/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9289076]

Do you ever go out to eat alone? When, if ever, is it acceptable?

[Anonymous No.9289079]

I have no choice. Just use my phone. Better than the olden days of yesteryear when one had to stare at the walls

[Anonymous No.9289082]

>>9289076
I can't because I don't have a car or a license so if I do decide to go out my mom or dad drive me places and will eat with me.

[Anonymous No.9289084]

>>9289076
I do it when I'm on business trips, or if I simply get a craving for a specific food and my wife isn't home and my friends aren't around.

Why would it ever be unacceptable? You're not some socially inept gimp who cares worries about what other people think, are you?

Nobody gives a shit if you eat out alone.

[Anonymous No.9289085]

>>9289076
I bring my pet falcon when I want to go eat alone, this way I don't have to sit in the singles section and feel like there's a cloud of shame hanging over me for the entire meal.

[Anonymous No.9289094]

>>9289085
Singles section is so embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.9289095]

>>9289076
If I travel, then yeah. My partner works overnights so if she is asleep I'll sometimes go out alone. Not because I want to be alone but because I want her to have the opportunity to sleep and I make SIGNIFICANT noise when I cook that could wake her up. It doesn't bother me at all though...in fact I find it kind of liberating.

[Anonymous No.9289207]

Fast food, breakfast lunch and coffee shop ish places I can go into. I struggle to go into busy places, high end independent places, places at dinner, places for sunday lunch or other events.

[Anonymous No.9289228]

>>9289076
If it's a restaurant with the choice of bar or tables take the bar

[Anonymous No.9289270]

>>9289076
>Do you ever go out to eat alone?
All the time.

I have no friends or family so it's always just me. I go to a lot of the same places, and live in a very vibrant city, so the waiters and hostesses all recognize me as the autist that comes alone. It's embarrassing but I like a good meal and I'm often too tired to make one myself.

[Anonymous No.9289285]

>>9289076
>>9289270
Oh and my saddest moment was when I accidentally told a waitress it was my birthday and they gave me a cupcake with a candle on it. So I was in this busy restaurant sitting alone at a two top with a cupcake and candle burning. Thankfully it wasn't a tacky enough place to sign, but the people next to me wished me a happy birthday.

I cried that night.

[Anonymous No.9289299]

>>9289270
>>9289285
I go out to eat alone all the time. Yesterday I was sitting at the bar eating wings and drinking beer and talking to the closest things I can call friends on a discord I frequent. I go during the slow time to eat, so around 4 most times.

[Anonymous No.9289317]

>>9289299
I work until like 5-6, so often stop on my way home like around 6:30-7. Most people eat a bit later here but by the time I'm done places can be pretty crowded. I probably eat out 3-4 times a week. I used to sit at the bar but I prefer to sit in a chair and have a real waiter, especially since it costs the same and I only drink like one beer a night.

[Anonymous No.9289358]

>>9289317
Yesterday I was thinking about sitting at one of those high top tables in the bar area. The bar was kinda crowded and too many blacks, but I ended up sitting between them. Mainly I wanted to be at a table because the discord post lewd anime shit and I don't think anyone should have to glance over and happen to see it cause some loser likes to chat about that shit. I think I'll try out a table next time.

[Anonymous No.9289387]

>>9289285
>I cried that night

[Anonymous No.9289400]

very rarely have meals alone so I love it. Here's some advice, no one fucking cares about you enough to wonder why you're eating by yourself

[Anonymous No.9289476]

>>9289400
I unironically do care/wonder when I see it. Business people are easy to spot, but otherwise I wonder if they are autists or what the story is.

[Anonymous No.9289477]

>>9289285
>I cried that night.
i love it

[Anonymous No.9289483]

>>9289358
High top tables are the worst. I find them uncomfortable and if you are worried about what is on your screen, those are just about as bad as a bar. For sure try a table. At a table at least you get some separation even if it's a place that has close tables. You're paying the same price anyways, might as well get full table service.

>>9289387
>>9289477
:o(

[Anonymous No.9289646]

>>9289076
Often, it's common here and quite frankly I love it. After some time I get to know the staff, they know what I like and always give me little perks.

People can sense loneliness out of choice vs because you don't have anyone to eat with. Having been a waiter at some nice establishments it's very transparent.

