Splitting the bill

THE SPLIT IS NOT A CALCULATION, IT IS A CONSEQUENCE. Every line already carries the name of the guest who ordered it, because that name is what the kitchen ticket says. So the per person total exists before anybody asks for it.

THE GUEST CAN ASK FOR THEIR OWN. A guest leaving early presses My bill, please, with their own amount on the button. It raises a wave for that name only, so Maria asking does not swallow Mike asking, and the guest is told to pay theirs at the till while the table stays open for everybody else.

YOU SETTLE ONE PERSON AT A TIME. Their unsettled lines are totalled with each dish's own VAT rate, a numbered receipt is issued if you use venue receipts, the wave is cleared, and their share is recorded on their CyprusBites card if they have one.

A SETTLED SHARE DOES NOT DISAPPEAR. It stays in the table's story and in the split, marked paid, because it happened. A split that hides what was already paid is a split that cannot be checked.

THE TABLE TOTAL IS ALWAYS SHOWN TOO, with what is still owing beside it. You always know both numbers.

IT CANNOT DOUBLE COUNT. A settle is keyed on the exact lines it covers, so a reload or a double tap cannot charge somebody twice or credit a card twice.

GUEST AND VENUE SEE THE SAME SPLIT, on their phone and on your screen, line for line. That is the only way an argument at the till ends in ten seconds.