Be honest, who has ever done this?

[Moomin8]

I've seen this happen soooo many times. Just why do people think it's ok? To clarify, it does not happen with good friends usually. It's usually when there's a 'party' of some kind or meal made up of either work colleagues or mums from some kind of school or hobby group.

Everyone goes out, some people know each other better than others and earlier on in the evening a sizeable number of people slink off leaving others to foot the bill. Quite often it's those who can easily afford to pay!

Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever done it? Because it seems to happen quite a lot ime!

Wow some of these stories are shocking! I've never done this, wouldn't enter my head, and I've never experienced such cheeky fuckery.

However, I have been places where people have had 3 courses, a bottle of wine and some after dinner drinks and expected to just split the bill and pay the same as some poor sod who was driving and just had a main course.

The tip thieves are the worst.

Followed by a colleague who made a big show of treating everyone to champagne that he ordered without consultation, but when the bill came mysteriously forgot it had been his treat.

Haven't done it; haven't had it done to me. But I tend to avoid really big parties.

Never done it. Never happened to me.

I think the key has to be a little generosity but no piss taking. I think it's fine for those who want to pay for just what they had - but no counting pennies. Round up to the nearest pound.

Never done it

No one has ever cheaped out on the entire bill but i have had numerous occasions where they haven’t left enough to cover their bill

Infuriates me

I've never done it and its never happened to me either. I'll only ever pay for what I've eaten so theres no way I'd be paying for others.
I've had the piss taken out of me when buying rounds so now I'll either get just my own or just get in a round or 2 or so.

Never had it done to me. Have had the splitting bills at work dos so now I make sure I order a desert as well since I otherwise just end up paying the same as the others and I don't drink alcohol.

People are just terrible at accuratelly calculating what they owe. Leaving the poor sod who's putting the remainder on their card covering the forgotten items.

round of two.

That's why they can easily afford to pay - because they don't ever pay they have more spare cash than most. It's like when you can afford to send your children to private school, you then get to pay term time holiday prices as the terms are much shorter, some have friends with villas and so just pay ryanair prices for flights etc. Having money makes more money.

No but I’ve been out where the bill has been ‘split equally’ - me the veggie (So a bowl of pasta), nor drinking much and the steak and whisky/cocktail drinkers.

Gladly I’ve never experienced this

No but I’ve been out where the bill has been ‘split equally’ - me the veggie (So a bowl of pasta), nor drinking much and the steak and whisky/cocktail drinkers.

But why do you sit there and pay.I dont understand that.Pay for what you have.

Wow! If it ever did happen - it would be (was) the last time I went out with them.

Or the people who leave only their share and don't leave a tip. They say 'I don't believe in tipping' but don't say that to the waiter waitresses face and leave everyone else to explain.

At every work Xmas dinner this has happened. I manage a team of about 20 people. Every year at least two or three don't pay. I have always just paid the difference as I'm the one who earns the most & it would reflect mostly on me should it not be paid.

But this year I'm not. Pre-paid all.the.way.

Yes it has happened to us. Family (a couple) visiting from abroad and we were going out for a group family dinner, our treat. Turned up at the restaurant to find we were being seated at a large long table. Visiting family had decided to invite a few of their friends they hadn't seen for a while and we were left with a bloody huge expensive bill. And not even a thank you at the end of the evening and not one of the 'extra' guests offered a cent. Getting the rage just thinking about it .

Never happened to me, in fact the opposite has occurred. After my partners Grandmother on his dad's side passed away, we all went for a meal in her memory (20+ people). Towards the end of the evening my partners Grandmas best friend said she had to leave early and left. Turned out she paid a bill of nearly £400.

I'm thankful I've never experienced what you have, it's very unfair!

Round here it would be "where you lot off to? Theres a bill that needs paying!"

This hadn't happened to me till the other day - leaving do for someone who was made redundant. Boss of whole office (who has made this person redundant, and generally already not popular) joins and stays for a few drinks. Leaves without paying, despite clearly being richest person there. Imo they should have paid for more than their drinks, but paying for nothing just took the piss! We were all

I do worry however that I have done this by accident as I am pretty ditsy

It happened once on a friend’s birthday dinner. A couple I had never met left before the bill came. The birthday boy kept looking at everyone saying ‘what shall we do’, making it everyone’s problem. We all stumped up extra to cover the bill but I never went out with them again.

It’s never happened to me either!

Never happened that people left without paying, but people leaving their share and forgetting their drinks/sides/tip is really common.

I am one of those people who often asks to pay what I ate and drank. I don't eat steak and other expensive stuff, and I drink very little so It grates a bit to pay a £50 bill for everyone elses steak and cocktails when I only had pizza and one drink.
With my closest female friends it's not an issue because we eat and drink similar quantities, so splitting works out roughly evenly over time.

Years ago, in my twenties, we used to go out for birthday dinners, and the bill was split evenly, excluding the birthday girl/boy so that their meal was covered by everyone else. This worked really well for ages, until one memorable night. 12 of us went out, and it was for my birthday. One chap had a new girlfriend in tow, who no-one really knew, but that was fine until she started doing the "I don't drink" routine - we were all on the house plonk at probably in those days £8 a bottle. She would only drink freshly squeezed orange juice which unsurprisingly added up to much more....When the bill came, this chap took the bill, divided it, told everyone that his girlfriend's share would be a bit less because she didn't have the wine, and then announced what everyone else's share was - and included me. I didn't make a fuss, but then he said "I need some cash so I'll put the whole lot on my credit card, and take your cash". Which was fine, although the amount we were being asked to put in did seem a little steep, as it was a restaurant we all went to, all the time. Hey ho.
The next day, another friend rang me to say she'd spoken to the restaurant. She had called them to find out what the bill had been. It turns out that he had divided it by 10, thus avoiding paying for both himself and the girlfriend. I don't think anyone spoke to him again for years (but I know he went off and became something "big" in the City). Cheeky-fuckery at its finest.