To think you don’t get out of paying the bill because you don’t drink?

[ThatHardyWaspAgain]

I’m sure this has been done many times before by people in similar scenarios.

I went out for a bit of lunch with two friend’s and one of them brought another friend along that I’ve never met but was nice enough.

However, when it came to the bill, she said ‘’Can we please calculate it all with the alcohol you’ve had separately paid for? Because I only had classical cokes’’

So, we did as she asked. Added up everything but removed the drinks. So 3 of us paid for our drinks in a split, and then did another split for the rest with her and her food and classical colas.

The annoying bit is, she had 3 of them. And they weren’t really much different in price to most of our alcohol.

We all had the same roast and mango cheesecake.

I wouldn’t mind but she kept insisting we all had a dessert so she didn’t feel alone in having one. We’re adults after all but it is a bit annoying

Separate thread to come to see if I would be U to tell my friend not to bring her along again

She also didn’t tip.

It amused me on the continent where splitting bills is entirely uncontroversial. Waiters are well used to it and the touchpad devices they have already breakdown everything in advance so people can just tap in and pay their share without much fuss or delay.

You should have had ALL the drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, removed from the bill and paid for separately.

You'll know the next time either she, or anyone else suggests this.

As a non drinker I stand by her not wanting to pay for your alcohol. However, that means all drinks should be removed from the split and paid for by the drinkers of those drinks.

I would have been pointing that out to her.maybd just offer to take a quid of each person and give to her if she feels hard done by. Always amazes me how people who don't drink alcohol think soft drinks are somehow free

This happened in April so OP is probably over it now (or not 😂)

I was once in a position where I had gone out with a large group, all of whom were drinking an awful lot. Think cocktails, bottle after bottle of Prosecco. I was driving (and had taken few people and were taking them home). I had one coke, a water and a meal that was £12. They asked me to contribute £60 to the bill and I refused. I mean I love a drink but was absolutely not paying for everybody else’s! I don’t think that was a reasonable request at all!

Agree - soft drinks are almost the same price now. If she didnt want to pay for your alcohol (fair enough) she should have paid for her drinks separatley and then you split for the food.

And to avoid any controversy at all people should just whip out their phone calculator and add up the cost of what they had. No nicey nice about splitting - everyone pays for what they consumed.