If I invite my friend to lunch and I use all my gift certificate, who should pay the tip?

...would it be rude if I ask her to split the tip?
If I invite my friend to lunch and I use all my gift certificate, who should pay the tip?
If you "invite" her to lunch, then you pay for everything.
Reply:I was taught that if you invite then you pay for the meal, tip and all. If your friend offers to pay the tip then that is fine but you should not expect her to.
Reply:Yes, it would be rude. You invited, you pay all the bill unless your friend offers to pay any part of it.
Reply:Yes it would be rude. YOU invited her to lunch. And on top of it you used a gift certificate, so you are not paying for anything.
Reply:It may be hard to ask someone that. I don't necessarily think it is rude if you feel comfortable and it is someone that you knew for quite a long time... but I don't think I could ask someone. I would probably just wait until the check comes and go from there. If your gift certificate covers her most of your meal and some of hers, I would think she would offer at least half of the tip. I mean, two people eating lunch..I wouldn't imagine the bill would be that high and you are using a gift card. I don't know where you are eating lunch. But my mom and I sometimes go to the Olive Garden for lunch and dinner and our bill is about $30. So, a generous tip is about $8. I would think your friend would pitch in $4-$5. I guess you know your friend better than we do and whether she would.





Worst case scenario, if she does not pay anything, I wouldn't dwell on it. It may have been rude on your friend's part, but you don't want to lose a friends over a tip.





Have a nice lunch!





Edit: I just thought of something. If you expect your friend to pitch in, make sure she is the type of person that carries cash. Usually, I hardly ever have cash because I use my debit card for everything. Sometimes that creates a problem when you try to split the bill. Usually, I try to have cash when I go out to eat with someone though. Thanks!
Reply:If you are using your gift certificate to pay for both meals, I would ask her if she could pay the tip, I wouldn't even go half. If you are paying for your food only with the gift card, you should split the tip. Or you could just each get your own bill and each take care of your own tip!
Reply:yes, rude. if i was that friend, i wouldn麓t have you invite me a second time.
Reply:It would be rude if you invited her and said you would pay for it up front.





An easy way to avoid that would be to go to lunch with her, but don't offer to pay for it. When the bill comes, offer to use up your gift certificate and just split whatever is left.
Reply:Not at all. In fact, courtesy demands that they offer to leave the tip. Having said that, the tip is your responsibility if they aren't couth enough to offer.
Reply:YOU INVITED YOU PAY....BUT SHE COULD OFFER ON HER OWN FOR TIPPING AND THEN AGREE....BUT DO NOT ASK....
Reply:hell no split it
Reply:No, its the least they can do, it was a free meal!
Reply:If it is your invite then I would think that you would pay for the whole thing with tip. Unless the impression at the beginning is that you both were going split the bill.
Reply:The way I know it, if you invite your friend, then you have to pay for everything (whether you are using cash, or a gift card).
Reply:You can ask to split the tip, but ask when first mentioning the lunch, not when you are already at the restaurant. Otherwise she might not bring her wallet
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