Non-drinkers routinely subsidize drinkers when restaurant bills get split evenly. It's the most common—and most expensive—form of split unfairness.
splitty One soda.
Three bottles of wine.
Your share of alcohol? $0. Your Venmo request? $45.
The scenario
Dinner with eight friends. You don't drink—never have. You order a Diet Coke ($4). The table orders four bottles of wine at $55 each ($220 total). The food total is $280. Grand total with tip: $600. Split eight ways? Everyone pays $75. But wait—$220 of that bill is alcohol you didn't consume. Your fair share of food, tip, and your Diet Coke is about $40. You're being asked to pay almost double. This is the most common—and most expensive—form of split unfairness. Alcohol typically accounts for 30-40% of group dinner bills at restaurants. Non-drinkers who split evenly subsidize it consistently. It's not just occasional—it's systematic. Every dinner. Every time. Over a year of monthly dinners, that's $396 in involuntary contributions to other people's wine habits. Meanwhile, 80% of people say they'd *prefer* to pay for what they ordered—but won't speak up because it feels awkward.
$33 you'd overpay on this dinner
$396 lost per year (monthly dinners)
30s to split fairly with splitty
The solution
splitty assigns alcohol to the people who drank it. The four bottles go to the wine drinkers. Your Diet Coke goes to you. Tax and tip distribute proportionally. You pay $42 (your food + Diet Coke + fair share of tax and tip). The wine drinkers pay more—because they consumed more. Nobody has to ask. The receipt makes it obvious. The math makes it fair.
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