Ah, the great separate check debate…..for the most part, given the computers most restaurants work with now, separate checks are not a problem…however there are some basic ground rules that go with this, and most are based on common sense.
Many computers work on a set numbering system…..the server will determine where seat number one is, and go around the table from there, so everything guest number one orders will be entered on seat one, then seat number two etc. I always tell everyone that separate checks are no problem, as long as you don’t switch seats on me. If you start playing musical chairs, then I throw them all in the middle of the table and you can sort it out.
If there are 8 or 10 people at a table, and you want separate checks for everyone, common sense would dictate that it will take 8 to 10 times as long to make change, so don’t start telling us you are in a hurry when it comes time to pay the bill.
If there are two of you at a table, you declare that you want separate checks…and then order the EXACT same thing, right down to your choice of beverage, perhaps it would be more discreet of you to carry a calculator than to announce to the world your inability to do simple math.
One of my favorites: when you have a large group of people, say 20, and someone at one end says they want separate checks, and on their check they want themselves (the husband or wife will point at the two of them) and then also put their daughter on the same check, as they gesture to the other end of the table, where four young girls are sitting, and my sister. Okay, I have never seen you people before, I don’t know who your daughter is, or who your sister is. Could we be a little more specific please?
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