Why do people order salads at restaurants? Shouldn't you save money for something that actually takes time and/or skill to prepare?

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Anonymous Sun Sep 20 19:02:57 2015 No.6900380 [Reply] [Original]

Why do people order salads at restaurants? Shouldn't you save money for something that actually takes time and/or skill to prepare?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 19:04:00 2015 No.6900382 >>6900380 >restaurant >save money Yea, I don't think you get the point of going out

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 19:05:21 2015 No.6900385 >>6900382 So what's the point? Showing off how much money I can waste? Paying a dumb liberal arts cunt to smile at me and pretend she's going to have sex with me? If I want to fap, I can just download some videos for free.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 19:08:48 2015 No.6900392 >>6900385 yeah you definitely don't get the point and should probably just stay home instead of going out and risking sperging out on someone over some stupid shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 19:10:40 2015 No.6900395 >>6900382 I've got plenty of money to spend on things that take actual effort to make, instead of paying someone to sloppily throw four uncooked ingredients on a plate.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 22:39:59 2015 No.6900869 >>6900385 Yes Restaurants are a way of showing status

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 22:44:14 2015 No.6900885

>>6900385

if your only form of social contact at restaurants is a waitress you have failed somewhere along the line.

anyway you can make anything from a restaurant at home if you want and some salads are actually relatively labour intensive or difficult to source.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:07:53 2015 No.6900954 File: 920 KB, 500x271, tumblr_me9sasQjXg1reuh6wo1_500.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6900885 > "I'll have the chicken caesar salad"

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:09:10 2015 No.6900957 >>6900385 Holy fuck you're cynical.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:10:17 2015 No.6900961 >>6900395 >I've got plenty of money to spend No you don't.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:13:50 2015 No.6900972 I agree with OP. My standards for 'time and/or skill to prepare' are low, but not so low that I'm willing to pay ten bucks for someone to open a bag of Dole mix for me.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:15:14 2015 No.6900974 File: 479 KB, 751x614, fuck you.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6900961 more than you'll ever see in your life bud

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:17:04 2015 No.6900977 >>6900974 >Le $130 >Le high roller lol you look like a small town weed dealer who himself is addicted to meth, good luck with that, friendo.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:18:32 2015 No.6900983 >>6900977 why don't you head on back to le leddit, big shot

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:29:27 2015 No.6901013 >>6900983 Because it's more fun to hone in on a white trash easy target.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:31:20 2015 No.6901017 >>6900977 reverse image search

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:37:49 2015 No.6901033 File: 154 KB, 699x1015, pfft, that's not you.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6900974

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:40:49 2015 No.6901042 >>6900977 >>6900983 >>6901013 >>6901033 Is everyone here just new as fuck or what?

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:43:51 2015 No.6901059

>>6900972
>>6900380
I agree with OP. Good guy OP. Same with fucking sandwiches. Going to a restaurant is not only for the social aspect but for the labour-free aspect. Going to a restaurant and ordering a salad (as long as its a simple salad which 99% of the time it is) or a sandwich is terrible on the labour-saving aspect of the restaurant.

Why would I pay someone 10$ to make me a salad I could make JUST AS WELL for like 1.50$. It doesn't have anything to do with the social aspect of a restaurant either as what you order has nothing to do with the social aspect. Whether you order a salad or a steak (same thing as salads and sandwiches) or something that actually takes skill and time to make has 0 impact on the social nature of the restaurant.

It's the same as going tot he grocery store and buying a premade or precut things. "Why would I buy a whole pineapple for 1$ when I could buy half of a pineapple already cut up for 3$?"

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:45:11 2015 No.6901063 >>6900380 Usually thats just for chicks who want to maintain their lanky shape and look good for us guys.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:48:45 2015 No.6901068 >>6901059 But what if you want a salad right now? What are you supposed to do? Just watch everyone else eat and then go home and make one yourself? Completely alienate yourself from your social circle to save 8 bucks? How fucking cheap can you be?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:53:34 2015 No.6901076 >>6901068 To follow up, once you become financially stable you basically stop looking at the prices on a restaurant menu and just order whatever you want to eat the most

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:56:23 2015 No.6901079 >>6901076 This. As long as I know ahead of time about what I'm going to be spending, I don't really bother to actually look at the prices and just order whatever sounds good.

