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Unless it’s my wife, I’m not ever out with people who ask for my food. That’s weird. I will also almost always offer food up to the table if it’s reasonably sharable.

 

I agree, I think it's weird you've never been out with anyone who asked for your food too.

 

cracked up at "that's what Marx warned about" ill never leave this site

 

What kind of person asks for someone else’s food? What do you even say? Can I try that? That’s so rude. You wait for someone to offer up their food if they want to

 

Listen, you do you, and I honestly almost never ask to try anyone's food, but if someone asked me if they could try something, that doesn't sound rude at all to me.

It's a fair question for a family member, friend, or colleague to ask.

Someone just taking something, now that's rude.

I can't possibly fathom someone being offended by this. What are we even doing as a species?

 

I mean I definitely have friends that I’m close enough with to where they have no problem being like “yo can I get a fry” or something and I don’t even bat an eye. But yeah it’s not extremely common and agreed that it’s usually me offering my food to the table instead of others actively asking

 

Also how did we get two gifs into this conversation without

 

I mean, the situation I'm used to is having something someone hasn't eaten before and they want to try it to see how it tastes.

 

If something is super delicious I want to share so everyone knows I'm great at picking out food but if it's something limited for some reason then back off because I want it all

 

It is rude. Manners dictate that you should offer up your food for someone to try, not to have them ask to try your food. Imagine the predicament a person gets into if they don’t want to share. The asker (rude person) has the power and knows that 99.9% of the time the person with desirable food will not say no. By asking, they are already expecting a yes. That’s rude. You wait til someone offers.

or, you go “how is that” and then the person will go “good do you wanna try it?” And then you can try it. Asking to try someone’s food is uncivilized

 

Lemmie get a fry is different. The bit there is almost that you acknowledge being rude but doing it anyway. My friends and I will do that.

A coworker though? A boss? A moderate acquaintance? No shot. Super weird

 

It's a great way to establish dominance. I treat every dinner like the apartment scene of Pulp Fiction.

 

Sorry, no, you do you, but I think you're overthinking this waaaay too much. Turning a meal into a goddamn Game Of Thrones episode.

 

I don’t ask and just take whatever food I want. Table next to me has a good looking burger? I just take a bite out of that fucker.

 

I robbed a liquor store in '07. No cash just bottles

 

Only thing I find psychotic here is going out as a group (family friends, whoever) and ordering an app just for yourself unless it's soup or something like that. Entrees I get but the whole point of apps is sharing imo.

 

I get apps as my entrée sometimes

 

Someone clearly has never hit up a Crapplebees with a bunch of friends in the evening after work or whatever for half-off apps.

(No idea what that’s like these days. It’s been a while; I bet it ain’t what it was a decade ago.)

 

Yeah apps are for the table

 

This is accurate. "How is that?" is how a non-sociopath would indicate they might want to try it if you're amenable.

If I offer, that's totally fair game.

 

The real midwestern way is refusing when offered even if I really do want to try something.

 

Are we seriously equating asking someone if you can try a bite of something they ordered to sociopathic behavior? What the fuck is wrong with you all?

 

We’re not sociopaths

 

I have found that whether or not food gets shared around the table - with or even without asking - when I’m out having dinner with friends or something depends heavily on the cultural background of the people I am eating with (which I guess makes sense). I personally don’t mind it most of the time. I do mind it when it’s people I don’t really want to eat with, like at some large family dinners lol I also don’t go to dinner or whatever with co-workers, I avoid stuff like that like the plague