Bill splitter karma

[Payforyourowndinner]

I wanted to share this as often read stories on here of people getting stung by people insisting on splitting the bill when they’ve gone all out on cocktails and steak.

I went out with work tonight, and don’t go often. I was driving so no drink but did have a starter, main, and dessert.

There is a person who works for the company but not on my team who often hears about meals out and adds himself on. No one ever stops him. He does get on with some of the men on my team so all good, but he does go for the steak, wine, sides etc and insists on splitting and folks are too scared to challenge him for some reason. Now as he’s not on my team he’s not on my team WhatsApp group so I put it out there on the chat I wouldn’t be splitting, just paying for my own. A few added that they’d much prefer to do that (and a few of the newer staff are on a lower wage). No one updated the other man (why would they?) so out we went, all ordered. Some preferred one course with water, others the same as me. Some shared wine. He ordered- (I made a note as it was crazy)
bread and oil
A starter
bottle of Rioja
main (steak and chicken)
two sides
dessert
2 pints.
Now, I’m all for going for it, fill your boots, but pay for it.
The bill came, he said “usual is it?”, I said what do you mean, he said well spilt like always. I took so much delight in telling him that we had all decided to pay for our own, times are hard and we have junior members etc. Oh the face, the face!! He said he would never have ordered what he did if he knew we weren’t splitting and I took great delight in saying “you wouldn’t have ordered what you did if you knew you’d have to pay for it all yourself? Didn’t you see some had one meal and a glass of water?”
As we paid the bill I also made sure that they took our payments before his so he couldn’t wangle. He was so red, he paid and left without saying a word.

I can’t believe the cheek of some people.
hope it will make him think twice. I understand friends splitting bills but why would he assume colleagues from other teams would want to pay for his dinner.

I wanted to share the little win. When I was a junior I wouldn’t have stood up to him either, but menopause does things to a woman.

when I was younger one couple would always join the group of friends for meals, order their meals and before desert was ordered would always leave some money on the table, never close to what they had ordered and leave early.

Met up with the friend group recently after a good few years and they still do the same thing, always short by a fair amount usually for drinks, a couple of the group are struggling ( not them) and got annoyed about it.

Well done 👏

Well done OP!

I LOVE this! cheeky bastard - I am glad he was embarrassed

@Payforyourowndinner YOU are MY hero. I am PMSL 🤣 at your response to his supreme cheeky fuckery. I wish I’d been there 😂😂😂😂😂

Well done @Payforyourowndinner,you will be the talk of work for the next few days and every Xmas party 😀

I will report your post and ask mnhq to move it to chat . More people need to be able to read this.

Well done OP what a cheeky, freeloading cunt!

This is brilliant. And you described it so beautifully I could see it before my eyes. Really well done!

Aaaaahhhhhh! That was so satisfying!!

Bravo OP!! 👏👏👏👏

I’m cracking up as I feel exactly the same 😂😂😂😂😂

Heh heh heh same 😂😂😂😂

Brilliant. Let's hope he's learned his lesson and never again walks all over the people who've had a pizza and water but ended up paying towards his blow out.

Many times people have ordered less because they need to stick to a budget, so it's especially galling to end up blowing the budget and not even enjoy a more lavish meal themselves that they've shelled out for.

I am so glad to read this, well done.
I have someone similar in my life, orders merrily and always grabs the bill and says LET'S SPLIT IT SHALL WE. He is independently wealthy from a family business, barely works and is married to a doctor.
I actually avoid going out with him now because I don't want to subsidise his drinking and gluttony, but you've inspired me, I might call him out next time. It's hard to in that situation when everyone has been sharing a meal, and these selfish greedy people rely on it.

Excellent well done. I hate freeloaders . This guy got his just desserts (pun intended)
I bey he doesn't come to any more meals 😂😂

Chicken and steak? Greedy sod

He said he would never have ordered what he did if he knew we weren’t splitting

This is truly shocking. What an AWFUL person he is 🤮

I sit on the fence on that…

I don’t know about the menopausal thing. I am now there and wouldn’t dream of making someone else pay for what I ordered but…

In the past, it has been the older ladies at work who played this trick on us, no matter where I worked, and sometimes it takes a lot of determination to convince them it is not fair for those of us who don’t drink and only want a main to pay for the 2 bottles of wine and full array of extras they ordered “to share”, even when everyone was clear they didn’t want the extras. They also shame those who insist on paying just their own.

So, I hope this thread help us all in using our newly granted menopausal powers more responsibly.

Fab quote! Please remind me where from, menopausal and fibro fog 😁

I feel so happy reading this. I'm so glad the CF got what he deserved.

@Payforyourowndinner 👏👏

@Payforyourowndinner amazing! Please update us on any follow ups or reactions from your team when you’re back in the office!

Re the chicken and steak, it was a meat feast type thing. I don’t eat meat so not my thing at all. And yes £83 is cheap considering but it’s a hungry horse type place by our office, so not posh, but still decent and big portions.
I’ve decided to go to the office today, hence being up at silly hour.

Excellent news that you're going in to the office! Please keep us updated 🙂🙂

Can’t believe he admitted that he wouldn’t have ordered it all! Bellend !

Unbelievable he actually acknowledges what he does 😮 Well done op 👏