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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a waitress for years in college. It is not difficult to split checks according to chairs. The waiter/waitress should have taken the orders for food and drinks accordingly and they can split any joint items like appetizers or desserts into as many pieces as needed.

[b]That being said, I just always split the bill evenly. Generally speaking it'll all work out in the end if these are people you spend time with on a regular basis.[/b] [/quote]
This doesn't work out fairly at all if you have a mix of drinkers and non-drinkers.  At the very least you should have two bills and split those: one for food and one for alcohol.[/quote]

I'm the PP. When we're dining out it's generally with friends that we see regularly. We have each other's kids over to spend the night, etc. So when we went out to dinner a few weekends ago, for example, my husband didn't drink because he was the DD (we were going to a show later that evening) and I only had one drink. The other two couples had 3-5 drinks between them. Food was probably somewhat comparable. We just split the bill knowing that we ended up paying for other people's drinks, but then when they have our kids over the next time I know they won't ask for money to cover dinner or whatever. So to me, it does work out in the end.

If it's people you're not going to see again such that they won't be able to "pay you back" over time, then I would consider it a one-off thing and just pay more for the experience of dining with them even though it's "unfair." But if it bothers you and/or you can't afford to pay more (hence why you ordered what you ordered) then maybe don't do group dinners where this is going to be an issue. Or just use your voice and ask the server to at least split our your seat. [/quote]

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