Anonymous Sun Sep 20 23:59:52 2015 No.6901086

>>6901068
>But what if you want a salad right now?
Nobody does this. I've never once seen a man order a salad at a restaurant.

>What are you supposed to do?

Order the salad then realize you wasted your money while everyone laughs at you for ordering salad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:00:03 2015 No.6901087 >>6901076 >Once you become financially stable Good luck with that.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:02:02 2015 No.6901092 Why even pay for things at all when you can steal it

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:03:50 2015 No.6901095

>>6901068
>But what if you want a salad right now?

The only reason you would want a salad is because you don't have the discipline to control what you want. You are an undisciplined man-child who lives in the moment rather than thinking ahead. If you go to a restaurant and order something you have the ability to make yourself then you are an idiot. It's not about fiscal responsibility, it's about having the integrity to and discipline to know what you are capable of doing. So you hold off what you want now, get something you don't have the skill to make, then later you make yourself a salad.

You're compromising overall appreciation of food for a short-sighted impulse decision.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:04:36 2015 No.6901098 >>6901059 I have never seen a whole pineapple for less than $3 Usually the canned ones are less than a dollar too

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:06:35 2015 No.6901101

>>6901086
>Nobody does this. I've never once seen a man order a salad at a restaurant.
Move out of flyover land. I order salads when I go out all the time. Fuck, my friends love going out to eat, but I'm not always hungry enough for a real meal, so I order a salad so I can eat while everyone else does instead of sitting there not eating, or worse, home alone because I have no friends.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:10:03 2015 No.6901112 >>6901101 This. If you've honestly never seen a man order a salad you must be living in some shithole flyover nowhere. It's really not that big of a deal.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:11:50 2015 No.6901123 >>6901086 Outside of flyover land, no one really gives a fuck what you order with your own money. People have better things to do than sit there and judge what you're eating.

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:12:39 2015 No.6901128

Well lets say you wanted an ahi nicoise salad. You would drive to a specialty fishmonger since most grocery stores won't sell tuna unless theyre crazy busy, which is quite rare. Then you'd have to buy a single egg, good luck with that, you can then whip out the sous-vide tank you have at home to make a perfect 63 degree egg, meanwhile spend 30 minutes slow simmering new potatos, and simultaniously blanching some green beans.

While thats going on you can make a nice tarragon and anchovy vinegarette with shallots, mustard, and some nice olive oil.

Then you can pickle some red onions that are thinly sliced and finally you can combine all of these ingredients very nicely into a quaint little bowl.

And finally a trip to the farmers market to pick up some heirloom tomatoes, cut based on size.

I would estimate the time it would take to get all of this together from scratch would probably be around an hour assuming a 20 minute travel time there and back from the grocery store, as well as waiting in line, and I would guess that if you also had no staples at home to create this salad you'd be looking at spending around 30-40 dollars.

Or you could just drop 15 bucks at a restaurant and someone would do it all for you.

Enjoy living a life of ignorance OP, hopefully one day I can be as ignorant as you so I won't think so much.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:12:53 2015 No.6901129 >>6901101 >>6901112 I'm from philly you faggots and if anyone saw you eat a salad around here theyd fuck you in your ass and call it a pussy. Fags

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:14:07 2015 No.6901135 >>6901128 It's pretty obvious OP isn't talking about that. From context I assume he's talking about the retards that will order a large garden or caesar salad.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:14:08 2015 No.6901136 >>6901129 Please stay right where you are and never move. You deserve a place that shitty.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:15:09 2015 No.6901138 >>6901129 lol leave the fucking ghetto. What kind of a loser honesty gives a single fuck what some random person he doesn't even know is ordering in a fucking restaurant?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 00:21:17 2015 No.6901155 >>6901138 >What kind of a loser honesty gives a single fuck what some random person he doesn't even know is ordering in a fucking restaurant? >philly

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 01:33:59 2015 No.6901300 >>6901135 >From context I assume he's talking about the retards that will order a large garden or caesar salad. OP confirming.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 01:44:44 2015 No.6901322 >>6901129 Is there something wrong with the water in philly or something? Why are you people so vile?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 03:18:51 2015 No.6901480 >>6900974 Damn, you're ugly

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 03:22:22 2015 No.6901485 >>6901095 >If you go to a restaurant and order something you have the ability to make yourself then you are an idiot. then all restaurants would sell is complicated french desserts...

