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Originally Posted by slow&rusty
So etiquette \ ethics question you you all socialites...A big group of us go out last night, around 20 maybe more for a friend's birthday. During the course of the night people casually leave and DID NOT pay their tab, and when we go to close out there is a huge bill (from alcohol and food) that the few rest of us now have to decide what to do.
If you knew the people that skipped out would you:
1) Cover them and think "ahhh simple mistake, they were anxious to get home and forgot about paying their bill"?
2) Just annoyingly cover their portion and fuhgetaboutit?
3) Just pay for your piece of the tab?
4) Pay their portion and then call them and ask them to reimburse you?
5) Pay their portion, call them the next day and chew them out?
Your thoughts?
Yasin
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We should be able to expect that when dining with FRIENDS we won't have this problem, but I've been caught in this situation with friends, too. I assume the birthday celebrant got a free ride!
If it's a group that gathers regularly, I wouldn't sweat it (but honestly I can't imagine anybody in the regular group skipping out like that to begin with), it will even up next time. Otherwise, #4.
And I'm curious what you actually did before leaving the restaurant last night!