Man orders $18 drinks all night after a friend insists on splitting the bill evenly, makes her backtrack: ‘My drinks alone were 1/3 of the entire bill’ – FAIL Blog

Friend dinners at the restaurant are always a little stressful when the bill comes. With so many unspoken courtesies and secret rules about payment, it’s no wonder so many people try to keep things simple and just split the bill evenly down the middle. However, as someone who was always raised to order frugally, drink water, and stick to a single main course without dessert, sitting down with a group of cocktail-orderers and appetizer splurgers makes you realize how much ordering style can affect the bottom-line price of the entire meal. 

And let me tell ya, it’s always the frugal folks who get the short end of the stick when splitting the bill evenly, which is why this man decided to make a point by switching up his tactics.