Saw an odd thing

On Wed 18 Jan 2006 05:53:04p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

Quoted message said:

I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a
guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a
coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of
plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is
this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or something, I don't
know. It just struck me as odd. I guess it's good at least he bought
*something*. What do you think of this?

LOL! I have to admit I've done the same/similar. David and I each prefer
different fast food places and I have occasionally gone through a drive-thru
of the restaurant I prefer to pick up a sandwich or fries, then driven to and
and gone in the restaurant he preferred and ordered the remainder of what I
wanted. He saids I'm nuts, but why eat what you don't want? I've never
taken anything from home, however.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

jmcquown said:

I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
on a special diet or something...

Perhaps he works there.

-sw

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

He went
back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he
was
on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd.
I
guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of
this?

Only thing I've heard like that is that one time I had lunch with a
friend, she invited one of her co-workers along, we ordered lunch
(this was a restaurant complete with wait staff), she ordered a
glass of iced tea and nothing else. Whipped out a cheese sandwich.
and proceeded to eat it there.

nancy

jmcquown said:

I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I
guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?

I got nervous from the moment you said "set a bag on a table then he
went" ... I'da been making tracks outta there... if I'da been there,
which I wouldn't and haven't in some 30 years. Why do folks still go
to those fast food joints, I didn't know billions could become addicted
to [censored].

Sheldon

Sheldon said:

jmcquown said:

I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I
noticed a guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and
ordered a coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a
couple of plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own
breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or
something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I guess it's
good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?

I got nervous from the moment you said "set a bag on a table then he
went" ... I'da been making tracks outta there... if I'da been there,
which I wouldn't and haven't in some 30 years. Why do folks still go
to those fast food joints, I didn't know billions could become
addicted
to [censored].

Sheldon

I'm not addicted to [censored], dear. I am attending classes this week and rather
than stand outside the locked office for 30 minutes I decided to grab
breakfast a quick cheap breakfast. Anyway, the guy didn't just drop the
back and hoof it out the door; he went up and got coffee. No terrorist
threat there.

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

Jill

Nancy Young said:

Only thing I've heard like that is that one time I had lunch with a
friend, she invited one of her co-workers along, we ordered lunch
(this was a restaurant complete with wait staff), she ordered a
glass of iced tea and nothing else. Whipped out a cheese sandwich.
and proceeded to eat it there.

A former co-worker of mine was so cheap she used to bring concentrated
iced tea mix in a squirt bottle in her purse everywhere she went, then
would order free water and add her own tea to it. It backfired one day
when we went to lunch, the waitress saw tea, gave her refills, and
charged her for it.

Stacia

jmcquown said:

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

Sheldon said:

jmcquown said:

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their
own food into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?
Be that as it may or may not, I did think it was in bad form.

IMHO, which counts for little, this guy should have gotten his coffee to go
and gone to his office and eaten his breakfast at his desk rather than
taking up a table. 50 cent cuppa java and he sat alone at a table for four.

Imagine if this was a fairly nice restaurant. Not four-star, mind you, just
a nice restaurant. Imagine it was lunch or dinnertime, rather than
breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal, what
would you think? If you owned or managed the place, how would you react? I
think I'd tell the individual if they wanted to eat their own food they
should do so at home. It's not like you're losing a customer; a customer
who brings their own food into a restaurant really isn't a customer, are
they?

Jill

jmcquown said:

Sheldon said:

jmcquown said:

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their
own food into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?

Food could be contaminated, crumbs get dropped, greasy hands smear
furniture, who knows what/how folks cook... I don't permit people to
bring their slop into my house.

On 18 Jan 2006 18:24:38 -0800, "Sheldon" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

<boggle> How could this possibly be a violation of any laws? Maybe
Burger King laws, but there are no laws being violated, health
wise or criminal.

Theft of services? Whew.

-sw

jmcquown said:

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

Yes, you saw an odd thing. -aem

On Wed 18 Jan 2006 07:51:20p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

Quoted message said:

Sheldon said:

jmcquown said:

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own
food into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

It may be illegal, a violation of public health laws... but perhaps
public health wouldn't apply to a fast food joint. It's certainly a
theft of services... I suppose it depends on which state.

At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public
health laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at
one table? Be that as it may or may not, I did think it was in bad form.

IMHO, which counts for little, this guy should have gotten his coffee to
go and gone to his office and eaten his breakfast at his desk rather
than taking up a table. 50 cent cuppa java and he sat alone at a table
for four.

