[j7ake]

I think it also depends how many times a year you are in this situation. If you go out with big group 5 times a year and end up paying $10 more than you should, you end up down $50/year.

If this is a weekly or daily event, it makes sense to make this more fair.

In my opinion, stressing about anything less than $100/year is penny pinching.

[lotsofpulp]

Of course, but it is never $100 per year.

It is just crazy to me that with all the price increases and increase in income/wealth gap, and increases in variety of diets, that it would still be considered taboo to not want (or even be able to) pay for others’ excess.

I go out of my way to make sure if I am having extra to chip in extra, but I certainly would not look down on anyone that insisted on paying for only what they consumed.

[j7ake]

I read the article as a guide for my own behaviour, rather than as a template to judge others.

Definitely true one should not judge when you see someone insisting on paying their fair share. You never know the details of their personal lives.