Re: Beating the Dutch

Andreas Johansson wrote, in reply to ..........?:
>>I always thought, that the expression "to go Dutch" means, that a
>>restaurant
>>bill is split up equally between the participants.
>
>Is that supposed to be greedy? When I've run across that custom, it's
always
>been taken as an invitation to eat and drink as much expensive stuff as
>possible, since if you order the most the rest will in effect pay for some
>of your food and drink (this is known as 'alcohologic').
>
Well now, that's naughty.  In a small group at least, if one person has run
up the bulk of the bill (that's usually me..) it's customary to chip in a
little more, or cover the tip or somesuch.   In a large group, it can
sometimes be difficult to know (or remember....) who's responsible for the
filet mignons vs. the chicken delights, or the 17 martinis etc etc., so in
that case the abstemious person may feel put-upon.  Still, the others ought
to take that into consideration.