But mainly because he's friends with swipe and is therefore obviously a cunt.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:14, Reply)

he ain't no friend of mine
he married my friend. now i hardly see her!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:16, Reply)

his other classic was when they went to france with another couple who are friends of mine
the other lad didn't speak any french, so pike ended up taking a 50 euro note off him to pay the bill - it was only about 10 euros, as they'd just had hotdogs. guess whose pocket the 40 euros change went into?? my friend's bloke didn't say anything at first, because he didn't want to embarrass him, and assumed it was a mistake. but no.

next stop was for beers. pike paid out of the 40 euros..... THEN gave it back. he's unbelievable.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:15, Reply)

quite often i'll have had the veggie option and been driving
so mine is a bit cheaper, but i would always just say split it. it's going to be about £2 difference, between friends, and doubtless if you added up every single meal and drink you'd ever had together, it would come out at 50/50. it's so annoying.

"well, my lasagne was £15.50 and your stew was £14.85, but then you had a side dish of carrots at £1.75"... urrrgh
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:11, Reply)

The only time it's really worth it is if someone just had a main
while everyone else had starters and desserts too.

That said, I once went for a birthday meal and the food was shit, the service was shit, I hardly drank anything and some other people must have been getting shots and loads of beers and I ended up paying about £50 for a really awful meal. But I still paid, I just complained to the mrs about it on the way home.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:13, Reply)

me too
my posh friend's cunt rah mates kept ordering champagne and i was driving. but for a birthday meal, you don't want to be That person, you just cough up and fume in silence.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:16, Reply)

I think in that situation you're justified in saying fuck off.

( Kroney, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 12:18, Reply)