Originally Posted by nethead (Post 9672901)

But if it's leftovers at home it's usually food I haven't dished up onto a plate and eaten half of. It's usually food that was left in a saucepan or serving dish. So I'm not scraping stuff off of a plate that's already been eaten from.

I don't have a problem asking for a doggy bag (and round here they do say doggy bag or box) if it's something I know will get eaten. I would prefer a smaller portion that was cheaper though. And I wouldn't ask for a doggy bag if I was on a date Bilder, that would seem a bit cheap :p

Originally Posted by Bluegrass Lass (Post 9672004)

Yeah, I really don't see the reason why I can't take home whatever is left on my plate. I paid for it, it's mine is the way I see it. Ive mentioned this to my MIL and she said it's just not really that common. I don't get why. I'm perfectly of chilling and re-heating my food and if I don't, then it's my own fault.

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 9672937)

I was just thinking that I'd be more put off if a guy I didn't know very well said to me, you're not going to finish that? Do you mind (as he reaches over with his fork and helps himself) before I could answer. :lol::lol::lol:

Originally Posted by Octang Frye (Post 9671992)

Health and ****ing safety... My parents just spent a month here (this is their longest visit.) They've been here maybe 12 times. They're finally cottoning on with the liberty/personal choice aspects I love about the US. Things like not having to wear a motor cycle helmet, etc. Sure, it's probably not smart not to wear one, but leave it up to the individual. Heck, I even got my mum to concede firearms have a place, even though she is terrified of them.

So the restaurant thinks I'm a moron who can't store and prepare food properly? I could never go back to that nannying mindset. I really couldn't. And that's what I mean. I have made the cultural switch now and British behavior is foreign, eccentric.

I was out in a bar with my ex brother-in-law and was wearing a baseball cap. I was told remove my hat. I scoffed. They told me I had to. So we left.
Sorry, I'm not buying what you're selling.

Egg n' chips, anyone?

Originally Posted by Englishman43 (Post 9673564)

You may have been subliminally mind f'ed Octang , you have to wear a helmet here in California, parallel park facing the direction of travel. pull in to spaces front ways and follow a thousand other petty BS rules that remove personal choice.....

Originally Posted by Englishman43 (Post 9673564)

you have to wear a helmet here in California, parallel park facing the direction of travel. pull in to spaces front ways and follow a thousand other petty BS rules that remove personal choice.....

Originally Posted by Englishman43 (Post 9673564)

I was once in a restaurant in Boulder and hadn't finished the bottle of wine we had, common opinion amongst US friends at the table was to leave it. I disagreed so threw the cork in and and slipped it down the front of my trousers , quite nice the next day with a slice of pizza.

Originally Posted by GeoffM (Post 9673796)

Pulling into spaces forwards... hmm. A driving instructor once said to me that he thinks it's safer to reverse in as you know what's around you while you line yourself up. If you have to reverse out, you don't have that visibility.

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 9673874)

My US high school driving instructor taught us to pull forward, lining up with car in front of the empty space's side mirror and then reverse by angling back into the space.

Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 9671764)

I listened to the same segment, and had similar reaction to yours. Overall it came across that the Brits are just too snobby, and prefer to waste and too concerned with how it would be seen by others.

Originally Posted by penguinbar (Post 9671907)

In NYC it's perfectly normal. I have noticed that outside NYC when I've asked for my food to be wrapped up a often box is brought to the table. Where I work and most other places I frequent it is taken to the back and packaged up. I think it depends on where you are from whether or not it's called boxed up or a doggy bag. I've been in the restaurant business a long time and I think it's is perfectly acceptable.

Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 9673934)

1) the dying art of wrapping up the leftovers in foil and sculpting a swan.