Eating out - for just a few mouthfuls

[cheesefest]

Don’t get this at all.

Whenever I eat out or walk past an eating place with outdoor seating, why do some people leave the food after just eating a few mouthfuls? Like today, walked past a pub and a group of four (2 couples in their 50s) leaving a table with meals with a third eaten. Such a waste of money, food and effort.

If these people aren’t hungry, don’t eat! Doubt that the food is awful as would complain.

As my parents and myself leave empty plates (bar inedible things like bone), some waiting staff’s reactions think this a rare thing.

 

[cheesefest]

why do people have such a fascination with what's on other peoples plates? you enjoy what on yours and eat it how you wish, and i'll enjoy what's on mine. i've never understood this desire for humans to judge what is and isn't on another persons plate.

I have been to restaurants abroad and seen something a diner is eating and like the look of. Ask waiter what’s the man eating. Get dish name said or pointed to on menu.

 

[cheesefest]

My mum worked at a university library. Often saw many bottles of water and other soft drinks about (were only allowed water in computers and books areas, other drinks allowed in group study areas) with just a couple of swigs taken. What a waste of money esp with soft drinks £1.50. Then students have the cheek to say that they are skint!

 

[cheesefest]

You don’t think it’s stupid to open new bottles water every day, at home... the stuff literally comes out the tap... I don’t think they even do that in countries where the water is of poor quality.

In some parts of France the tap water is disgusting. Have stayed in one area and have relatives living in another. Buy 12x2 litres of water for about £1.