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The bill ended up at £25 (£30 minus the £5 refund). Add the £2 tip and the £3 that they pocketed (£1 each) and it comes to £30 
Posted: 12:55 Jul 21 2005
Confused? You will be...
I'm stuck at home and my back hurts *cue violins* so I was sat watching the BBC breakfast newsy type program when they posed:
Three friends went out to dinner, the bill came to £30 and they all paid £10 each. The waiter realised he'd made a mistake and refunded the friends £5, so they each took £1 and gave the remaining £2 to the waiter as a tip.
With me so far?
Well, if the friends paid £10 each and received a refund of £1, that means they all paid £9 each. 3 x £9 = £27 and the waiter only put £2 in his pocket... so where's the other £1?
Three friends went out to dinner, the bill came to £30 and they all paid £10 each. The waiter realised he'd made a mistake and refunded the friends £5, so they each took £1 and gave the remaining £2 to the waiter as a tip.
With me so far?
Well, if the friends paid £10 each and received a refund of £1, that means they all paid £9 each. 3 x £9 = £27 and the waiter only put £2 in his pocket... so where's the other £1?
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Posted: 12:55 Jul 21 2005 
Yeah, but if 3 x £9 = £27 and the waiter took £2 that only makes £29, so where's the extra quid?
by DJ Billy
The bill ended up at £25 (£30 minus the £5 refund). Add the £2 tip and the £3 that they pocketed (£1 each) and it comes to £30
Posted: 14:05 Jul 21 2005 The £2 that the waiter took is already counted in the £27. It doesn't need to be added on to it. The remaining £3 is in their pockets
by Yvonne
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Yeah, but if 3 x £9 = £27 and the waiter took £2 that only makes £29, so where's the extra quid?
Posted: 14:10 Jul 21 2005
The way I explained it to Sam was that the bill was £25 so they made it up to £27 (to include the £2 tip) which is easier to divide by three and then they took £1 each. Why the tightarses didn't just leave the full £30 I'll never know
Posted: 15:24 Jul 21 2005 I had my folks going for ages on this one - you two are just boring
by Teresa
The way I explained it to Sam was that the bill was £25 so they made it up to £27 (to include the £2 tip) which is easier to divide by three and then they took £1 each. Why the tightarses didn't just leave the full £30 I'll never know
Posted: 16:02 Jul 21 2005
The first time I saw this problem the waiter pocketed the £2 and pretended to the three men that the refund was only £3.
Posted: 17:03 Jul 21 2005 
After the waiter nearly overcharged them by a fiver he was lucky to get anything!
by Callum
£2 tip on a £25 bill?!
Cheapskates!
Posted: 20:19 Jul 21 2005
in the governments pocket like everything else goes when we get screwed into the floor by them
Posted: 21:36 Jul 26 2005 