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Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:15 pm
by twelvepoint
Like fm jfv, I've done this enough with business travel that it's not a big deal and sometimes preferable to going out with work colleagues.
How do we feel about sitting at a bar with a book? I vote "ok" although it admittedly gets weirder if it's busy.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:19 pm
by jfv
twelvepoint wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:15 pm
How do we feel about sitting at a bar with a book? I vote "ok" although it admittedly gets weirder if it's busy.
Hmm. I've never done it. I've seen others do it, and it doesn't bother me. I think I prefer it to a row of folks at the bar just on their phones and not talking to each other.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:22 pm
by Ace K
Can be a total blast, in fact.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:27 pm
by twelvepoint
jfv wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:19 pm
twelvepoint wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:15 pm
How do we feel about sitting at a bar with a book? I vote "ok" although it admittedly gets weirder if it's busy.
Hmm. I've never done it. I've seen others do it, and it doesn't bother me. I think I prefer it to a row of folks at the bar just on their phones and not talking to each other.
Last time I tried this (the book was Klara and the Sun), I was right be the entrance and the place was doing a busy takeout, so it wasn't a lot of fun.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:33 pm
by penningtron
Business travel, airport or office cafeterias etc. pffft. That stuff is socially accepted plus there's nothing to lose away from home. Go find a cute trattoria in your neighborhood, maybe go there 7pm on a Friday night and just fuckin' sit there by yourself and eat. Like really draw it out with a bottle of wine and shit. That's next level.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 3:50 pm
by jfv
penningtron wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:33 pm
Business travel, airport or office cafeterias etc. pffft. That stuff is socially accepted plus there's nothing to lose away from home. Go find a cute trattoria in your neighborhood, maybe go there 7pm on a Friday night and just fuckin' sit there by yourself and eat. Like really draw it out with a bottle of wine and shit. That's next level.
+1
Always order dessert when eating alone.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:00 pm
by rsmurphy
twelvepoint wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:15 pm
How do we feel about sitting at a bar with a book? I vote "ok" although it admittedly gets weirder if it's busy.
It depends on the type of establishment. For the most part bars are social spaces which even in their quieter moments offer numerous distractions. I'm not a voracious reader, though, so it could be that I'm just easily distracted.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:00 pm
by zorg
Sad? Try eating dinner with three screaming children who all want to eat a different kind of bland junk food. Now that is sad.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:10 pm
by rsmurphy
zorg wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 4:00 pmTry eating dinner with three screaming children who all want to eat a different kind of bland junk food. Now that is sad.
To myself a thimbleful of jäger would seem like an exasperated parent's best friend.
Re: Sad/Not Sad: Dining-Out Alone
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 5:19 pm
by ErikG
Not sad but if I'm close to home (and I'm always close to home) I prefer to order to go and have a beer or two while I wait at the bar.
Like I'm doing right now.