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When we come to live in a different country, we all have varying degrees of culture shock.... one of the more interesting culture shocks that I had when I first arrived here in The Netherlands from Australia was the way that the locals sometimes split the bills...

My Question

How do you split the bills when you go out to dinner with a group of people?

My sample answer

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In The Netherlands, something that was quite interesting to me was the concept of splitting bills. In Australia, unless there is a huge discrepancy between diners in a group, we tend to just split the bill evenly.... however, in The Netherlands, it is more common to split the bill according to what you actually ordered, ate and drank!

Now, in many ways, this is probably a more equitable split of the bill... however, at some points it can get to be a bit too much! Once when my wife went to a dinner at someone's place where it was a pot luck (bring a food dish...) sort of meal... after the dinner, an email was sent out by the hosts to ask everyone to tally up how much their meal that they made (or drinks bought...) cost... and then everyone would contribute more or less depending on how much they spent on their meal! It even got into cents....

Of course, that is an extremely extreme example... but it can happen! Not often, thankfully.... Still, if I am with friends from other countries... we tend to just split the bill evenly... however, when I am with work colleagues, we tend to just pay for what we had!

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