{"id":6,"date":"2009-02-15T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T18:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2009-02-15T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T18:05:06","slug":"about-fairtab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"About FairTab"},"content":{"rendered":"

FairTab <\/strong>is in its initial development phase. Use and registration is by invitation only.<\/p>\n

This project was inspired by my impatience for long lines after lunch. People who insist on splitting the bill at the register or getting separate checks cause delays. Splitting the bill up later can be a headache because no one has enough $1 bills. Taking turns buying lunch is a problem because not all lunches are created equal. Taking turns also fails when not everyone in the group goes out every time.<\/p>\n

FairTab <\/strong>is a system that tracks and balances your group’s lunch expenses using a novel method. For each person in a lunch “pool” it will track how much has been paid and how much their own lunches cost. FairTab<\/strong> allows members of the pool to quickly and easily make sure that no one is mooching or getting stiffed.<\/p>\n

FairTab <\/strong>is not an “IOU” tracking system. It is a balancing system. Imagine a group of three people: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Alpha takes Beta to lunch, Beta takes Gamma to lunch, and Gamma takes Alpha to lunch. FairTab<\/strong> will see the group as “even Steven” even though no one was ever directly repaid. Buying lunch for someone does not necessarily mean they will buy lunch for you, but they will buy for someone in your pool and someone in your pool will buy for you.<\/p>\n

These are the simplest scenarios one could imagine. FairTab <\/strong>can handle them with ease and do more. FairTab<\/strong> can deal with a person who brings a guest, or people from different pools going to lunch! (My cousin and I each brought a coworker to lunch once. Only one person paid, but FairTab <\/strong>kept things even.)<\/p>\n

FairTab <\/strong>is not a system for making payments. It will not transfer money for you. It will never ask for any credit card or bank account information. It is only a system for tracking expenses. FairTab <\/strong>is not an enforcer. It can not stop someone from being a moocher. It will make it plain to the pool who has done more eating than treating, but it is up to the members of the pool to remind the mooch to pay their fair share.<\/p>\n

FairTab <\/strong>can be used for far more than just lunches. Dinners, of course. Gas on a road trip. Roommate utilities and perhaps groceries. Any time it makes sense for one person to pay for something that several people use, FairTab <\/strong>can keep the pool calm and even.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FairTab is in its initial development phase. Use and registration is by invitation only. This project was inspired by my impatience for long lines after lunch. People who insist on splitting the bill at the register or getting separate checks cause delays. Splitting the bill up later can be a headache because no one has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fairtab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}