"From each according to their ability" plus a bit of distributed planning.
What are you, some kind of socialist? I remember that. I like how well it worked. Among a different group of my friends (degenerate gamblers) we play a different game. It works out the same as splitting the bill evenly but the way it works is that everyone puts their credit cards into a hat. Someone trustworthy pulls credit cards out of the hat and returns them to their owners until only one card is left. That person pays the tab. It's called "Credit Card Roulette" and anyone is free to opt out for just their split of the bill. Adds a bit of excitement. — Charles On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 17:57, Christopher A Kantarjiev via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > An astonishingly number of years ago (before I met Udhay!), I was part of > a group that met at the same venue for lunch every Thursday. At least one > other silklister was part of this group, from time to time. > > The venue was always the same, but the people who attended came and go. > Alcohol was involved, and not everyone drank. Some people drank a lot. The > number of people who attended varied by as much as 50%. The bill was not > split. > > After much faffing about at the beginning, the rule became "throw twenty > dollar bills at the bill until it goes away!". The finer print: if you feel > like you paid too much last week, be a little slower this week. > > This was ... a revelation to me. It completely changed my attitude around > this kind of problem, and somewhat around money in general - from an > attitude where every penny mattered to realizing that the pennies, and a > few dollars, didn't really matter at all. > > I was, I admit, at a point where a few dollars *didn't* matter. But I > hadn't shifted my mental model to realize this. > > I realize that this won't work for everyone. Overall, this experience made > me a more generous person, and I'm (still) glad of it. > > On 1/24/24 7:45 PM, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist 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)) > > > > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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