My friends and I have a bar we always go to. Since the beginning I’ve always told which ever bartender who was there to charge my bill separately from my group. The reason I said that is because I’m the only one in the group that tips. Now, the reason I do that is because no one else wants to tip…they leave all the tip up to me. 

It’s a spot that my friends and I always frequent. My bill usually comes out to $10 and I always give $35 (so they can get a $25 tip) the people I’m with, as I said, depend on me to leave the tip which I always do even though they don’t contribute to the tip. They get upset because my bill comes out lower but I’ve always said “chip in on tip for them” or “leave them something on your behalf”. 

My friends never listened, so when we go to the bar no matter how many drinks I get they charge me a certain amount (usually $10.00) . For my friends they charge them everything fully. 

My friends asked me to speak to the bartender about it and the bartender said to me “I look out for people that look out for me”. 

I said ‘cool, no problem brother’.  That to me indicates that I gave him enough tip for him to not worry about me. But my people did not tip him. And then when they got their bill in full and they started bitching at me for it. 

So reddit am I the asshole for anything that went down? The most I asked from the group was a dollar a piece so we can tip him as a group and I’ll tip the rest. 

One of my friends even said to me one time “ this is my money. You’re not going to tell me to tip someone if I don’t want to because it’s my money”

Am I wrong for telling the bartender to give me a separate bill from my friends?


Also P.S I’m drunk but I hope you guys understand whhere I’m coming from and what I’m trying to say. 