I prefer to get takeout. There's literally no reason to not get takeout. Eat the same food from the same restaurant for the same price (or cheaper since you don't tip with takeout) but in the comfort of your own home.
>fastfood, cafe
No >chain or just regular independent one
Yes, no if you’re in a suit and have a briefcase and/or suitcase >fancy
Yes unless you’re a critic, should still bring a date though you loner, and others will think you’re weird
I don't have anyone to try new places with so I've been eating out alone more, but I mostly stick to counter service type places because I don't want to feel like I'm taking up a table that could have gone to more people.
Thought about going to Ichiran for the solo ramen but a bowl is $30
In a way.. everyone’s a food critic.. You can also just walk in to any hotel assuming they don’t need reservations. Nothing weird about eating alone in a ‘tel. We need ramen stands like in nippon where you go after work by yourself before your mandatory 6 hour drinking session with your boss and coworkers you hate
>wake up at 5 in tiny 1 bedroom apartment >ride train so crowded you can smell the guy you’re pressed up against’s breath for half an hour >work for 12 hours doing work that excel could do in 5 minutes, still use a fax machine for some fucking reason >try to sort your driving license out online on break, 15th unsuccessful day >fall asleep at desk your so underslept, boss fucking compliments you >eat same ramen you have every night >spend half your days wage paying your boss who earns 5x as much and soulless coworkers drinks >get home at 4 >wife in separate room, doesn’t want children >head hurts too much to sleep >get up at 5.. on a Sunday >try to get new job forgetting in japan you work for the same company until you die
Truly nippon is superior to us all
The more I learn about Japan, the more I dislike. >Seiza sitting >wow based >turns out it's so soldiers legs become numb so they can't attack >oh so it's some more beta shit
I used to go to buffets in Reno alone and stay for 3 hours getting my monies worth. I ate and tried everything, got in at breakfast and stayed for the lunch prime rib paying much less than others. I also brought my tablet to watch some shows. I told the waitress Im going to the bathroom to shit and not to clean my table and 10 minutes later she gave away my booth to some mexican family. She seated me again in the very far back of the buffet and didn't get me drinks anymore or picked up my plates. I of course refused to tip her ever again.
>be 15 circa 2007 >florida because of course >dating chick who i met in middleschool but she was a cutter and got caught fuckin a dog & got comitted to the grippy sock resort for a bit so we were recently reunited >used to all hang out at universal halloween horror nights >group weird kids with parents irresponsible enough to let them go unsupervised until like 3am on weeknights planned a party at her place because her dad was cheating abroad with an eastern euro whore and her brother who was recently released from prison for manslaughter for somehow overdosing a friend with heroin was her moms oxy dealer and her mom was perma-strung out >some 30yo furry fag bought us alcohol and i mogged him in guitar hero which was relevant at that time >everybody passes out eventually on the floor & couches >me and dogfucker make out & the mulatto chick who was on floor comes up and joins in >dogfucker eats out mulatto while i rail her, then mulatto finishes me off >shit was so cash until she woke up, tried to fuck her brother, he slapped her, cops came, violated probation or parole or something, she went back to grippy sock jail which wasnt very cash money >her mom drove me home and bought me a few packs of smokes
Few years later in my mid 20s i reunited with her, fucked her in her trailer while hubby was playing league of legends in other room, broke it off, and she fucked my roomate who was cheating on his gf with her and he told her about it in a bid to try to get a throuple type situation going on her birthday which was a bold move, and it worked out about as badly as you would think it would, but fuckin way she goes, ya know?
When i fucked her in the trailer, though she "said" i knocked her up to extract a few bucks and her dad managed a golden corral so i met him there and gave him the $400 my mom happily loaned me and he genuinely offered to hang out with me and have some beers or if i ever wanted some free steaks. One of the weirder experiences of my life.
This was frustrating while traveling. I don't mind going to places alone near where I live, even nice places, but I usually try to do something counter servicey or less formal if I'm gonna eat alone. But when I was traveling, I wanted to go to a bunch of nice restaurants of course. After weeks of eating alone at nice restaurants where every other table had 2 or more people, I was pretty fed up with it. No one ever gave me any problems, everyone was always very nice, even got into some nice conversations with neighboring tables.
But still, it's frustrating. There are other tourists and surely there are other people traveling alone, so I don't get why the fuck I'm always the only one. Next time I travel I might see what I can do to meet other solo travelers and grab meals with them.
>man im kinda hungry and im out on the road >that restaurant looks really good >nope can't do it, they'll think im weird if i go in alone
you are braindead
i dont think anyone actually thinks it's weird or notices it, ive never had a bad interaction from it. but i also really rarely see people eat alone at sit down restaurants. so somehow, it is weird. but the only people ive ever seen bring up that its weird are people on Culinaly or other loners who feel strange doing it
yes
Depends on the restaurant, not usually though. I prefer eating alone because I hate all the restaurant rituals when you are with company.
It isn’t weird, but I don’t see why you’d want to eat out alone. Unless you’re sitting at the bar chatting.
I prefer to get takeout. There's literally no reason to not get takeout. Eat the same food from the same restaurant for the same price (or cheaper since you don't tip with takeout) but in the comfort of your own home.
Nice restaurant don't do takeout.
>fastfood, cafe
No
>chain or just regular independent one
Yes, no if you’re in a suit and have a briefcase and/or suitcase
>fancy
Yes unless you’re a critic, should still bring a date though you loner, and others will think you’re weird
I don't have anyone to try new places with so I've been eating out alone more, but I mostly stick to counter service type places because I don't want to feel like I'm taking up a table that could have gone to more people.
