An "Ohio" thing?
I prefer separate checks, but usually my desire to not be a dick to the wait staff overcomes that preference. But I wouldn't make too much of it.
Not be a dick to the waitstaff? It's a lot more courteous to tell the waiter/waitress at the beginning that the whole party won't be paying with one tender. Otherwise, they have to try to rememeber what everyone had at the end to split it up.
The intent is that if everyone has basically the same value of food, then you just tell the waiter to split the check evenly amongst the entire group. There is a button on the order management machine that does this very easily. This is much easier for the waitstaff.
Disclaimer: I was a waiter at arbor brewing company and gratzi's for several years.
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I have never once ordered with a group larger than teo and had the orders come out anywhere CLOSE to equal in value. As someone who usually orders a sandwich, even at a high-end restaurant, I'll be damned if I am going to be paying an extra 10-15 bucks just because they ordered a freaking steak.
Cool man. Enjoy your $10 with all your friends...
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This thread is much more important than the Nico Collins thread right below. Only a couple of more weeks until OT and more important, football season.
Edit: I guess i should have put the /s after the comment regarding Nico Collins and I mistyped the second. Missing point was that a couple more weeks and OT is going to be limited.
I don't know anyone that asks for separate checks. And I know some people from Ohio. Sometimes I nest a portion of my remaining food and get a free meal. It all depends on my mood. Some days I feel squirrely.
Hey, if there's still plenty of meat on that bone, you take it home, throw it in a pot
Here in the east, it's customary to pick up the tab for everyone in the restaurant. You're saying this doesn't happen everywhere?
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but shared coolers.
When I first read this post, I read it as, "Separate cheeks, butt shared coolers" and thought, "welp, sounds about right for Ohio".
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I suppose it depends on what you mean by upscale ohio restaurant.
Waffle House upscale enough?
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Impossible. There's a question mark at the end of the thread title.
Sadly, the Pushover Plunger has put an end to that practice. Now, one can poop anywhere,
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(BTW favorite bumper sticker?
"Say yah to da UP, eh?"
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If I am in a restaurant with anyone that isn't my family, it's because I am there against my will. I rarely drink and, as I said above, I usually just eat a sandwich. Now, having said that: I will pick up the check on Birthdays, my inlaws (because they used to take me and my wife out to eat once or twice a week when we were in college), and anyone under 18. Anyone else can suck it..
Some of us have to use both hands...just saying.
Would having Hillary Clinton Barbie doll hands be more or less insulting?
say mine for this example, comes to 55 and the other 65. I'll just toss 65 down to cover food and tip and he can have the choice to pay with card or cash and tip what he wants. I don't think it a "thing" anywhere in the states,but if you're dining with Canadians or just having drinks, don't even try to buy them a drink. It'll screw up their entire night.
Remember the first time I sat down with a Canadian couple that would later become close friends. This was in Mexico, but you will take your habits with you. We were having drinks and I just ordered a round, like I would any place in N. America, Canada, right on down to Ecuador. The Canadian man asked, not really upset but, "Jim what are you doing?" I really didn't think it needed an explanation but I told him, "I'm buying a round." He seemed really put off. I fugured if he wanted to buy a round he could, if not, no big deal. I wasn't keeping score.
Later I asked another Canadian what the deal was and he gave me some b.s. about gratuities being part of the bill in Canada and that's why they didn't tip. I reminded him that he was not in Canada and the foiod was so damn cheap anyway. Later, a Canadian girl that served both in Canada and while she was down there for the winter said it was bullshit and it was definitely a Canadian thing.
I know I tend to be a little generous but I had two sisters do the waitressing thing while going to school and I saw how hard they worked, but the good ones are, like OP said, not going to make you wait for a refill. I try to tip accordingly, but I don't really punish them if they're a little slow. I've always felt you should pay what you feel comfortable with but like in all things where tips are involved, imagine its you doing the serving.
Gets Five Fakes out of Five.
First, it's bullshit, a credibility grab, something just to start a snark roll.
Secondly, separate checks for couples? What's the big deal. If I'm dining out with another couple, I ain't paying for some dude's fat ass hog to scarf down half the menu.
Third--why the FUCK are you calling them "friends" and then running to a message board with this shit? You sound like a real dick head.
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I had a snark roll for dinner at a place around here. So good but super expensive--that place was packed!