Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by moonka on Monday July 24, 2017 @01:13AM
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>Then the server needs to settle the check at the register.
This is where the time becomes an issue. Running each card can take awhile, and when you add up 4-5 cards, you get a real impact on time that the server can't be taking care of anything else. In a job that doesn't have a lot of downtime, 5-6 minutes tied to a computer can be detrimental.
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by Swizec on Sunday July 23, 2017 @07:45PM
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Yeah people don't do that. The way splitting works in the US is that you split evenly.
So 1 person pays then says "Everyone venmo me $X" and the party leaves.
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by bogomipz on Sunday July 23, 2017 @10:35PM
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I'm quite familiar with the way it works in the US. If it's a birthday dinner or your circle of friends then yes people will likely split it evenly, but if you are a mixed group of people then people will generally pay for what they had. But regardless if its just "60 bucks a head" everyone at the table needs to settle up, and everyone throws in cash in a pile and takes their change out of the pile and then the pile needs to be sorted and counted and sometimes its short etc.
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by throwaway91111 on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:22AM
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Only assholes ask for this. It's definitely not the norm. This is the fastest way to encorage me never to eat with you.
Re:Thanks to Venmo, We Now All Know How Cheap Our Friends Are
by throwaway91111 on Monday July 24, 2017 @09:22AM
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Nobody splits with cash, though.
How much time time does it really take? Let's compare it to a single check with with cash as the form of payment. Some diner at the table needs to go through the bill and and collect the money or else the bill gets passed around and then everyone antes up their portion, there always come confusion about what something on the check is or who had what. Then you need to collect all the cash and make change for everyone. Then the server needs to settle the check at the register.
Is that really any lengthier than just splitting up the check for individual diners? I am doubting it.