Ben & Emil on: Splitting the Bill

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[@uhatetoseeit]

cant believe you guys forgot bill nye the science guy. but remembered bill cosby. this speaks volumes

[@jdc5607]

Ikr, they even chanted for him 🤨

[@kelsey5093]

Ben makes splitting the bill sooooo confusing, I literally just demand everyone at the table show their bank account balance and then the richest person pays

[@kelsey5093]

This is a joke btw I don’t even have friends with whom I can dine

[@kobalsquii]

@@kelsey5093 Ben is losing in this scenario

[@RamblinVan]

TIP TAX AND TOTAL AMOUNT? Jesus draw me a map.

[@hyjenks7155]

If I go out with Ben and Emil, I expect Ben to cover my portion of the bill if he wants dessert later.

[@trapdoornerd]

LOLLLL

[@iheartlreoy8134]

Ben with the abacus at the dinner table “WE’RE GONNA GET THIS RIGHT”

[@KanadasKid]

i liked looking at the runtime immediately after ben said "it's really simple"

[@2542lauren]

thank god I can’t even name 15 people tolerable enough to share a meal with lmao

[@kelsey5093]

😭 this video was lowkey just Ben and Emil bragging that they have a double digits number of friends lolllll

[@bruno0_u]

I love how Ben started off by saying he's got it all figured out and Emil just disagreed with all his tactics throughout the whole vid

[@kendrickunlimited]

i think it's slightly unfair to expect an even split if someone is in a vastly different financial situation and is ordering cheaper items because of that. if it's a group of coworkers who all make the same amount, then sure, it probably evens out in the end. but as someone who makes less than most of my friends, i don't have a problem asking servers to split the bill by seats. especially after working as a server because i never had any trouble doing that for people. i think tipping well is the most important thing!

[@Ashley-yk2ws]

As someone from Canada, this is the norm here. We pretty much always split by seat and each pays for what they got. The waiters here usually expect it and will be ready for you to pay that way. I think this is a great way to do it. In Canada paying at a restaurant is so much easier 😅 Although I don’t usually go out with more that 6-8 people.

[@erinknight6561]

Emil revealing he doesn’t like Anthony Bourdain just turned my world upside down

[@akirebara]

Yes! I guess he's not perfect after all

[@yescarolinecansing]

I was shocked

[@Tym4Music]

as a sober person i’m def not paying for drinks, but i’ll split food evenly!

[@oriannaisabella7041]

Same!!

[@DarkMuj]

It ain’t gonna last if you’re sober and your partner drinks and uses

[@MisterDucks]

@@DarkMuj I think they probably meant dinner with friends/family, but agreed 100%

[@jonirischx8925]

This is valid, but only if you don't purchase expensive non-alcoholic drinks. If you buy a 15e hipster smoothie, and a fancy 10e tea, and one of the guys in the group only drank two 3 euro beers, then it is of no relevance that he got slightly tipsy from his choice of drink, while you didn't, and you should pay for the drinks like everybody else!

[@brodie_brodes]

Ben, be honest, you wanted the credit card points.

[@dollsjj7481]

Not a teenager I’m just poor Ben

[@maczafarana8989]

Ben and Emil on a heater, these guys can’t stop making great content amiright?

[@sleepy-peepy]

If I'm eating with 4+ people, I tell everyone to split by party. So if it's say 8 people, we can split it in half and everyone can venmo the cardholder sitting closest by them. Easy enough for the server, and everyone can pay for what they ordered.

[@CrazyOnSmosh]

This whole discussion felt very american tbh gdgfhdjsjdjf Where I'm from it's common for everyone to just get their own bills and it's never an issue. If there's two of us one might pay and the other pays back but bigger parties, we all get separate checks. Also there's no tipping and tax is included in the prices so that makes everything easier as well ig

[@benandemilshow]

jealous

[@kobalsquii]

Where I'm from tax is included (huge culture shock when I went to the US), tip is 10% and usually people just split the check (even on dates). Going out in the US it's really complicated for some reason??

