Results: Splitting Checks
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I had dinner with a group of 7 people, before ordering, the others insisted on dividing the check by 7, but I wanted a separate check. I felt forced into splitting the check with them. What would you have done? Agreed to split the check
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649 votes
Insisted on a separate check
61%
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1086 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
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43 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.22% | 4 | |
| n/a | 0.17% | 3 |
| na | 0.11% | 2 |
| probably agreed to split, but that would not have made me happy. should have separate checks. | 0.06% | 1 |
| u have one check how come u can splitting | 0.06% | 1 |
| ordered the most expensive thing | 0.06% | 1 |
| dont know | 0.06% | 1 |
| depends on who i was with and the situation | 0.06% | 1 |
| depends | 0.06% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.06% | 1 |
| agreed then gone to register to pay my portion of the bill. | 0.06% | 1 |
| it would depend on my financial circumstances. if i could affort it, i'd agree to split. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i would have left. these are not your friends if they don't respect your wishes. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i would want to insist on my own check, but idk if i'd actually go through with it. | 0.06% | 1 |
| would had a salad lemon water | 0.06% | 1 |
| depends on what people were ordering e.g. drinks etc. | 0.06% | 1 |
| depends if i was going to spend way more than anyone else. | 0.06% | 1 |
| idk | 0.06% | 1 |
| why couldn;t you just have said you wanted a separate check, why is it a big deal | 0.06% | 1 |
| it depends on what i was willing to spend, and who the people i were i was eating with. i would insist on a separate cheque if the people i were to dine with were wealthier and had no problem spending money. | 0.06% | 1 |
| don't know | 0.06% | 1 |
| just asked the waitress or waiter to make a separate bill for me while ordering | 0.06% | 1 |
| it wouey ordered verses what i orderedld depend on what th | 0.06% | 1 |
| split the check if it was agreed that any one person could not spend over x amount | 0.06% | 1 |
| i would have made my wishes for a separate check known before i ordered. | 0.06% | 1 |
| big deal.... just agreed and enjoyed my night | 0.06% | 1 |
| went with it | 0.06% | 1 |
| that is what always happens. the establishments normally won't do that for you anyway. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't think the way they did it was fair but they might have been trying to make it easier for the waitress. | 0.06% | 1 |
| i would have ordered expensively | 0.06% | 1 |
| sometimes it's just unavoidable, next time order more and insist on splitting the bill >:d | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't know | 0.06% | 1 |
| i don't know! | 0.06% | 1 |
| it could be the same check but only pay for what you bought | 0.06% | 1 |
| i have a very limited income....i only earn $online so, i would have to insist on my own check because i know what i can afford to pay and cannot rely on others ordering as carefully as i do. plus most drink alcohol and that adds greatly to the bill! | 0.06% | 1 |
| if they had said that after they ordered, i may have been on the same page, as long as everyone ordered basically the same $$$ worth. | 0.06% | 1 |
| it depends of how good a friend these people were | 0.06% | 1 |
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The total ended up being $991.32 with tip. I got stuck for $141.67 when I only ordered $50 worth of food with tip. I argued that people who ordered everything on the menu (including food to take home) should pay more, but was told to stop being petty. What would you have done? I would have kept quiet since I'd already agreed to split the check
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436 votes
I would have split the check as agreed, but still complained
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394 votes
I would have refused to split, no matter what I had agreed to before seeing the total
51%
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907 votes
Other (please specify)
6%
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101 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.44% | 8 | |
| n/a | 0.22% | 4 |
| na | 0.11% | 2 |
| split only what people did not take home | 0.05% | 1 |
| and would never do it again...how rude!!!!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| n\a would not have agreed to split | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have addressed the situation before ordering in a large group. | 0.05% | 1 |
| dine and dash.lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on the crowd | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not go out with these people again to a restaurant | 0.05% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
| ordered a $100 more to take home | 0.05% | 1 |
| would split check but never go out with them again | 0.05% | 1 |
| if you agreed to "split the cheque", thems the pits. next time, don't agree to that. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't pay for their food, and wouldn't be going out with them again. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wanted a separate check so they should honor my request. | 0.05% | 1 |
| pay and never go back | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have kept quiet, but it would never happen again | 0.05% | 1 |
| ive heard that before- don't be a fool ask for your own check | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't have agreed to start with | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends on if i had that kind of money to spend | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid my share and never eaten with these folds again..why such an expensive place to begin with !?? | 0.05% | 1 |
| would not have agreed to split to begin with | 0.05% | 1 |
| would have ordered more food to take home to equal what they were forcing me to pay since others were doing the same | 0.05% | 1 |
| stop going to dinner with those ppl.... | 0.05% | 1 |
| that's ridiculously unfair! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid my share and never gone out with them again. | 0.05% | 1 |
