An "Ohio" thing?

There's "fine dining" in Ohio?

Does the place look like this?

If you tell the wait staff at the beginning that there will be sep. checks, it's NBD. If you have 13 people all sep billed and they have to figure it out at the end, that's a PITA of course, but the server should have known to begin with (unless they are young and hew to  serving).

Or, you could do what I do* and set 5 singles on the table at the beginning and tell the server everytime time they fuck up or let my drink run empty, I take away a dollar for their tip.

* I've only done this when I actually know the server really well, like good friends.

I find that in college towns the assumption is separate checks, and the wait staff expects it. But even in non-college towns, whenever I go out to eat with coworkers we always get separate checks. That's in Michigan. In Florida I don't remember that happening as much. My friends and I down there would always just trade off treating. 

In LA everyone always wanted separate checks, but waitstaff hated dealing with it. 

Ohio or not, I don't mind separate checks if you make it clear to waitstaff.  I've lost track how many times a slice of pie and a single pint from a couple pitchers of Natty ends up costing me $45. Don't subsidize the debauchery of your crew.

I have never been anywhere in the continental US where I was at a table with 4+ adults and the wait staff has not asked if checks were separate or not.  Granted I typically am in tourist areas if not in the midwest.  This has held true at Chilis through $100+/person establishments--

No it's a Dutch thing....

There are restaurants in Ohio?  I thought eating out was finding fresh road kill....

It is wrong if people in Ohio are doing it.

If ther are four of you, someone pick up the check (it's not hard to keep track of who bought dinner last time). If there are ten, split it evenly among couples (if you dont have a date, find a buddy to venmo). 

anymore.  I'm also not splitting the bill when the wife drinks cost twice as much as my Bulleit on the rocks.

And I mean that going both ways, I don't want my friends to have to split a bill when they're drinking $6 beers and my wife is drinking $11 glasses of wine.

of women who will split a check to the penny. If I have dinner with friends we all just throw in the same amount and cover it, no matter what people eat. I'm not going to bitch over a couple of bucks and make sure the waiter is also taken care of nicely.

I don't get people who go over a check to the penny and try to get exact amounts from everyone. Just toss in your $20 or whatever and move on.