What makes going out to eat in the U.S. much less fun is the fact that your time is limited. The table has to turn over to someone else after the allotted time and I hate it. I don’t appreciate people telling me I have to go.
I'm sorry, what? I didn't know that! So if I go out to eat in the US and order something in a restaurant, I only have a certain amount of time to enjoy it? Really stupid! Maybe they should screw a parking meter to the table so you can extend it.
Yeah, this is a very impersonal norm. Nothing about it says: welcome. And when they say welcome they mean: come in quickly and give us your money, then leave.
I'd love to just sit and relax. I guess there's a war on these two things, if you think about it.
@Aviva_Gary It was always that way where I live. I went to lunch in MA last summer. It was inside (which I really didn’t want to do, but I caved to peer pressure) and they told us to hurry up and finish before the next seating.
@Aviva_Gary I said nothing because I hadn’t seen this friend in a million years and didn’t want to make a scene, but wtf. I gulped down the coffee I was drinking with dessert and payed the bill.🙄
We don't have this as much because we don't go to crowded places and usually only late. We're usually getting kicked out because they're closing. No late hours it the problem for us.
@billyjoebowers Tbh, I haven’t gone to dinner in this country since Covid. When I’m away, I can eat outside, so I’m good and can stay at the table as long as I feel like it. I’ll also keep ordering shit of some sort as long as I sit there.
@StillIRise1963
A surprising exception to this is the original Juniors in downtown Brooklyn. They let you sit and sit and they keep filling your water glasses and coffee cups.
@StillIRise1963 This is why I was confused the first time I went to Europe as an adult. I was like, why aren’t they bringing my bill to rush me out? Even after finding out i still felt guilty for hoarding tables for too long.
@QuietLurker 😂 I hear you. It’s sad that we’re confused the first time we’re treated like human beings instead of cows. Last summer, I went to visit some friends in MA. During dessert, they told us to pick up the pace. I was fucking disgusted. Not with the human telling me that, but with the fact that it works this way.
@Blinxeto Yeah, it’s really off putting. It’s like we’re animals being fed at the trough and we need to get out for the next herd, but we pay for it. I also hate the concept of drinking coffee on the run. Can’t we fucking sit down for a minute. Ugh.
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