How not to feel humiliated when dining alone- Page 2
How not to feel humiliated when dining alone
#25how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:54pmi think craww would rather sit home and cry than dine alone.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#26how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:57pmQ that is exactly the feeling I got from that article. Only pariahs eat alone! Feel it realize it and then here are some ways to help you from feeling self conscious about it.
#27how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:59pmUsually if I'm alone, I'll pick a table that looks interesting and just join their party. Great way to meet new friends and if done right, free food.
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#28how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 12:59pm
I must have missed the part in the article where it said it was intended for those with extraordinary anxiousness
I just read the comments as being dismissive of anxiousness in general, though. Probably because the fear of dining alone sounds like a product of extraordinary anxiousness to me. But everything is a gradient, so I'm sure plenty of people experience that on a more shallow level.
i think craww would rather sit home and cry than dine alone.
It's better than sitting at home and being BroadwayWorld's pet hyperbolic conservative troll.
Updated On: 1/21/10 at 12:59 PM
Q
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#29how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:02pmWhen I eat alone, I like to keep a pad and pen on the table. Then, while I eat, I openly watch and observe everyone else eating. If they stare back, I pick up the pen and write something on the pad (doesn't matter what.)
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#30how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:03pmQ, that's hilarious!
#31how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:04pmit's ok, craww, eventually you'll find some people who are as unliked as you adn then you can go out together and talk all the cool people who are not you.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#32how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 1:08pm
it's ok, craww, eventually you'll find some people who are as unliked as you adn then you can go out together and talk all the cool people who are not you.
Nice sentence structure. I can't wait to "talk all the cool people".
#33how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:17pmgrammar nazis are notoriously unpopular, but then you already knew that. didn'cha?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#34how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 2:33pm
grammar nazis are notoriously unpopular, but then you already knew that. didn'cha?
Oh, I'm no grammar nazi. But if you're going to show a lack of imagination in recycling insults more appropriate to Cruel_Sandwich, than there's no reason for me to put any creativity into what I lob back.
It's okay, I know you're only lashing out at me because your toothless mascot position here at BroadwayWorld has to rankle occasionally. When people increasingly find your most outrageous statements to be bordering on adorable, then you have to find new places to channel your frustrated internet rage.
#35how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 3:03pmlike i told you in the pms, craww, not interested. move on.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
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#37how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 3:31pmBy "Pet" troll, you DO mean papa is the troll we'd most like to pet?
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#38how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 5:17pmWhat happened here ... I was enjoying this post .. then it all went awry!
Perfectly Marvelous
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#39how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 5:26pm
When I eat alone, I like to keep a pad and pen on the table. Then, while I eat, I openly watch and observe everyone else eating. If they stare back, I pick up the pen and write something on the pad (doesn't matter what.)
I'm totally stealing this maneuver when I dine alone next time.
"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, men recognize that the human race has been harshly treated but it has moved forward." - Les Miserables
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#40how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 5:51pmChildren, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
#41how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:21pm
If dining alone is the cause for this epidemic of acute anxiety and paranoia, I suggest...not going to restaurants alone. Or abstinence. Stop eating.
Seriously, what a ridiculous article. Are people often forced into this situation on a regular basis? My guess would be no. If you think eating alone is so horribly humiliating, yet you choose to do it anyway, then HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I will point and laugh at you from across the room. And I'll do it in a way that you'll never even see me. Keep that in mind the next time you walk into Broadway Joe's.
#42how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:29pmIn order to avoid the dining alone humiliation, I just utilize the drive thru. Nothing beats eating a Big Mac in the car.
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#43how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:39pmNot even a Baconater, danmag?
#44how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 6:51pmAnd when I want seconds, I just throw on a mask and drive through again.
#45how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 7:02pm
"Not even a Baconater, danmag?"
The Baconater is just hangover food - not fine dining like the Big Mac!
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#46how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 7:12pmOh dear God. When a Big Mac is fine dining I fear for you my dear....LMAO!
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#47how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 7:13pm
I was really hungry so I got a Big Mac, a McChicken, a McRib Combo (Super size it- they still HAVE the extra-large fry cup they just don't advertise it, you have to really demand it) and that two-pies-for-a-dollar deal. When I got to the window, the cashier asked what kind of drink and I said "Diet Coke" and she LAUGHED at me. She handed it out to me and said "Here's your SUPER SIZED Big Mac Meal, McRib, McChicken, Two Pies and a DIET Coke, sir!" with a really bitchy voice. The girl working the fry machine laughed and looked at me. I was so humilated.
Is there some sort of advice book on how to order lots of food in a drive through and not feel like a pig?
StockardFan
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/08
#48how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 7:18pmJoe, pretend like you are talking to your co-workers on your bluetooth to find out what they want while you are ordering.
#49how not to grant others unncecessary power over your own existence
Posted: 1/21/10 at 8:38pmHell, you can call Outback, Applebees, Ruby Tuesday and Houlihans and they will all bring your food out to your car. Even McDonald's delivers in Manhattan. There's no need to eat alone if it freaks you out.
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