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 03:27:15 2015 No.6901491

>>6901095

you can do your own taxes but you don't
you can change your own oil but you don't
you can grow your own veggies but you don't
you can butcher your own meat but you don't
you can cut your own hair but you don't
you can brew your own beer and wine but you don't

blah blah blah ad infinitum

why is making your own salad any different?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 03:56:15 2015 No.6901522 >>6901095 >If you go to a restaurant and order something you have the ability to make yourself then you are an idiot You think chefs or even cooks who work at any place worth a shit never go out to eat? Really?

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 04:33:15 2015 No.6901575
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There are people posting on this board right now that will restrain themselves from ordering what they want at a restaurant if they can make it at home instead.

There are people here right now that are literally so autistic they will not order things on a restaurant menu not because of price or taste, but because of some strange sense of self-sufficiency.

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 04:52:53 2015 No.6901601

>>6901575
>There are people posting on this board right now that will restrain themselves from ordering what they want at a restaurant if they can make it at home instead.
I would just wonder why they wouldn't want to take advantage of being at the restaurant and get something new, or fancy. Something they couldn't feasibly get anywhere but there.

You should determine what that restaurant probably makes best and that should inspire you to get the best culinary experience. Going in with the mindset of "I want X and I'm going to get it no matter what because I don't feel like anything else" is sad and boring. Sounds like the kind of people who put sex on their calendar.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 04:57:00 2015 No.6901602 >>6901601 should be you*, not they.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 04:57:57 2015 No.6901603 >>6901601 If you WANT to try something new then get what you WANT. All I'm saying is don't slice off half the menu because you think you can replicate the dish at home.

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 04:58:13 2015 No.6901604

>Shouldn't you save money for something that actually takes time and/or skill to prepare?
Yeah, because it's pretty easing making an authentic Cesar salad with egg yolks and anchovies and parmesan and dressing it up and decorating the plate. Making a stew or a braise or a risotto or grilling on the other hand is such hard work right?
I don't even know why i bother discussing with /ck/'s laymen. OP should just go to some of those fast food or mountain dew threads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 04:58:14 2015 No.6901605 >>6900385 usually it's for going out with friends and socializing...you do know what friends are, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 05:02:15 2015 No.6901611 >>6901603 the point is WHY would you even want something you can make at home easily. kind of defeats the point of being out in the first place. maybe this >>6901605 I guess , where you're eating to talk, not eating to eat. fuck that tho

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 05:07:36 2015 No.6901613 >>6901604 OP doesn't mean fancy ass salad, he means Denny's-tier salad.

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 05:49:14 2015 No.6901646

>>6901611
Please tell me you are kidding and that you can actually understand why somebody would order something at a restaurant that they could make at home.

At least tell me that you eat out once a year and it's your only chance to try something new.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 05:51:05 2015 No.6901649 >>6901646 Because not everyone is a NEET like you. Some people live in reality and have to be far from there homes for work.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 05:52:35 2015 No.6901650 >>6901646 I really prefer to cook for myself but it's not always possible. I really hate dining out unless I'm with a hot chick. I prefer to make stuff for them myself but fuck all if that's possible all of the time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 05:56:21 2015 No.6901653 >>6901646 I really avoid going to restaurants unless with with a GF, I really hate the BS, girls like to be seen to whatever.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 06:02:58 2015 No.6901655 >>6901649 Wut >>6901650 So, are you never out doing stuff and stop somewhere to get lunch or something? It sounds like you don't get out of the house much.

