Friday, April 4, 2008
Food & Life Geriatric spendthrifts indulge themselves at high-falutin' cafeterias
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:25 PM
It's hard to figure what some people consider fancy eating. I ran into this comment (via Atrios) from a blog entry on the New Republic about the growing prosperity of fast food restaurants like Burger King:
Well, as a lifelong bachelor for 37 years, I'd say I stopped going into restaurants where you tip a waiter or waitress about 10 years ago. I've always averred that it's woefully wasteful. Why the hell should I pay extra just for someone to bring my food to the table? I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself. And the way I see it, food is just something I need to survive. That's why I either get 99-cent items at Burger King, Jack in the Box, or McDonalds or buy 99-cent microwavable items from the grocery store -- I don't need overpriced baby-back ribs from Chili's and the like. It's just frigging food any way you slice it. What really cracks me up are elderly people who go to overpriced cafeterias for food they're perfectly capable of fixing at home, because they're the ones who gripe that Social Security isn't enough income yet blow crucial dollars of their income for eating out. Nowhere in the Constitution is it written that they're entitled the money to eat out, nor is it written that a family of 4 is equally entitled to eat at Appleby's and T.G.I. Fridays and the like every weekend like so many families robotically do as if they're all pod people. So bravo to fast-food places that are getting improved business nowadays. They offer nondescript food at good prices that may not be as tasty as meat at Outback Steakhouse but are perfectly fine nevertheless.
Yes, we've turned into a nation of effete gastronomes who think it's our right, as citizens of the U.S., to eat fancy food at overpriced gourmet restaurants like Applebee's. Get back to basics, people!
(Image from allposters.com.)
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