Check Splitting at Kerbey Lane
I recently had breakfast with a group of friends at Austin’s Kerbey Lane and was delighted to see how they solved the frustration of check splitting. As you can see in the images below, the bill, by default, is broken up into price totals for each individual seat. It seems like a simple adjustment to the formatting of the receipt (which it is), but it made paying the bill a breeze.
It makes sense for a place like Kerbey Lane to institute this billing method; I’d imagine that the majority of their customers are groups of college students who would want to split the bill.
I wonder if there is an elegant way to solve the problem of some people paying with cash and some with credit cards. Perhaps a blank line printed with each seat number, meant to indicate “cash” or the name on the credit card.
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts over @RussianPencil.
PS. If you find yourself in Austin, it’s a crime not to stop by Kerbey Lane. The Chicken Verde omelet is top notch.