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 06:06:56 2015 No.6901660

Is this thread for real? Like seriously? I mean you can make prime rib and a baked potato and salad at home. You can make rolls at home. You can make fried chicken at home. Who gives a fuck. If you are saying something is not worth money because you can make it at home but yet state you're financially stable and don't care about money because you have so much..I don't get it. The whole point isn't that it is something you can't make at home. It's because A: you want it right then and don't have time to make it or B: you just want to go some where and hang out with friends or family or both and have a decent meal without having to do all the work yourself. Restaurants are for socialization as well as food. Take my job for example. I work on average a minimum of 3-4 hours from home. I stay in a lot of hotels. Yeah at home I can make some good stuff. But guess what? I'm not at home. You want me to drive to a grocery store and buy everything for a salad, bring it to my hotel room, make a salad and throw all the rest away making a $3 salad cost me like $15 because of waste? However, it's not an excuse to go to shitty ass McDick and all that. I tried that at first. The whole fast food thing. Not a chance. I never felt as nasty as I did the time I chose to spend a week eating fast food and pizza out of a hotel room in eastern Tennessee. But even if the ground hog did see his shadow, who gives a fuck? But seriously are light years a measure of time or a measure of distance? Still confused on that one. But PLEASE SAVE THE ORANGUTANS

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 06:10:01 2015 No.6901665 >>6901653 >girls eat out to be seen What

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 06:13:22 2015 No.6901671 >>6901653 >>6901660 I'm not sure if I'm tired or these posts are getting less and less coherent near the end.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 06:31:55 2015 No.6901699 >>6901671 I am >>6901660 and you are intruding into /ck/ alcoholic time. That may be your answer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 07:29:03 2015 No.6901764 >>6901660 Poor impersonation of the real deal.

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 07:40:01 2015 No.6901780

>hurr durr salads are easy to make I'm not going to enjoy going out to eat with friends because I'm Jewish and wasting $10 is worse than sitting like the autistic little brother not eating like everyone else.
>Being with friends isn't worth $10 extra to not look like a self absorbed idiot.
The fact that anyone is trying to defend this shows that some of you cu/ck/s rationalize that if you don't eat with anyone it's because it's for "me" time and sitting on your cake is more important than eating it. Fuck, why do I stay on this horrendous board?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 07:43:17 2015 No.6901785 >>6901780 >paying $10 to be seen eating Are you one of those cunts who orders pre-packaged meals via fedex so she can be seen doing the cooking on instagram?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 07:50:10 2015 No.6901794 >>6901660 it's a measure of distance. the distance light travls in a year tbh

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 08:40:53 2015 No.6901841

>>6901491
You don't do any of those things yourself?

Also, brewing your own beer takes time and work and you can't have a new one every day, but that's not exactly the case with a Greek salad, is it?
OP may be spergy about it but I absolutely agree that getting a simple salad at a restaurant is wasteful.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 11:14:01 2015 No.6902043 File: 954 KB, 380x213, q6w21r8.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6901604 > Thinking restaurants aren't using a bag of Caesar dressing when you order that shit

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 11:31:24 2015 No.6902061

>>6900380
People dine out for a variety of overlapping reasons:
status display
convenience
special occasions
the desire to eat something the don't make at home
the fun of eating out

Depending on your perspective ordering something you could easily make at home could seem like a waste because there are many other things on the menu that you'd never make at home, so as long as you're out why not order one of those things?

But if you're eating out for convenience and/or fun, and you feel like eating a salad why the fuck shouldn't you order one?

Your perspective on this is probably shaped by how often you eat out and your reasons for doing so.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 21 11:38:14 2015 No.6902075 >>6901785 >2015 >being this poor and stingy

Anonymous Mon Sep 21 11:43:52 2015 No.6902090

>>6902061
Let me add:

When my life is operating on a regular schedule and I have the time to cook at home I never order stuff I'd make at home when dining out.

But when my schedule gets crazy with travel or working odd hours I eat restaurant food far more often. At times like that leaning toward the lighter side of the menu becomes a matter of self-preservation. Ordering with too much gusto when you're eating out everyday is the fast train to becoming a fatass.

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