[@seanparkinson8753]

Honestly I think it’s more of a California problem specifically. Where I’m from in the states, the server will start out by asking groups who’s on what check and it’s no problem. In the LA area, I couldn’t believe how many restaurants just flat out refused to split checks

[@gracefoster7587]

@@seanparkinson8753same, I’ve been to restaurants with groups of 10+ before and the waiter still asks us if we’re doing separate checks. We’ll each tip more than 20% because they’re dealing with a large group but we’ve never complicated it with repaying someone or figuring out a way to split. Idk either a cali thing or I’m not going to a fancy enough restaurant with lots of people

[@NFS136]

Same here where I'm from, except usually one person will pay it and the others will pay them back. If we ordered appetizers/drinks to share then we'll split that price evenly. No tipping culture and tax is 10% so it's easy to calculate.

[@keagan_rules]

Chefs kiss to the editor

[@schmichael4774]

oui oui

[@MatthewMS.]

Probably Dylan Studios

[@biankabodon4122]

i only just realized these are not highlights of podcast episodes but standalone videos, they are so funny and i love the editing with the backgrounds and the music.

[@heyo4935]

Is splitting the bill an american thing? I live in canada and even if theres like 10 of us we all just pay for our own food? That just seems like common sense? Edit: there is no bill splitting at all, we just each get our own bill. Figured i should clarify a bit cause this situation is very confusing as ive never even heard of this lol

[@cdw2468]

some places don’t let you split the bill because it’s a lot of work for the servers and if everyone is trying to do that all at once it can cause issues. but yea i never understood not just doing separate checks whenever possible, it avoids all of this

[@ddrox919]

I'm also Canadian and was thinking the exact same thing. I've never split the bill evenly regardless of number of people. If there's more than like 4 of us we'll have one person pay to make it easier on the server, and keep the receipt and etransfer what we owe. This discussion sounds so foreign to me

[@heyo4935]

​@@cdw2468 i think i shouldve been more specific, we each have our own bill. So its not like the server has to figure anything out, they jus punch the number in thats on your bill. Do some places in the states not even allow you to have your own bill? Never seen that in Canada.

[@user-rd5ig7ft5c]

In America we also call getting your own bill “splitting the bill”

[@heyo4935]

​@@user-rd5ig7ft5c if thats not allowed because its too inconvenient for the server, then holy fuck you guys must have some lazy ass wait staff lol

[@Gladiva19]

Ive never had an experince where a server did not ask the table "together or seperate" (I live in the Midwest). Every group Ive been with always says "seperate", its just so mush easier and inherently fair? The POS services most restaurants use already lets servers divider orders by seat its so trivial to just print seperate. If you do all together you have to sort out everyones venmo, and some people dont have venmo and its such a mess for a problem thats ALREADY SOLVED BY THE POS system. Or keeping track of who came that time so "next time you pay back", its so unnecessarily complicated under the guise of "politeness". Its such a non issue to just pay for yourself for everyone involved, such a red flag other wise 😭

[@kendrickunlimited]

i was thinking the same thing, i wonder if this is more of a big city problem because living in NC and MN i've never experienced issues with getting separate checks

[@cdw2468]

also midwest, also a “separate” answerer

[@thehousecat93]

@@kendrickunlimitedin both Los Angeles and Boston, I’ve been to a number of restaurants that flatly refuse to split bills at the POS or take more than one card. You’d think turnover would be so much faster when parties don’t have to figure out who pays what. I think they want to actively discourage parties of more than two.

[@rlg9193]

I don't know if I'm a dumb young person, but I feel like you should always only pay for what you eat unless it's a special occasion where covering for someone is the nice thing to do.

[@franjkav]

It depends on the relationship(s) I have with people I’m eating out with.

[@rachelc3980]

There’s nooooooo way I’m paying for 4 other peoples entrees and drinks if all I got was one item. If I expect to not eat much, I’m bringing cash and the others can split the bill minus my share (plus tip and tax)

[@internetshaquille]

If someone doesn’t drink, everyone still splits the bill evenly. The non-drinkers are instructed to tip $0. Everyone else picks up the slack by tipping extra

[@sheikie]

Big shaquille has spoken

[@jakubmrczk4546]

Love the consistency of these!

[@andreajoan7193]

the emotional rollercoaster ride I went on for a brief second thinking Bill Pullman had died suddenly, only to quickly learn he had not, was something. Thanks for that Ben.

