Jesus, is this for real?

Are americans this tight?

Haha.

Meal Splitter:

1) Tax is labeled as US only?

2) There is no spot for separate tax rates for food vs drink? In can sometimes be significant.

3) The label "food split" refers to food only, where "food total" refers to food plus drink. Dumb.

4) The graphic in the review shows a manual entry of 36 for drinks and it doesn't auto-format to 36.00? That makes it hard to read.

5) In this example aren't the non-drinkers paying a portion of the drink tax and tip?

6) If you're in a large group, chances are that the tip was already added. Assume that the added tip is accurate and so add or subtract from the final total instead of worrying about it beforehand.

For all that hassle, it would be so much easier to brute-force an answer after assuming the drinks are $36 + 25% and subtracting that from the grand total to be paid.

Or, if you only ordered one thing, take it and multiply by 1.25, put that money in, and leave to use the bathroom while everyone else bickers. Save yourself the stress and aggravation.

It's not about people being cheap, it's more of people being fair, and the ones with the drinks who want to split the bill equally are being cheap.

The app itself seems bit confusing, but otherwise a great idea for Americans...

For the sake of argument

Person A: Doesn't drink alcohol, is a vegetarian.
Person B: Meat eater and wine lover.
Person C: Loves to sample lots of appetizers, drinks two or three cocktails with a nice dinner.

Person A orders a salad and a non-meat entree. Person B orders Filet Mignon and a bottle of wine. Person C orders several appetizers, a light entree, and three martinis. At a "moderately nice" restaurant, A's food would be around $25 to $30; B and C could easily be over $60 each.

Person A doesn't appreciate spending $50 to $60 for a $25 meal :P

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Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld

If only everyone -- or even most people -- were so courteous

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Dan Frakes | Senior Editor, Macworld