When most people order food at a restaurant in order to eat there, they want to do so because they want the experience of eating there. For restaurants that provide a plate and utensils, this experience normally includes the actual plate and utensils. Ordering food to go and eating it at the restaurant without a plate and utensils defeats the purpose of eating it at the restaurant. Of course it’s possible that you are an unusual restaurant visitor who isn’t like this and doesn’t care about a regular plate and utensils, but if so, you are so weird that your advice on this matter isn’t very useful for other people.
Also, as nim notes, all restaurants give you a to go box if you can’t finish eating.
(This post also makes me more skeptical of trivial life optimizations in general.)
Ordering food to go and eating it at the restaurant without a plate and utensils defeats the purpose of eating it at the restaurant
Restaurants are a quick and convenient way to get food, even if you don’t sit down and eat there. Ordering my food to-go saves me a decent amount of time and food, and also makes it frictionless to leave.
But judging by votes, it seems like people don’t find this advice very helpful. That’s fine :(
Restaurants are a quick and convenient way to get food, even if you don’t sit down and eat there.
It sounded like you were suggesting that people order the food to go even if they’re eating there.
Ordering it to go and then actually going makes more sense, but still has the problem of “what is your reason for going to a restaurant?” Most people who go to restaurants want to eat there a large portion of the time.
When most people order food at a restaurant in order to eat there, they want to do so because they want the experience of eating there. For restaurants that provide a plate and utensils, this experience normally includes the actual plate and utensils. Ordering food to go and eating it at the restaurant without a plate and utensils defeats the purpose of eating it at the restaurant. Of course it’s possible that you are an unusual restaurant visitor who isn’t like this and doesn’t care about a regular plate and utensils, but if so, you are so weird that your advice on this matter isn’t very useful for other people.
Also, as nim notes, all restaurants give you a to go box if you can’t finish eating.
(This post also makes me more skeptical of trivial life optimizations in general.)
Restaurants are a quick and convenient way to get food, even if you don’t sit down and eat there. Ordering my food to-go saves me a decent amount of time and food, and also makes it frictionless to leave.
But judging by votes, it seems like people don’t find this advice very helpful. That’s fine :(
It sounded like you were suggesting that people order the food to go even if they’re eating there.
Ordering it to go and then actually going makes more sense, but still has the problem of “what is your reason for going to a restaurant?” Most people who go to restaurants want to eat there a large portion of the time.