| would have said, "sorry folks, no way am i going to pay three times what the amount of my bill would have been no matter what i agreed to do." | 0.05% | 1 |
| idk | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have never agreed to split the check. | 0.05% | 1 |
| if people were ordering food to go then u had every right to ask the waiter for your own check its only fair | 0.05% | 1 |
| pay your own | 0.05% | 1 |
| maybe a bit of a maybe a bit of a tip and walked and walked out | 0.05% | 1 |
| never go out with them again unless it's separate checks | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid but never again | 0.05% | 1 |
| insisted on a separate check, i don't have the money to support anyone but family | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid for my part of the bill & my part of the tip... but i wouldnt have agreed to split the check in first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| would of payed but not went out with them again, unless they split the check | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid for my portion and walked out! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have asked for my share of take-home food in order to make a point. | 0.05% | 1 |
| given my $50,00 and left a tip and left | 0.05% | 1 |
| never would have agreed | 0.05% | 1 |
| wouldn't go to dinner with them again if they won't allow split ticket, they are taking advantage of you | 0.05% | 1 |
| split it this time, then avoid going out with this group of people in the future - they are using you and are not your friends! | 0.05% | 1 |
| separate bill | 0.05% | 1 |
| unless the company is buying not | 0.05% | 1 |
| would have paid on meal | 0.05% | 1 |
| my friends and i split the bill, but we put in what we spent. get new friends! | 0.05% | 1 |
| would've had it settled upfront i wanted a seperate check. | 0.05% | 1 |
| put in your share | 0.05% | 1 |
| if this is what the group always does, then you knew about it, but if this is a new thing, pay for your meal, put in a generous tip and tell the others to split the rest | 0.05% | 1 |
| maybe you need to find nre dinner mates, maybe ones you knoe well before you go out to dinner | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have split the check and never again ate with these people | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would keep quiet since i agreed but i would get new friends | 0.05% | 1 |
| i woul dhave aggreed to split this time, but wouldn't have made sure before going again, that i would not split. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid and never gone out with them for dinner again. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have kept my mouth shut and not gone out with those friends for dinner again | 0.05% | 1 |
| insisted on seperate check right away...why should you have to pay for everyone elses | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure. probably would have told the waiter to make mine serparate regardless of what others said. | 0.05% | 1 |
| ordering stuff to go home was not cool if splitting evenly. i would have said so. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i wouldn't pay for their take out orders. | 0.05% | 1 |
| there is no way i'd pay triple what i actually spent | 0.05% | 1 |
| if people took food home u should have not had to split that | 0.05% | 1 |
| dropped the cash and a generous tip and rushed out after faking a phone call. and then don't go out to eat with them! i had friends who refused to tip, and i had to stop hanging out with them because i couldn't afford to leave a tip for 8 people. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have insisted on a separate check. period!!!! at the beginning of the meal | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would split the check but never go out with therm again | 0.05% | 1 |
| paid the $50 and never gone with them again | 0.05% | 1 |
| paid mine | 0.05% | 1 |
| where in the hell were you eating? | 0.05% | 1 |
| where the hell did you eat? lol i have never in my 45 years heard of any one person spending 142.00 on one meal, were you spoon fed lol lol lol | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have not agreed to it in the first place, as i know how ignorant some people can be. | 0.05% | 1 |
| im not sure i would want to say i will only pay for what i bought and how in the fuck do 7 ppl end up spending 1000 on food | 0.05% | 1 |
| would not have agreed to split in the first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| some people are not made of money i have never paid 50 dollars for my own meal let alone split a 900 dollar bill with 7 people screw that | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have paid my share only and leave after! | 0.05% | 1 |
| just leave. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would never ever agree to split the check and only pay for what i ordered, period. | 0.05% | 1 |
| explained to them that this is why you should not split the check evenly and told them that i would never do it again | 0.05% | 1 |
| i never split with that many ppl, insist on seperate check.. cause u always end up getting screwed especially if ur not a drinker | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would never have agreed to split the check in the first place. lesson learned for you the hard way! sucks, but live and learn........and you learned! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have just paid my bill and tip | 0.05% | 1 |
| i'd split, but i think i'd start looking for new friends. | 0.05% | 1 |
| you know for next time and this time there is not much to do | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would not have agreed in the first place | 0.05% | 1 |
| wow that is a lot of money to go out for one time. i would have never been willing to pay that amount. will people drinking and you had to pay for that?? that was wrong. you should have talked up. sorry you got taken. | 0.05% | 1 |
| get some new friends and a cheaper restaurant! | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have spoken up before ordering | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would of never agreed to sp[lit i | 0.05% | 1 |
| what the heck | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have left early, & paid the amount i owed on my way out! | 0.05% | 1 |
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