Tuesday, December 30, 2008

How to Split the Check in this Day and Age

It happens to everyone. You go out to eat with friends, have a good time, then sit around for another 20 minutes trying to figure out how to split the check.

"Let's see, you buy me beer later; you give me your $20 bill and I'll make you a sandwich to take home for lunch tomorrow; you give me those shoes of yours I like so much and I'll take you out one more time, then we'll just about be even."

How about this: a wireless credit card machine with a touch screen. The waiter brings it out and each person swipes their card, uses the touch screen to pick out what they ate/drank, adds a tip and passes it to the next person. The waiter checks it after it goes around the table to be sure the balance is at zero and tells you to have a nice day.

Problem solved.

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