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Person A and Person B (will they ever not argue?) both require a taxi home from the same location.

Person A would usually spend £12 on their taxi and it would usually cost £20 for Person B.

Happily Person A lives half way up the route for Person B so they decide to share a taxi. (Person A would usually pay slightly more than half of what Person B does due to base fare)

The taxi comes to a total of £20. How much should each person pay?

A- £6   B- £14


Now answer my push up question.

Unfortunately I have no idea what it is on about :(

Agree with Tom my long winded way was to put regular costs into pot pay Taxi split difference.

Split it and stop being a tight arse.  :)

£10 each if friends
Person a stiffs person b with full fare if not friends

which one is Aaron?

I'm with Tom.  The shared journey is the first part.  The 2nd part belongs entirely to B.  If I was A, I'd probably throw B a tenner and expect him to pay the tip.

Flip

If this would me I'd expect it to be a tenner each if you are mates.

But if you are tight wads:

Seperate journies = 32
Combined journey = 20
Saving = £12
Split in ratio of what the normally pay. 
Punter A saving = 12/32 * 12 = 4.5
Punter B saving = 20/32 * 12 = 7.5
Punter A pays 12-4.5 = £7.50
Punter B pays 20-7.5 = £12.50

This isn't strictly fair imo.  Punter A would be freeriding on B's need to make the longer journey.  It is not possible for A to make savings if B is not making the longer journey in the first place.

Im normally person B in this spot and ALWAYS got short changed by people A.  Dont think it really needs to be calculated to the penny if you're friends.  Id say around £8/£12 split is fair with both making a similar proportional saving by sharing

It's always a case of person A just stuffs whatever non-£10 note + coins they have into person Bs hands, wishes them a good night, tells them the to give them a call next week, staggers out of the taxi and throws up their kebab on their neighbors front yard. Then proceeds to try and quietly let themselves in the house, without making a noise yet making a shushing noise to themselves and giggling.

I'm person A btw.

£10 each... although i'm all about uber these days

My wife would empty the contents of her purse and make sure we are horrifically worse off as a standard. 

Me with mate, it all works out in the end. Anything between £0 and £20 depending on who has change and who is under it.

This might be the most tilting thread in the history of Blondepoker.

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Thought it was just me!

Agree.

I don't even want to read some of the responses.

I don't see what's tilting about it?

For the record I'm Person B. Person A gave me a tenner but it actually came to less than the estimated £20 so I owe a couple of quid back which got us into the conversation of how you'd generally work this out.

I'd generally just split it but that's not always fair based on distance. Thought it was an interesting one mathematically.

This

If I was Person B I would expect and accept nothing from Person A. I'm going to spend the £20 anyway, so it makes no difference to me if someone gets a lift to a point on my journey that doesn't inconvenience me in any way.

If I was Person A I would buy Person B a pint next time I saw him.

Instantly made me think of the mate in a curry house  'Well mine comes to £8.95, because I had normal chicken, and no naan'

:D

I don't go out on the piss anymore, but if I ever dropped mates off on the way home, I would just tell them not to worry, and they would say the same if I was the one dropped off.

In the event we were going on a long journey, it was always a carve up.

Yah but half the general pop probably make some kind of split contribution so don't get all gestapo about it

Whatever Person B is happy with, which tends to be just whatever in my experience. Its dull to sort and just whatever.

Wasn't getting "all gestapo" about it.

Just mentioned it was a tilting thread and Charles couldn't see why.

So I told him.

I can imagine some Person A's would have a celebration wank over getting a free ride home, but I wouldn't choose to share a taxi with many of them.

I must be naive, I thought it was a mathematical example question of which I am bloody useless at. lol.

What if it wan a journey you both made every day?

If I was having to make the journey regardless, it still wouldn't bother me if someone was being dropped off on the way.

I would probably be strict about not waiting for them though, them being in the taxi wouldn't have to inconvenience me in any way if they were getting a free ride home.

Most tilting statement on blonde ever.

I thought, for once, you were asking a serious question.

Silly me. Lesson learnt.

What makes you think it wasn't a serious question?

PS- This is a serious question.

If you did it every day for person A, would you not think that it would be nice if person A offered a few quid now and then?

If I were person A, I'd hand over between £5 and £10, whatever I grabbed out of my pocket, certainly wouldn't expect it free.  DaveShoelace has the answer spot on.