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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Asking the host how the bill will be handled is fine, of course, but asking the waiter for 8 separate checks + birthday person's check split 8 ways and added to those checks is a PITA. Splitting evenly among guests makes more sense, even if it is unfair for the person who drinks a glass of wine and then looks on like a hawk when another guest has 2 glasses of wine and - gasp! - a cocktail.[/quote]
PP here. I'm usually on the cheap end of the food ordering as I almost never order a meat or fish main course, however I do like both wine and cocktails. I don't expect anyone to 'subsidize' my meal and actually prefer to split according to spend. [b]But the splitting should be done by the dinner party (easiest - people calculate their share off the common bill and everybody pays their part + tip in cash), not by the server.[/b][/quote]

On this front, I agree.  It's so trivially easy for everyone to figure out what they owe, especially since everyone is carrying around a phone/calculator, that I cannot fathom why people insist in splitting the bill evenly.  Either they're trying to mooch or they're really bad at math.  There's no reason to burden the server at all, since you can either pay cash or have one friend use a credit card, and everyone else can venmo their share.  [/quote]

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