To not rock the incorrect maths of new friends regarding the bill Spilt?

Right, so she got a bonus for being good at her job and getting good feedback. Meaning it was hers to spend as she chose, and not up to people she barely knows to think they are entitled to it.

Just because it's a voucher rather than cash makes no difference to that at all.

Glad that's cleared up.

So it’s the same for cash if it was a bonus?

It was her bonus to use as she chose.
What if the bonus was cash?

There’s many different kinds of bonuses. A bonus can be % of salary, flat rate, tied into company profits, performance-related - sales targets & other metrics etc. This was a very modest reward for a very modest achievement.

None of this affects the fact that it’s rather gauche to get it out in company and not offer it. So if you’re tight keep it in your wallet when you’re out with friends.

You seem really desperate to fit in. I say that because you bought a new outfit for this dinner because all the others are well-groomed.

Do you have other experiences of being taken advantage of? I wonder if you’re creating another situation where you’ll end up feeling used.

Friendship doesn’t require buying new outfits, fitting in, offering material incentives, etc.

I don’t get your point. So should anyone who gets a bonus share it with their friends because they didn’t work extra hours for it?

That’s precisely the point.

It is normal for bonuses to be performance-related.

Have you never worked anywhere what does bonuses? You don’t have to work more hours for them.

Doesn’t alter the fact that it was a voucher for her own personal use.

But in this case it was. It was a cash equivalent given as a personal gift for her performance in work.

What actually happened at the restaurant was that she got a 33% discount -considerable savings for them all with no personal financial impact for OP. She intended to use her own cash equivalent voucher towards her own meal, and being forced to share it out meant that an extra £10 went towards each of them other meals, and OP was then left to pay for her own meal on top of that, so it most definitely had a personal financial impact. I don’t see what difference it made to anyone else how OP paid for her own contribution - she had already provided a substantial discount for everyone else. Greedy of them to expect her to pay an extra tenner for each of them out of her own pocket.

Oh come on. She got a voucher for getting 5* reviews. It’s not that she did more hours she was just nicer to the customers.

This voucher was cash equivalent as it was a work bonus. if the work
bonus had been given in cash would you still expect that to be shared?
Or a gift card?
it wasn’t a freebie voucher.

She is, she's a best friend and we're very close. She'll often say "I've got loads of Tesco vouchers who wants to go to pizza express?"
Similarly any of us who get vouchers will use them for the same purpose, and we often say to each other "I'll get your coffee what do you want."
No one person contributes more I would say, we just cover each other in different ways

Good luck not being a cheeky fucker? Already manage that, thanks.

Apologies if I've misread or not understood, but you offered the voucher as a raffle prize, and you were given it for the school, but you used it at thr meal?

I would have offered to share it in the first place unless I was really skint.

OP, you did nothing wrong; the person suggesting you use your £50 voucher to reduce the overall bill further is a vulture, plain and simple. It'd be like whipping out a £50 note and someone saying, "Oh, take that off the main bill—jokers."

And then they had you for a tip on top!

A few friends work for M&B, and if we dine there, we'd generally cover any tip on their behalf. We also try to tip on the before-discount price, as the server is the one who comes away with less if you dont,

They already had a 33% discount then they took your voucher.

What a bunch of cheeky cunts

Avoid - however I suspect you’ll be quite popular when it’s time to book a meal.

Avoid them OP

Could they be using you for vouchers and discounts? It seems a big coincidence they only wanted to hang out with you when you donated the voucher and they found out where you work.
To them they think, well, she gets it all for free anyway. I'd be very wary of their motives. Definitely no more trips to your workplace's Restaurants.

Using this example again. How is it tight?

Imagine two people go for dinner at £50 each. One has a voucher for £40 that she was going use but the other person insists it's used to split. She now only pays £30 for her meal, but the person with the voucher has spent £70! How is that fair? This is the exact same only spread around more people. And this is after she has already got them all a 30% discount!

I never thought there was another way to look at it - it was a voucher she had earned. It was as good as cash.

I'd have saved the voucher for another time.
Too late now and it's unkind of them to be cheeky after they've had a big discount.

Wow your friend is nice, she’s spent money to earn those Tesco vouchers and willingly hands them over to you for nothing on the regular? I hope you take it turns to do that/buy her an extra coffee to say thanks.

Good luck.