"Ophelia" wrote
EXCEPT IN A RESTAURANT, DO NOT SERVE MY PLATE. I hate being handed a huge
portion of anything, particularly something I don't like, and being expected
to eat it with comments like, "Well, I never heard of anyone who didn't like
green bean okra gorgonzola salad." "Now, don't waste this." (I'm not, I'm
just going to chuck it the first time no one is looking.) I'm surely not
going to overeat so the food doesn't go into the leftover cycle. Or at the
end, turn it in and say, "I'm allergic to *****, or I could never eat a
portion that large." Sometimes they get the message, and sometimes not.
I like to choose what I eat, and how much I serve myself, as I best know how
much I can eat, and what I like. Sometimes I can catch it ahead of time,
and just say no, or "Could I have about 1/10 that much?
This isn't your Mother's Army. Just because someone slams it on my platter,
I DO NOT have to eat it.
Steve