Imagine if this was a fairly nice restaurant. Not four-star, mind you,
just a nice restaurant. Imagine it was lunch or dinnertime, rather than
breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal,
what would you think? If you owned or managed the place, how would you
react? I think I'd tell the individual if they wanted to eat their own
food they should do so at home. It's not like you're losing a customer;
a customer who brings their own food into a restaurant really isn't a
customer, are they?

Somehow I think that's a lot less likely to happen. A fast food venue is a
lot different. No wait staff involved, no actual bus people. Basically,
whatever you buy there is self serve from the point of picking it up at the
counter. As long as I'm consuming something I purchased there, I don't see
what the big deal is if I consume something else along with it. Many times
I have seen people buy nothing but coffee and sit with it and a newspaper,
taking up space and as much or more time as someone who had purchased a
complete meal. It's all relative. If I saw that the dining area was
crowded and people were having a problem finding a seat, then that would
make a difference.

--
Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
________________________________________

Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Imagine if this was a fairly nice restaurant. Not four-star, mind you,
just
a nice restaurant. Imagine it was lunch or dinnertime, rather than
breakfast hours. If this guy came in, sat at a table or booth for 4,
ordered iced tea or coffee and then whipped out his own complete meal,
what
would you think?

I *must* have read this in Reader's Digest at some time in the
distant past. Some guy would bring his car in for an oil change
(must have been a small town), he would bring the oil he got
on sale somewhere.

Well, he owned a luncheonette, the guy with the cheap oil.
One day the mechanic came in for breakfast, brought his own
eggs.

I think the upshot was the cheap oil guy got the point.

nancy

On 18 Jan 2006 19:08:45 -0800, "Sheldon" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

jmcquown wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?

Food could be contaminated, crumbs get dropped, greasy hands smear
furniture, who knows what/how folks cook...

Using that same logic, you may as well outlaw shoes in fast food
outlets. Heck, and the people wearing them, too.

-sw

aem said:

jmcquown said:

My question was, do you think it's odd for someone to bring their own food
into *any* eating establishment, fast food or not?

Yes, you saw an odd thing. -aem

I have never heard of a more odd thing in my life. Now that's
odd.

-sw

jmcquown said:

I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and bought
a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a guy come
in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a coffee. He went
back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of plastic containers out
of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is this weird? Perhaps he was
on a special diet or something, I don't know. It just struck me as odd. I
guess it's good at least he bought *something*. What do you think of this?

Jill

A lot of fast food joints around here have signs saying "no outside food
or drink" so apparently it's a common enough occurrance.

--Charlene

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Steve Wertz said:

Sheldon said:

jmcquown wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

At the risk of starting a war, how could it be in voliation of public health
laws if the person is consuming the item solely for themselves at one table?

Food could be contaminated, crumbs get dropped, greasy hands smear
furniture, who knows what/how folks cook...

Using that same logic, you may as well outlaw shoes in fast food
outlets. Heck, and the people wearing them, too.

Maybe in your house yoose all set around with yer feet up on the
furniture... and eat off the floor... filthy uncouth beasts that you
are.

[email hidden] (jmcquown)WROTE:
I was running early this morning (!) so I stopped at Burger King and
bought a breakfast sandwich and coffee and sat down to eat. I noticed a
guy come in and set a bag on a table then he went up and ordered a
coffee. He went back to the table and proceeded to pull a couple of
plastic containers out of the bag - he'd brought his own breakfast! Is
this weird? Perhaps he was on a special diet or something, I don't know.
It just struck me as odd. I guess it's good at least he bought
*something*. What do you think of this?
Jill--------------------------------------------------
RESPONSE: Around my area - Detroit- they will throw your butt out
pulling that bring your own food in to a restaurant & I agree with
owners 100%.
This stunt makes the restaurant look bad plus loss of profits.
Where my b/f works workers aren't allowed to bring their lunches and eat
in front of the customers & I have worked at a number of restaurants
with the same policy. The owners of b/f's employment threw out the
manager and her helpers who are right next door because they were
bringing in their own can pop to drink with their meals because they
didn't like the tap pop.
If on a special diet I would suggest either eating @ home or going to a
restaurant that has special meals.
Fast food restaurant or not that stunt takes a lot nerve.
PS- Glad it wasn't a bomb in that bag as that was the first thought that
went through my mind reading your post.

On 18 Jan 2006 20:02:43 -0800, "Sheldon" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Maybe in your house yoose all set around with yer feet up on the
furniture...

We're so elite that we have furniture specifically for putting
feet on. Carpet, too.

-sw