Quote Originally Posted by tuck View Post
Splitting checks should be outlawed; nothing positive ever comes from this horrible practice. Most tables that want split checks don't request it until AFTER everything has been rung up...this in turn, causes service for other tables to sufffer a bit. If the server is told beforehand, it makes splitting so much easier. I'm still against it.
Ummm isnt that one of the reasons why a party of 'x '# or more is usually charged a mandatory amount of gratuity.