Thought about going to Ichiran for the solo ramen but a bowl is $30
I like to eat at the bar during lunch time.
Sometimes I drop by a pub on my way home after work. It's pretty satisfying having a beer and a burger after a long day.
Fatty
>pub
>burger
>not a pie or f ‘n c
Heretic
bring a notepad and pretend you're a food critic
In a way.. everyone’s a food critic.. You can also just walk in to any hotel assuming they don’t need reservations. Nothing weird about eating alone in a ‘tel. We need ramen stands like in nippon where you go after work by yourself before your mandatory 6 hour drinking session with your boss and coworkers you hate
>mandatory 6 hour drinking session with your boss and coworkers you hate
not to mention all the bullying and hazing of newbies
>wake up at 5 in tiny 1 bedroom apartment
>ride train so crowded you can smell the guy you’re pressed up against’s breath for half an hour
>work for 12 hours doing work that excel could do in 5 minutes, still use a fax machine for some fucking reason
>try to sort your driving license out online on break, 15th unsuccessful day
>fall asleep at desk your so underslept, boss fucking compliments you
>eat same ramen you have every night
>spend half your days wage paying your boss who earns 5x as much and soulless coworkers drinks
>get home at 4
>wife in separate room, doesn’t want children
>head hurts too much to sleep
>get up at 5.. on a Sunday
>try to get new job forgetting in japan you work for the same company until you die
Truly nippon is superior to us all
The more I learn about Japan, the more I dislike.
>Seiza sitting
>wow based
>turns out it's so soldiers legs become numb so they can't attack
>oh so it's some more beta shit
I eat out a lot, but never alone. Usually op’s mom is there. I’m implying I perform cunnilingus on her, if you catch my drift.
just look like a successful guy on a business trip and no one will think twice.
if you go alone in cargo pants and a fedora and put your dakimura in the seat next to you yeah, people will think you're weird.
not if you looked like that
I used to go to buffets in Reno alone and stay for 3 hours getting my monies worth. I ate and tried everything, got in at breakfast and stayed for the lunch prime rib paying much less than others. I also brought my tablet to watch some shows. I told the waitress Im going to the bathroom to shit and not to clean my table and 10 minutes later she gave away my booth to some mexican family. She seated me again in the very far back of the buffet and didn't get me drinks anymore or picked up my plates. I of course refused to tip her ever again.
You sound like a turbo autist lol. Keep up the good work.
>be 15 circa 2007
>florida because of course
>dating chick who i met in middleschool but she was a cutter and got caught fuckin a dog & got comitted to the grippy sock resort for a bit so we were recently reunited
>used to all hang out at universal halloween horror nights
>group weird kids with parents irresponsible enough to let them go unsupervised until like 3am on weeknights planned a party at her place because her dad was cheating abroad with an eastern euro whore and her brother who was recently released from prison for manslaughter for somehow overdosing a friend with heroin was her moms oxy dealer and her mom was perma-strung out
>some 30yo furry fag bought us alcohol and i mogged him in guitar hero which was relevant at that time
>everybody passes out eventually on the floor & couches
>me and dogfucker make out & the mulatto chick who was on floor comes up and joins in
>dogfucker eats out mulatto while i rail her, then mulatto finishes me off
>shit was so cash until she woke up, tried to fuck her brother, he slapped her, cops came, violated probation or parole or something, she went back to grippy sock jail which wasnt very cash money
>her mom drove me home and bought me a few packs of smokes
Few years later in my mid 20s i reunited with her, fucked her in her trailer while hubby was playing league of legends in other room, broke it off, and she fucked my roomate who was cheating on his gf with her and he told her about it in a bid to try to get a throuple type situation going on her birthday which was a bold move, and it worked out about as badly as you would think it would, but fuckin way she goes, ya know?
When i fucked her in the trailer, though she "said" i knocked her up to extract a few bucks and her dad managed a golden corral so i met him there and gave him the $400 my mom happily loaned me and he genuinely offered to hang out with me and have some beers or if i ever wanted some free steaks. One of the weirder experiences of my life.
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Thank you for sharing this piece of Americana with us, anon.
It's a little weird but it's even weirder to specifically avoid doing it
maybe, but why do you care?
This was frustrating while traveling. I don't mind going to places alone near where I live, even nice places, but I usually try to do something counter servicey or less formal if I'm gonna eat alone. But when I was traveling, I wanted to go to a bunch of nice restaurants of course. After weeks of eating alone at nice restaurants where every other table had 2 or more people, I was pretty fed up with it. No one ever gave me any problems, everyone was always very nice, even got into some nice conversations with neighboring tables.
But still, it's frustrating. There are other tourists and surely there are other people traveling alone, so I don't get why the fuck I'm always the only one. Next time I travel I might see what I can do to meet other solo travelers and grab meals with them.
>man im kinda hungry and im out on the road
>that restaurant looks really good
>nope can't do it, they'll think im weird if i go in alone
you are braindead
i dont think anyone actually thinks it's weird or notices it, ive never had a bad interaction from it. but i also really rarely see people eat alone at sit down restaurants. so somehow, it is weird. but the only people ive ever seen bring up that its weird are people on Culinaly or other loners who feel strange doing it
Yes.
Some restaurants are more about experience than about simply getting food, and visiting those alone would be weird.
Others, not so much.