Steem Basic Income Giveaway: Splitting the bill....

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When we come to live in a different country, we all have varying degrees of culture shock.... one of the more interesting culture shocks that I had when I first arrived here in The Netherlands from Australia was the way that the locals sometimes split the bills...

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  1. How do you split the bills when you go out to dinner with a group of people?

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In The Netherlands, something that was quite interesting to me was the concept of splitting bills. In Australia, unless there is a huge discrepancy between diners in a group, we tend to just split the bill evenly.... however, in The Netherlands, it is more common to split the bill according to what you actually ordered, ate and drank!

Now, in many ways, this is probably a more equitable split of the bill... however, at some points it can get to be a bit too much! Once when my wife went to a dinner at someone's place where it was a pot luck (bring a food dish...) sort of meal... after the dinner, an email was sent out by the hosts to ask everyone to tally up how much their meal that they made (or drinks bought...) cost... and then everyone would contribute more or less depending on how much they spent on their meal! It even got into cents....

Of course, that is an extremely extreme example... but it can happen! Not often, thankfully.... Still, if I am with friends from other countries... we tend to just split the bill evenly... however, when I am with work colleagues, we tend to just pay for what we had!

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We do it evenly, but we plan before getting there. If you wanna spend more than the agreed upon, will come from your own pocket.

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Again, I think this is really important... just being clear before time!

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Depends, If you are out with your good friend then anyone can pay it full (no split) with understanding that next time other friend will pay.(again no compulsion.)

In all other case, it is split evenly for food. ( Drinks excluded.)

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Yes... the idea that it will even out over time is pretty important. If it is a rare or one off event, then it can be trickier to remember the score!

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With my groups of friends we've always split it based off of what was ordered. That seems to be the norm for restaurants to ask in a college town in the states, at least in my experience. Makes it easier too when we have some people that do and don't drink.

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I think that is a great idea... but when things are pretty close, I can't be bothered and would prefer to just split evenly... even if that means I pay a bit more.

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Well it guess it really depends on what all was ordered. If a group of people go out and order the same exact thing, then yes the split should be even Steven. However, if I ordered more than another then it would only be fair that I pay more for my extras. I couldn't imagine having to pay for someone's expensive meal when I went cheap for a reason lol. I hope you have a great day!!
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Most of the time when I eat with close friends, it ends up pretty much similar... depending on the friends, we would then just split evenly... sometimes you pay a bit more, sometimes a bit less... it's about the same over time!

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It makes sense to split the account. Money quickly began to gain importance. If a person pays the bill, we'il do him a lot of damage.

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Ha... yes, but there are many ways to split the bill... evenly, or just by what you personally ordered!

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In Deutschland kann man beobachten, dass jeder immer sein eigenes Essen bezahlen will.
Erst wird abgewartet, ob jemand sagt. "Ich zahle" und nach einigen unverfänglichen Sekunden will jeder sein Essen zahlen.
Eine Aufteilung ist meistens nur dann möglich, wenn es vorher vereinbart wurde, da sonst jeder darauf achtet, ob der andere mehr hatte oder mehr getrunken hat.
Ist meist dann schon peinlich.
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Haha... it doesn't sound like it is too different from Netherlands then!

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It all depends on what the occation is .if the treat is on you them you pay the full bill,other than that its a 50 50 split,but if you are going out with a girl friend its never a 50 50 split you pay the whole bill that's how we roll in south africa

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Heh... does the girl pay?

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@bengy, Pre-plannedaspect should be included when we go for outings and to restaurants because it's about the Distribution of Expenses. But everytime it's not the case sometimes it's about the Treat too.

But when it comes to Distribution Of Expenses people should be clear because many times these things turn out so serious or so funny and embarrassing.

Whenever i went out with my friends we preplanned about the expenses most of the times.

Have a great time ahead and stay blessed.

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Yes... I think that is important! Just being clear about how it is going to be done beforehand... avoids misunderstanding!

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I always ask for a calculus on my order then add some more, I think its fair, what if I had kobe beef and you only had a salad. If we all had the same type of food like pizza or fastfood then just split the bill evenly.

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Well.. if it is so different, then yes... it is better to split by what you actually ordered... but most of the time, it is pretty close!

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If I go out with a group of good friends, what we do is that everybody is putting some money on the table, and in the end we count everything, we pay the bill and tips, and whatever is left goes in a charity box. If not enough money was collected, we repeat the same exercise.

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That sounds like a great way to do things with friends! Where does the charity box go? To a struggling friend or to a real charity?

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Real charity... we buy food and Christmas presents for kids from families with bad financial situations.

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