If you plan to eat at the restaurant, you can just ask them for a box if you have food left over.
Also, ordering to-go and then eating there only works at places where you can just grab a seat. In many places I’ve eaten, saying “for here” is how you get allocated a place to sit if you want to eat there.
If you want to save even more time, phone the restaurant and place your order before you begin traveling to it. That way they can prepare your food during your travel time.
A potential con is that most food needs to be refrigerated if you want to keep it safe to eat for several hours. Depending on what happens between mealtime and snacks “later”, you may need to handle additional cognitive load to store the food appropriately.
If you plan to eat at the restaurant, you can just ask them for a box if you have food left over.
This is true at most restaurants. Unfortunately, it often takes a long time for the staff to prepare a box for you (o(5 minutes)).
A potential con is that most food needs to be refrigerated if you want to keep it safe to eat for several hours
One might simply get into the habit of putting whatever food they have in the refrigerator. I find that refrigerated food is usually not unpleasant to eat, even without heating.
If you plan to eat at the restaurant, you can just ask them for a box if you have food left over.
Also, ordering to-go and then eating there only works at places where you can just grab a seat. In many places I’ve eaten, saying “for here” is how you get allocated a place to sit if you want to eat there.
If you want to save even more time, phone the restaurant and place your order before you begin traveling to it. That way they can prepare your food during your travel time.
A potential con is that most food needs to be refrigerated if you want to keep it safe to eat for several hours. Depending on what happens between mealtime and snacks “later”, you may need to handle additional cognitive load to store the food appropriately.
This is true at most restaurants. Unfortunately, it often takes a long time for the staff to prepare a box for you (o(5 minutes)).
One might simply get into the habit of putting whatever food they have in the refrigerator. I find that refrigerated food is usually not unpleasant to eat, even without heating.
My experience is that not all locations (work etc) have refrigerator space conveniently available, but if you have access, that’s great!
I find that asking the person at the counter to give me a box is a much quicker operation than asking wait staff to put my food into a box for me.
Good tip!