[Anonymous No.9289672]

>>9289646
What do the waiters think of the people like me who just don't have anyone to eat with?

[Anonymous No.9289676]

>>9289076
All the time. Why do you think the QT waitress is standing there talking to me while you wait on your food.

[Anonymous No.9289686]

>>9289676
because she wants a good tip, figuring you'll overtip to get in her pants?

[Anonymous No.9289703]

>>9289285
Kek

[Anonymous No.9289713]

>>9289672
Smile = tip

[Anonymous No.9289724]

It better not be. I plan on swinging by Pinchers at happy hour and emptying their stock of oysters.

[Anonymous No.9289732]

i usually only go to coffee shops and eat alone there. the restaurants and stuff all have no singles policies

[Anonymous No.9289733]

>>9289686
I tip 20% across the board, unless I get bad service. So I don't think that's why. I think it's because I'm 30 and 20 something waitresses with Daddy issues find that appealing.

[Anonymous No.9289742]

>>9289076
It's not like you're going to the movies, eating alone is fairly normal.
Unless it's really crowded and I'm taking up a 4 seat table, then it's pretty awkward

[Anonymous No.9289747]

>>9289713
Well, I can't say they are wrong.

[Anonymous No.9289757]

>>9289084
/thread

[Anonymous No.9289796]

A male eating alone barely registers in anyone's brain if at all. A female eating alone otoh, rightly or wrongly, screams I'm willing to lay anything with 3 legs that talks to me tonight.

[Anonymous No.9289816]

>>9289796
waiter here. sometimes this is true, but often they are on a whatsapp or text messaging their boyfriend.

[Anonymous No.9289879]

>>9289076
No, I just carry out and eat alone in the privacy of my room so I can browse 4chan and pretend I'm eating with other people haha

[Anonymous No.9289933]

>>9289285
wew

[Anonymous No.9290008]

>>9289816
>waiter with inside info

So do you send out bait to see if it's the former? I would think you must nail a fair number of them since waiters are generally decent looking and in reasonable shape.

[Anonymous No.9290030]

>>9290008
Not him. I used to work in a warehouse stocking furniture when I was 19. The manager was a total bro, and he would get on the intercom and say I was needed up front. He did that because there was a hotty on the floor and we would check her out together.

I had a pickup so if they needed something small delivered like a bed or something I'd charm them and say I'd deliver it after work for free. Saved them $75, and I slept with a few. However, I'm an anonymous with a heart so I also did it for single moms and elderly people who were kind.

[Anonymous No.9290036]

I seldom go eat alone, but it tends to be on those days when I want some time for myself, eat delicious food without having to cook and just enjoy solitude. I always bring a book or my kindle with me though, and then I read for a couple of hours while enjoying food and drinks. People might find it strange but I quite enjoy it

[Anonymous No.9290056]

>>9290030
>also did it for [...] elderly people who were kind.
you fucked grandma too?

[Anonymous No.9290108]

>>9290056
Granny needs luvin too anon.

[Anonymous No.9290143]

>>9289076
i travel for work constantly so i eat alone often

if im with coworkers i will eat with them for sure

sometimes i take it back to the hotel but i dont mind just browsing my phone at a restaurant sometimes

[Anonymous No.9290669]

>>9289742
going to the movies alone seems far more acceptable than doing what is typically considered sociable activity. its not as if youre going to be talking to or looking at your partner while watching a movie in a darkly lit theater.

>>9289076
pro tip: go to one of those dine-in theaters alone.

[Anonymous No.9290718]

There's this one ramen place in Japan where you sit in a closed off booth for one and they serve you through this slot where you literally can't see your server. There's also no tipping allowed.

[Anonymous No.9290751]

>>9290718
Yeah... That sounds like you're about to get bukkaked. Or a Japanese gameshow, where you're about to get bukkaked.

[Anonymous No.9290768]

>>9290751
found a video on it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwRlPrbi3Tc

[Anonymous No.9290888]

>>9289672
We have pity and sympathy so long as you aren't creepy or weird in a potentially worrisome way.

[Anonymous No.9291750]

>>9289076
I always eat alone because of the huge amounts I consume.

t. fatty

[Anonymous No.9292016]

>>9289076
Pic semi related, but no I don't tend to go out alone despite having some pretty decent restaurants close to where I live.