[@bySaverio]

my takeaway points from this class: - I ain't tipping for bad service, Ben you can cover my 20% if you really like the idea of getting treated like crap - don't get in charge of the bill, people are cheap - for the ladies out there don't go out to dinner with Ben more than 3 times

[@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy]

completely agree with the first point although maybe its just because im not american. The fact that americans can receive awful service and still feel pressured to tip is absolulely ridiculous 💀 Like I understand working in the reseraunt industry is super hard and your service is not going to be perfect all of the time, but expecting the customer to tip for bad service is wild to me

[@bySaverio]

@@kira7427 I often travel to the US and I've never found anyone who was able to give me a good answer to why customers should be tipping at restaurants. The "waiters depend on the tips" BS doesn't make any sense and is just a lazy justification. Tipping is based on the idea that the employer shouldn't have to pay workers, essentially because they are worthless. This is just wrong in so many ways. Tipping is practically the result of slavery. Employers should pay their employees for their work and not offload responsibility onto the customers who are already paying! Over 12M people work in restaurants in the US and only 1.3% (2019) of them are union members. If the waiters don't even care I don't see why the customer should be the one giving a f*. I only tip when the service is very nice and the waiter shows he/she cares about your experience. Even if I do my best in my job I still don't get tipped. Picture a PM expecting you to tip him/her (and I know waiters who make better money than a PM).

[@christinasampognaro5087]

Every week I light a joint and listen to Ben and Emil talk about god knows what and I look forward to it every time

[@kozhedub]

I gotta defend tattooed people after that comment from Ben ... those are never the types of people that dont tip me. The worst tippers are young parents lol

[@kelsey5093]

I’m like 99% sure he was just calling back to his joke about all tv chefs having tattoos 😅 as a tattooed person I saw your comment and then watched the video in fear that Ben made a super disparaging comment about tattoos lol

[@kozhedub]

@@kelsey5093 Nah it was real mild I just wanted to take the opportunity to say that tattooed people are never a worry for me

[@cozyallyson]

my mondays would simply not be complete without 'ben and emil on'

[@nicoleosaurus13]

Here's what I do because I don't drink - I often end up just splitting it evenly to avoid conflict, or sometimes I'll just pay my portion and put in extra for tip.

[@emschlef]

I don't drink either but I like to treat myself to a fun non-alcoholic drink when others are drinking. some places have amazing mocktails.

[@oriannaisabella7041]

I’m always excited when a place has cool mocktail options

[@Jenseneicher]

The oui oui edit was fantastic

[@OllieBollie24]

Jesus Christ hearing them go “bill bill bill” and NOT following up with bill Nye the science guy is absolutely killing me

[@andrewlombardi709]

Watching this on repeat 😤

[@tess3000]

I haaaate when people say “just send me a venmo request” like no you owe me …. Just do it

[@cityofgone74]

love this whole video

[@lizzykoenning]

The French flag when Ben said “we we” TOOK ME OUT

[@seangrace8480]

The I agree finger from Emil 😂😂🤣

[@zo343]

I will die for more of these

[@mindyidk]

it’s okay u don’t have to i think they’ll keep doing it

[@zo343]

@@mindyidk oh sweet

[@pbjohannes]

Next time I go out to eat I’m gonna ask if the chef is a bad boy. If he is, I stay. If he’s not, I’m out to find a restaurant where the chef is a bad boy

[@hanswasiecko6790]

As someone who doesn't drink and is sober I would rather contribute evenly to the bill because depending on the dynamic of the group I'd like to not stand out even more so than I am by not drinking with the rest of the group. I've been in groups where I can tell people think I'm odd for not drinking with the rest of them so I've covered for everyone in an effort to show them "I'm still cool in other ways!" But it's partially in my head but I still feel that way I wonder if other people do

[@fer_contreras]

awww another episode of my favorite show... things ben doesn't like and emil chilling

[@michaelrogers6008]

I love your takes on food paying it's exactly me

[@JoelNJohnson]

Great topic. Always overcomplicated. I agree with the thinking of accepting the range of cost that you know you’re getting into. Don’t count beans at the table. If your chicken Alfredo was listed as $2 more you still would have gotten it. But when the bill comes suddenly $2 is a financial consideration. Don’t go out. If it’s friends in a tighter financial situation, don’t suggest going out.

[@franjkav]

I’d be paying for that friend. Lift as you climb!

[@JoelNJohnson]

@@franjkav Go ahead and try, but people don't like that on the regular ask me how I know

[@MisterDucks]

Usually we just have one person pay and everyone else venmos them the cost of their items xD just take a photo of the receipt for later. Keeps it easy at time of payment and also keeps it easy on the wait staff

[@bryceolson5042]

this ROCKS

[@allisonb8912]

Solution: One person pays, take a photo of the bill and send it to everyone. Everyone venmos what they ordered, and the splits tax and tip evenly.

