Note: at the point the below happened our meet-up abided by Lockdown restrictions.
I went for lunch with two school friends over the summer.
Each friend brought their children (one teen, three pre-teens in total). I brought my child.
We ordered 4 adult meals, and 4 children's meals (+ puddings/drinks/etc.).
I offered to split it three ways (despite having one less meal). Not a big deal, it all evens-out over years of friendship.
When the bill came one of my friends said that she wasn't going to pay the 12% service charge. When the other friend asked why, it's because she didn't want to (in her own words she was "too cheap").
I felt slightly uncomfortable with this, because I'd agree with withholding service charge if the service was bad, but it was fine (just standard, nothing special, nothing awful).
So first friend paid her bit (1/3 + service charge)
Second friend jumped in to pay per bit (1/3 - service charge) - and then left quickly as her youngest was getting moany.
Then I, like an utter mug, paid the rest. It wasn't a huge amount of money (standard family restaurant, think Wagamamas). But I felt like if you're going to make a stand, and not pay service, the least you can do is to tell the waiter, or pay last, or whatever, so the person paying last isn't put in a position.
You may think "why didn't you just say something?" - but it's because I DIDN'T want to look "cheap"... and I told myself it's a tenner, whatever...
But a couple of months on, AIBU to still feel a bit pissed off about it (not majorly pissed off, but a bit grumpy)?