Just curious on others opinions. My wife and I do not drink and go out often with others. Many times the other couple orders several rounds of tails and then a pricey bottle of wine. When the bill comes its always a split down...

Another bill split dilema. I’ve never figured out how this happens, but I’ve figured out how to avoid putting myself in an awkward position. This is the senario – you go to dinner with a group 10-12+ (the larger...

ooh that sounds simple,think I can explain this one to her: tell her to just split the tab from the total bill with 20% tip factored in and use her gift card towards that and kick in more if needed or the remainder goes to check...

If you don’t order as much, do you have to split the bill?

For our dining club I host, or attend, a lot of dinners consisting of anywhere from 6 to 18 people. Many of our members share bottles of wine, apps, desserts, you name it. Splitting the bill has been a little bit easier when we...

You are completely in the right. Your “hosts'” behavior was outrageous. It is perfectly reasonable to split a bill into the alcohol portion and the food portion and divide it accordingly. If you did not drink you...

CNN discusses the evils of charging party guests at the end of a celebration.

to eat dinner. maybe the restaurants should also add a "split" calculator: if 4 of you split the bill, if 6 of you split... ;)

to split that off so it doesn’t appear on your bill. But if it’s crazy busy, I might forget. Very bad, admittedly, but not intentional. Not saying it happens often, my point is only that mistakes happen, no one is...

I went to The Beehive for brunch on Sunday and while the music was good but BOTH the food and the service were mediocre at best. We also found an error on our bill being overcharged a dinner/lunch menu price not the cheaper...

turns into a diamond jim because they anticipate the bill is going to be split, leaving early is one way of avoiding that situation. Better to overpay by 10% by leaving some money on the table than by 50% by waiting until the...

of thumb. I need it when dining as part of a large group, and I want to check that my share isn’t disproportionately more than the amount if the bill is split evenly. That way, I can know whether to offer to throw in extra...

I would say $500 is pretty average for a grocery bill, split into two or three grocery runs. I generally split that between one slightly more upscale trip (for better produce, coffee, tea, spices), and one SuperTarget/Cub (better...

This semi-related post on minimum tips http://www.chowhound.com/topics/392272 got me thinking. The standard, default rule is 20% (or maybe 15%) of your total bill is how much one should tip. But what if you are dining solo, order...

I didn’t mean to imply that one should choose their companions on the basis of how the bill would be split.