I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
This means you are a lose or from Germany
i do feel like an idiot to do this. the only place I fly solo, is something like a Denny's or Waffle House for breakfast.
No.
Just sit at the dam bar
do you eat alone wrote:
I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
No. I travel a lot for work, work crazy hours and need food.
Just take it to go man. It's super awkward
amhrd wrote:
do you eat alone wrote:
I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
No. I travel a lot for work, work crazy hours and need food.
do you eat alone wrote:
I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
The strange thing is, when you have a girlfriend it doesn't feel weird to eat alone. When you don't have one, it does feel weird. So in the end I just feel like it doesn't matter, just eat out if you fancy it. Same goes for other stuff like the cinema.
I've done it in the past when I was away for work and didn't want to sit in a hotel/B&B room eating a sandwich. Much nicer to go out for a sit down meal. I didn't really care what anyone thought.
do you eat alone wrote:
I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
It depends.
I once backpacked through Europe for 6 months, ate on a strict budget, but would allow myself one fancy meal in a big city. I’d always go by myself, sit at a table, etc. It didn’t feel weird, simply because I wanted to enjoy the service as one typically would.
In New York (where I live,) I would just sit at the bar.
Depends on the situation and assuming there is no bsr.
In a hotel I never think twice about it. And if it's during the week when I'm traveling no problem either.
Traveling overseas I do it as well and don't worry about what the locals think.
I would not choose to go to a busy suburban restaurant on a weekend where there is a long line for a table and sit alone at a booth.
No I don't feel weird and when I see other people doing it I just assume they're on business or something. The one thing that bothers me about having to eat alone is the other people making it weird because of their insecurities.
No...because I'm not pretentious enough to go to a sit-down restaurant in the first place. I'm a normal person, so I find it incredibly awkward to be in a place where I have a "server" who I dictate orders to and can send running for a new fork after I drop mine on the floor. Outdated system for narcissists who need to eat in a faux fancy environment with subservient low wage workers doing their bidding to feel good about themselves.
Think about it this way: eating a fine meal at a restaurant or watching an engaging play or movie at a cinema is a fun experience first for the food or the art. Why should you deprive yourself of it because of lack of company? Company usually makes it nicer especially with a group of friends, but going out with a bad partner can make it worse. When you’re by yourself, you are in control of everything.
Sit at the bar and chat with the other patrons or the bartender if you feel like it, but without any strings attached.
Psychologists refer to this as the spotlight effect. You overestimate what other people think about your behavior. Basically, nobody cares about the loner in the restaurant.
hmm. wrote:
Think about it this way: eating a fine meal at a restaurant or watching an engaging play or movie at a cinema is a fun experience first for the food or the art. Why should you deprive yourself of it because of lack of company? Company usually makes it nicer especially with a group of friends, but going out with a bad partner can make it worse. When you’re by yourself, you are in control of everything.
Sit at the bar and chat with the other patrons or the bartender if you feel like it, but without any strings attached.
+1. As the next poster wrote, NO ONE cares about you eating alone at a restaurant. The only exception is when you are occupying a four-person table or booth alone, and there is a line waiting to be seated. In these situations, the restaurant usually sits you at the bar. So you don't have to worry about taking away other people's seats.
do you eat alone wrote:
I am not talking Burger King, but a sit down restaurant and you are eating alone on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night while everyone has their girlfriend or wife at their table. Do you feel strange?
I think the question is why do you feel strange?
I do it, or did it with eating at a sit down was more of a thing than it is these days. I'm married and eat out mostly with my wife and/or family and friends. But if I'm alone and feel like eating somewhere it does not bother me to go alone. I probably would not go to a super fancy restaurant where I'd want my wife to enjoy it also, but I would if I were out of town alone.
I see people eating alone all the time and I don't give it a second thought. I don't automatically think they are some type of loser with no friends who can't find a partner.
Pretty sure you can technically sit down in Burger King. Honestly I’d rather eat alone at a regular restaurant by myself than a fast food joint because then at least you respect your body enough to treat it to a better cooked meal.
Doing things without giving a crap what others think is an invigorating feeling. That being said I would probably never do this in my hometown so to speak but if you’re on the road for work or something it’s totally normal.
I go to a Chinese buffett every Friday on my own as a treat to myself for getting through the work week. Never thought it was something I shouldn't do or feel weird about.