[@bradygalen7660]

love these boys

[@franjkav]

I prefer taking turns if it’s appropriate. Nickel and dimers are the worst in every possible scenario.

[@gunccboy5686]

Another classic in the books boys

[@MorningMindfulness]

i love these videos thank you pen and email

[@TaxXx_Man]

"you know what I don't like?" Splitting the cheque with a woman. Emil didn't even hesitate😂

[@kpcm9425]

im ngl the best Ben & Emil on, are on anything related to DATING 😭

[@xxx_ray]

All accurate talking points. Now I feel like shit for taking my time to pay my friends brother back for a concert ticket. Thanks!

[@somethingrandom57000]

Lol I got an ad for The Bear right after Ben finished his rant on it

[@joshshak]

Fantastical

[@mitchellhendricks2427]

So validating

[@GoosefaceGaming]

splitting the bill? all you really need is a pair of scissors! haha! get it

[@austincrain4919]

😂 these are soo good

[@ggkek9998]

this video made me feel the most anxious so far keep it up bento and email

[@snowbofr3ak]

Bottles of wine really are all over the place

[@MikeShefferNJ]

this should have been one hour long

[@tubiescubie]

venmo, cash, zelle, indentured servitude anything literally ANYTHING besides splitting evenly. do the math for tax and split tip evenly..... but i'm simply not paying for someone else's meal

[@eda....]

oof i live in the netherlands and people here take splitting bills so seriously it's a sport. dutchies will hunt you down for that coffee bill u owe them but conveniently forget that you covered the last dinner bill

[@andrewperfetti8097]

i love how ben going tiktok girl just quickly turns into a sock puppet

[@grownman202]

If I'm going to dinner with friends, I'm just going to get cash beforehand so we dont have to have the waiter/waitress split it for us. We can either pile the cash together or someone gets the cash and puts the bill on there CC.

[@tehyakim]

i think splitting the bill is for friendships rather than relationships tbh

[@declanlewis60]

Who’s editing these? They’re doing great

[@Dillonjames32]

thanku

[@sorawakabayashi]

This is so complicated. Where I’m from everyone pays for what they ordered, if you’re sharing something you halve it. Easy. And friends or partners do treat each other

[@renee4267]

Ben: I know how to split a bill properly *explains the most basic, most common way to split a bill*

[@SamzarSalsa]

God this is so much more complicated in America with tax not being included and having to tip and not having good banking apps

[@semazaazhak2823]

just started watching, loving the content! I have one note for you guys.. the green screen would hit way harder if you weren't sitting on the couch. try some stools or some bean bags even. u guys rock tho. ok bye.

[@benandemilshow]

oh shit thank you!!!

[@meganhunt9100]

I’m upset they forgot the Buffalo bills 😢

[@garfieldiloveyou]

if they dont win tonight i think i’ll go insane

[@Nibsti]

I can't say for certain but I feel like restaurants outside of USA have smarter computers that make it easy to split. In USA it's a lil more old fashioned but please inform me if I'm wrong.

[@tylerhills3150]

In New Zealand it’s so easy, I’ve moved to Australia and 90% of restaurants say no split bills 😡

[@allisonb8912]

Omg splitting in Europe is so easy. You literally just tell the waiter what you want to pay, they type it in on the mobile cardreader that they bring to the table and run the card. And there's no tip to worry about.

[@tylerhills3150]

@@allisonb8912yeah same in nz no tip and any amount. Makes so much sense

[@cdw2468]

some places in the US have those little card reader thingys, but it’s slow to adopt. hell, we just got chip cards like less than a decade ago when a lot of the world already had them for years

[@gracefoster7587]

I live in the US and have always done separate checks. I’m not sure if I’m inconveniencing my server (hope I’m not!) but I have friends that work as servers and they’ve never mentioned separate checks being harder and agree to do separate checks when we go out to eat.

[@cocoabutterbirdie]

the way you were going Bill Bill Bill Bill and didn’t say Bill Nye the science guy

[@cchampa17]

i fucking love these

[@Beingben247]

what did bill do to you

[@youbettube]

Bean and email let’s go

[@TheOtherOtherAccount]

Ben, when you first ditched the glasses you looked rough tbh. But dog. You’re looking good these days. Inspiring me to get off the glasses.

