When you get a hamburger, do you cut in half before eating it?

Every time I order one. If you got a Ruben or a turkey club you'd be pissed if it wasn't cut in half when you ordered it. I don't know why burgers don't come that way. It's a sandwich too!

Eobard Thawne wrote:

If that hamburger is definitely bigger than how long you can extend your jaw then yes its okay to cut it and eat it in portions. However if its your standard fast food hamburger then no

Who eats a standard fast food hamburger and why would anyone, including Rojo, consider cutting one in half if one chose to eat one?

A restaurant burger can be large enough to cut in half. A fast food pile of garbage isn't.

No, i never cut it in half.

I do not cut my burgers in half because I don't eat at these "man vs food" type of restaurants

If it's a burger say from In & Out... You don't cut it, go for it and dig in.

If it's one of these places that make 2/3 pound burgers so they can charge you $20, then cut it in half.

about to go get a soup spoon joint burger. Not cutting it in half.

Only an uncultivated person or a hipster (same same) would order a hamburger at a restaurant. A hamburger IS fast food. It's designed to be eaten using your hands, not chopped in two.

... do you break apart a banana, or do you deep throat it like a chimpanzee?

Which is more lady like?

In this context, "lady like" depends if you're Queen Elizabeth II or Marilyn Chambers, I suppose.

... unhinge your jaw, and take that bad boy for all it is worth.

Phrasing!

No. In fact I like em' stacked.

BTW what kind of restaurant is this that has "clients" instead of customers or friends.

only poor people eat hamburger.

Rojo,

I NEVER see anyone cutting a burger in half (other than Guy Fieri so that he can show us what it looks like inside). So, no way do 50% of people do that.

I won't even say it's a girlie thing though, because I don't know anyone who does that. If I HAD to say girlie or not girlie though, I'd go with girlie.

I ALWAYS cut mine in half, as does everyone I choose to dine with. Of course, I tend towards nicer restaurants amidst refined company. I guess I could see how this would perplex the McDonald's/Applebee's folk though.

Only if it's big and messy...

troof wrote:

If I ever went out to eat with someone who cut their burger in half, there would be no second date and I would go "no contact" on them. I would pretend to go to the bathroom and just leave them at the restaurant. Such a clear sign someone is a psychopath when they do something like this. There are unwritten societal norms on how to eat certain foods. That is why most people go out to eat for first dates. Any sane person would raise their eyebrows at something like this and pray they make it home alive.

Well said. Aside from small children and senior citizen women, I have not seen or heard of anyone even admitting to this behavior.

Is it a class thing? Maybe rojo picked this up from a prep school outing to avoid soiling his beanie?

Your wife cuts your meat for you?

Soprano wrote:

Here is the Twitter poll:

https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom/status/752346956018528256

And no, I don't cut my burger in half, but my wife does.

Top Noticer wrote:

I ALWAYS cut mine in half, as does everyone I choose to dine with. Of course, I tend towards nicer restaurants amidst refined company. I guess I could see how this would perplex the McDonald's/Applebee's folk though.

Your refined friends go to nice restaurants and order hamburgers? I mean, to each his own, but I don't really get the point of this.

I like quality food myself and I generally tend to eat at nice restaurants, but if I want a burger, I'm going to Five Guys. That's what a burger is. It's a greasy, salty meal that hits the spot like nothing else on the rare occasions that I am craving a greasy, salty meal. There's really no point in pretending that I'm doing something classy while I'm eating a burger.

I am vegan, so I only eat veggie patties. I also don't eat gluten. I eat patties with a fork and knife.

Actually here is your answer

If you are at a restaurant and a sandwich is meant to be cut in half, it is done by the restaurant before they bring it to you. OR they will bring you a steak knife. If they didn't cut it or you not brought a steak knife without asking for one, that burger or anything else is not meant to be cut.

Bad Wigins wrote:

If you are served metal cutlery with your hamburger, it's not a hamburger. Hamburgers are fast food. A normal restaurant that serves them is being pretentious and anyone who orders a hamburger there is a snob, whether they cut it in half or not.

Use the cutlery, we are not a bunch of monkeys throwing feces at each other.