AIBU be annoyed when CF friends use my tip to avoid paying their full share?

[Bizwaz]

This has happened twice in the last month. I've been out with friends for a meal, the bill has come, I've calculated my share and added a few quid for a tip. When the waiter comes with the card reader, I put my amount in and say "that is for a tip as well." My friend has then looked at the bill, deducted my amount from it and only paid the remaining amount! So the waiter gets nothing and I've subsidised my friends meal!

I know I should have said something at the time, but I thought "this is for a tip as well" made it pretty clear to all concerned. Both times I was a bit stunned at the cheek and not sure how to handle it. How can I avoid this in future? I don't usually have cash on me. It's made me pretty annoyed, plus embarrassed that we didn't leave any tip, and I can't believe two separate friends pulled the same stunt.

Never had this as I don't have friends who are cheap. It'd not go out with anyone that cheap as they wouldn't be friends...

If you feel uncomfortable raising it, just wait until the bill has been settled and leave your tip in cash on the table.

I never tip by card anyway...i've heared too many stories about digital tips disappearing into the restaurant and not making it to the staff.

This has happened twice to me recently - with 2 separate friends! Some people don’t agree with tipping and that is fine but at the very least they should pay their fair share and not use our tip to subsidise their bill! I’ve resolved to carry a small amount of cash with me in the future to cover my tip.

How can I avoid this in future? I don't usually have cash on me.

There's your answer. Or pay last.

What does CF stand for?

I think your going to have to take cash and have a discussion on the bill before the waiter come over x

My friend used to do this! Either call them out on it, always pay last, tell them to add tip or take cash and give it at the end.

I don’t understand why you wouldn’t pull them up immediately, even with faux innocence, “no it’s £23 each Clare, I just did £26 cos I wanted to tip.” I'd do this, but you could also try having the conversation after the waiter brings the itemised bill and before they come back with the card reader - "it's £23 each plus tip - so £26 each, OK?"

She may have different ideas from you about an appropriate tip, or even the need to tip at all, or she may even have thought you meant to leave the whole tip - but if she hears you say you're leaving a tip and then she only leaves the rest of the principal, that's unacceptable. Perhaps she's one of those people who nods along and doesn't listen to a work you say, in which case "yours is £26" works fine, and she can object if she likes before the waiter gets there.

If you don't want the awkwardness just say you'll pay the full amount and they can transfer you their share.

Think I'd pay my share of the meal, then hand the waitress a cash tip.

Are they not Just clearing what's left on the card machine.

A tip shows up differently, it doesn't get deducted from the bill total. You add that at the end or start, if 2 separate friends have done this are you sure you are explaining yourself clearly, I hate people faffing and all that messing around at the end with a bill. I do the split it 3 ways etc.
The bill should always be calculated separate to a tip.
Tips are best given in cash anyway, it gets to go straight in the waiters pocket rather than hoping it comes down the line from the management from the PDQ machine.

If it’s happened twice you need to change your routine and give your tip as cash.

Ask for separate bills