[@maggiem413]

bill pullman is not dead 🫶🏼

[@crftieph]

oh hell nah i'd pay for what i ate ONLY 😂

[@donald8378]

do servers in america not split the bill based on what each person ordered?

[@GayCringeComp]

Only if they're asked to

[@benandemilshow]

they can, but as a former server it becomes incredibly annoying beyond 4+ cards getting split.

[@caken88]

And you better tell the server at the beginning that you want it split instead of at the end. Considered very high maintenance here honestly

[@nagisa9147]

@@caken88 but doesn't your POS systems do billing by seating??? In Canada the server always knows exactly which items I ordered and bills accordingly when we request a split. I just assumed they have orders by guest seating recorded in their system somewhere.

[@cdw2468]

@@nagisa9147we just got chip cards not that long ago, we’re so slow to adopt new technology

[@Yoyomamafat]

Ben and Emil are the cutest couple

[@thotcel4627]

u guys forgot about Billdings

[@maya-mu3ce]

bill dauterive from king of the hill

[@maevehennessey9439]

Ben, as a server, I thank you for all of your stances on tipping and how many credit cards to put down. Also I want you so bad it’s crazy please give me a chance

[@nikiwhitaker182]

I tip whatever I feel like is deserved, it’s usually more than 20% because I want a certain number on my receipt, like just a simple whole number. But, if someone I’m eating with can only give 15% or less I will never tell them thy don’t deserve to go out, they can only eat at home. I think that’s such a dumb mindset and drives me crazy. Also, if I’m eating with multiple people we just cash app or Zelle one person to pay. I didn’t know it could be any more difficult.

[@okaytessa2481]

counter point: me and my friends are so poor. that being said, i never ever undertip. grew up with a single mom who was a bartender and tips made a huuuuge difference.

[@packproductionsco]

What about having a dietary restriction that the group doesn’t accommodate but you go anyway because of FOMO and just only drink beer. I don’t wanna pay for everyone’s deep dish I just downed old style all night

[@rachelc3980]

ALSO ALSO SO ANNOYING- when you cover the bill and ask people to Venmo you and they VENMO YOU THE PRE TIP AND TAX???? COST OF THEIR MEAL????

[@jamesmanley9427]

I expect Ben to do a TikTok with girlypop hands explaining to gen z how to split the bill

[@theungracefulme]

I think the real answer was said right at the end. If the party is big enough, just split it into groups of 4 people and everyone in their group Venmos their payer. That way no one is putting up hundreds of dollars to potentially not get paid back and it’s easy enough for the server to figure out without hassle.

[@peterobby1769]

We need an explainer video on why Emil doesn’t like Anthony Bourdain

[@TheBrokenScale]

i don't get the hullabaloo over splitting the check - it takes 5 seconds to pass around the bill, see what you ate, and venmo whoever wants the credit card points accordingly. only time you should split evenly is if it's like a tapas situation where everyone is sampling everything

[@CheersMyDudes]

Hard agree! Why should we pay for desserts and drinks if we didn’t have any?

[@benandemilshow]

tax and tip!!! i agree. look: add up the tax and tip, divide by # of people. then go tally what you ordered, and add your tax + tip.

[@chrissyo.5522]

Can't believe they forgot Bill Murray. I could see them being fans of him. Caddy Shack? C'mon boys.

[@AlexisRyanOnline]

these are making Monday's tolerable

[@Sisterlisk]

Only go out with people with whom you feel comfortable arguing about settling the bill, case closed. Also, people who don't drink alcohol, before ordering, tell your waiter to make your order(s) separate. No shame in that.

[@ianCD_]

Thats a wild culture. In Austria its very common for everyone to pay for themselves, when going out. Waiters commonly ask the guests; "Do you pay as one or split?" We go "split", and the waiter gives each one the subtotal of what we ordered to pay + the receipt. And not 20% tip holy hell that's a lot. But maybe our waiters are just paid better than yours.

[@okaytessa2481]

they are! tipping in america is fucked, but if we don't, the service workers potentially get below poverty wages.

[@noemielortie8988]

i never understood americans with not splitting the bill or only evenly dont you have a pos where you can split bills by items ?

[@yeastypants]

Ben, your upper class is showing

[@maxkleban]

Bill of Rights??

[@ForesterNB]

I’m also against the Venmo splitting. Plus aren’t they gonna tax you on that?