Be honest, who has ever done this?

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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!

Nope, lovely anxiety would mean I wouldn't even if I wanted to and then I'd be paranoid that I'd underpaid somehow.

Only once at a W&H supper club meal. There were about 18 of us and some people left early and did not pay. The rest of us ended up paying more. So unfair and grabby.......

Yes, it's happened to me with a whole class of parents at my sons school at Christmas. Some people left early and placed on the table a tiny sum of cash that didn't cover the food let alone the alcohol...massive shortfall to make up for the suckers left at the table. Fuming. Some people have form for this caper.

Never, ever happened to me. I'd be furious. That's level 100 cheekiness

I'd be seriously annoyed, I mean it's stealing, they're just not taking your money directly.

Either they pay next time (make sure there's a next time SOON) or remind them to their face (emails & texts will be brushed off) that they're in debt.

Never had that experience.

Not me but happened to a friend on his birthday night out. A big group of friends went out for dinner. Some people left early (before the bill arrived) and left money for exactly what they'd ordered i.e. "I'm not having dessert so I'll just pay you for the starter and main", "I didn't have a starter", "I didn't have any wine" etc. Without the bill, the birthday boy had no way of knowing if they were giving him the right amount. When the bill arrived, it was split between the number of dinner guests (for convenience) along the lines of €600 divided by 20 = €30 per head. However, the guests who departed early left less than €30. When the money was collected from the remaining dinner guests, it left a big shortfall which was covered by the birthday boy as he was too embarrassed to make a big fuss and ask the remaining guests to cover the shortfall.

I've never encountered this. Worst I've known was an ex colleague who used to add up exactly how much her meal and drinks had cost and leave exactly that amount on the table. She never contributes to the tip either. She was not badly off, just mean.

Nope never happened to me. I'd be fucking furious if someone left me to foot their bill.

I had a friend who'd try the, "Oh, havent got enough cash, put it one your card and I'll pay you back." She was so tight, she squeaked when she moved.

Glad we aint friends now.

Never happened to me and I wouldn't dream of doing it to friends!

@Taytocrisps how awful. Especially that the person who's birthday it was had to cover it all.

People are just terrible at accuratelly calculating what they owe.

Funny how they never calculate that they owe more than they actually do though? 😂

No that has never happened to me and I have never done it either!! How cheeky!

Never done it, never would. No pal would do this - but noticed with some work colleagues their hands seem to take longer to reach their wallets than others 🙄

No never!

Nope never done it.
However I was at a works Xmas meal once and we had a budget per head off the company.
I don’t drink but the whole budget was spend on Prosecco for everyone else and we were told to pay for our meals!
Cheeky sods!
I told them to f right off and that I wasn’t paying as I don’t drink!

Op it happens to you because you let it....

When you see someone slinking off, stop them, loudly say, out where do you think you are going, you have ordered a meal and eaten it, don't think you are slinking off and leaving the rest of us to foot the bill for you...

They get away with it because you won't speak up....speak up,

Do make sure they aren’t just popping to the bogs first

Not happened to me but to my friend at an extremely swanky nightclub. It was a very big group and they were ordering top shelf drinks, champagne etc.

Eventually there were about four of them left and they realised what had happened. The remaining people had to pay about £350 each.

This has never happened to me. I would be offended, but before that happened I would have caught them to get the bill!

It hasn't happened to me specifically, I just hear a lot that it happens to other people.

The reason they get away with it is that everyone is deep in conversation and they manage to just disappear.

Nope, never happened to me. But I'm also not the shy and bashful type to let people 'slip away' without paying, no matter how smashed I am.

No it's never happened to me - but I only go out with (proper) friends - no CFs!