Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work?
by lotsofpulp on Thursday February 01, 2018 @03:56PM
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That only makes sense if you're consuming roughly the same amount. If you have people who don't drink alcohol in your group, or don't eat meat/seafood/poultry, that's easily 15% to 30% difference in cost. I try to make sure those aren't sharing in alcohol or meat don't end up paying for it. It wouldn't be a problem if the difference was $5, but nowadays, in many cities this ends up being $10 per drink and an extra $10 on the entree...etc.
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Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work?
by coldtea on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:58PM
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>That only makes sense if you're consuming roughly the same amount.
In our culture's case, in general the amount each one ate doesn't matter -- whether one had steak and the other just a salad, the salad person can very well still go on and insist on paying for everybody else. Nobody would care about "a 15% to 30% difference in cost" (the person paying for everybody wont feel it's a burden, and the persons having their meal paid, wont feel like imposing).
It's not about achieving some perfect balance or fairness in any particular meal -- people genuinely want to treat others, and enjoy taking turns doing so.
It's only longer term one would care for patterns of behavior (the person who after so many meals with others never volunteers to pay etc).
Re:How does ‘class-passing’ actually work?
by lotsofpulp on Friday February 02, 2018 @06:06AM
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Longer term is when it would make leaa sense because even if everyone is volunteering to pay, the one who is consuming 15% to 30% less is always paying extra. I can see not caring if it's once or twice a year, but I'd feel bad for expecting someone to keep paying extra when I can easily add a couple numbers in my head and take care of my portion.