Justice
This Satirical App Makes a Serious Point About the Wage Gap
Splitting a bill on the basis of income disparities won’t solve sticky cultural problems—but it might remind people that they haven’t gone away.
Settling on how to split a restaurant bill is a sticky situation for groups of diners. Should you itemize it? Should you split it down the middle? Should you just stay home forever and absolve yourself of these awkward discussions? A torrent of contradictory advice gives etiquette experts conniptions.
A new app, set to launch for iOS this month, claims to offer a new solution to this interminable debate—but really, in this case, the bill isn’t the point at all.