How fit should I be before I can eat in a restaurant by myself and it doesn't look cringe? There's this new French restaurant that opened near my place and I want to go try it but I don't have friends or a g*rlfriend to go with. If I go alone everyone will think I can't have friends and I'm a virgin. But if I'm swole I'll look sigma. What's the cut-off? Do I need to 1/2/3/4? Also I thought maybe I could book for 2 and just say oh she couldn't make it when I arrive? I don't want to book for one person only. Please share experiences and tips to eat alone
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Most people don't give a shit.
And even if they do, so what?
You're just a schizo overthinking things.
Closer to being a narcissist than a schizo.
based. Why does this even fricking matter? Be cringe, be free?
>omw to eat alone at burger king in crocs, grey shorts and a dirty white tank
Fast food doesn't count, it's normal to each fast food alone. It takes balls to eat alone at a proper restaurant with waiters. I used to do it when I was in college and had less self awareness, but now I realize I look like a creepy incel and I'm getting my food tampered with for scaring the fine ladies or something
Because the way he processes reality is different than you you fricking idiots. His mind thinks others watch him and say that he's cringe. Your advice is Facebook uncle tier "just don't think about it "
but 'just don't think about it' is the right answer/attitude. What does he want, coddling? is he a homosexual?
>It takes balls to eat alone at a proper restaurant
maybe for people born after 1995, i guess, they did get raised on the 'oh no don't be cringe! oh no!' paradigm
>maybe for people born after 1995
I'm '98, it was over before it began
>Schizo overthinking things
Also known as being young
Maybe there's a tic tac app or some shit that shows you how to be a human in there.
Dude no one cares go eat by yourself. a cute girl might even check u out eating alone. you're letting your anxiety take over your thoughts. youre just sitting down and eating. if anyone judges you they are probably a loser anyways. imagine when YOU go out to eat. do you ever look at someone and think "wow what a loser eating alone" you probably dont even notice them.
>just another guy have a meal on his way to his next thing
Maybe I should have specified that it's a nice place where you have to book and that's only open in the evening
Fricking kek my sides are in orbit. This is the kind of spaghetti spilling content this place has been in drought of for years. Thankyou based turbo autist OP. Have this rose I saw while rooning as thanks.
If there's a bar go sit at the bar and order 1 beer and an entree. If there's no bar.... order takeout I guess.
Also, this reminds me of when I used to live in SC. I went this decent sushi place in Charleston and would sit at the bar and talk with the chef. After a couple times he started giving me free stuff.
Also, this reminds me of when I used to live in Broodwar. I went to this decent xel'naga ship on Aiur and would sit at the bar and talk with the executor. After a couple times he started giving me free minerals.
No one gives a frick.
Do whatever you want, as long as you pay, no one will care.
Get a suit and a briefcase, plug in one of those old school bluetooth earpieces and pretend you are talking on it. "Man I'm really tired of this business trip. I can't wait for this business to be concluded so I can get to be back home with my wife and family and friends"
>"Man I'm really tired of this business trip. I can't wait for this business to be concluded so I can get to be back home with my wife and family and friends"
autistic anon thinks that this is how people talk irl
Anons busting exposition like it's netflix
lol
lmao
>pathetic
>Get a suit and a briefcase, plug in one of those old school bluetooth earpieces and pretend you are talking on it. "Man I'm really tired of this business trip. I can't wait for this business to be concluded so I can get to be back home with my wife and family and friends"
No cap I'm not a fan of this biz trip. Finna get ready to go home and see the senpai you know what I'm saying?
Ok, there might be something there. Of course won't do the Bluetooth thing, but could wear my work clothes and ask the waiter for things to do around as if I was visiting on a business trip. But I do live near the restaurant, what if she sees me pass by a few days later, but then again it's only opened in the evening so seems unlikely
Lol I travel for work and often eat out at restaurants alone and I'll sometimes do something similar
I'll take my laptop with me and get some work and emails done while at dinner. Might seem weird but I like doing it because it helps slow my eating down so I dont just shovel all the food in like a pig
Have you ever spoken with a human before anon?
Autism
don't forget to hide your katana while doing this
*takes fedora off
*look around nervously so see if anyone reacted
*repeats it a bit louder
I take my dog to eat at restaurants. I enjoy my time and don't care what others may think.
based & chadpilled
Just me and my buddy.
Google the place, it probably has pictures. Does the restaurant have a bar area? Then just sit at the bar. Very few places have a separate "bar menu" nowadays, and you can just order from the regular menu at the bar.
If you get a table by yourself, don't look all nervous and fidgety. You own the place and those servers (who are probably Reddit communists) have to do what you say.
Thanks anon, they might have a bar. But do I have to entertain the bartender and make small talk, or is it just a movie thing? I could tell him the business trip thing, would seem natural
Barkeep, I'll have a martini. I just flew in from Chicago and boy are my arms tired.
Why am I here? It's for a business trip.
What do I do? A bitta this and bitta that.
Let me tell you though, these streets aint what they used to be.
>Let me tell you though, these streets aint what they used to be.
>I just flew in from Chicago and boy are my arms tired.
Underrated post
play it again, Sam
The streets? Really? It's a very quiet neighborhood here, what happppened?
>*starts stirring the martini*
I mean, they might say hi how ya doin how's the food and all that shit, but not really. In most restaurant bars, the bartenders are going to hobnob with the big drinkers. That's where they can run up the bills and get the big tips.
My guy. Relax. If anything you being all anxious and tweaked out will be what set people off.
Have a nice workout, get the endorphins up, take a nice COLD shower, dress up
Walk in, relaxed, sit down, ask the servers whats good, smile at the table next to you, get your food, eat it, look on your phone or dont. just relax man. Don't be all weird trying to cope with some larp about waiting for your gf or your business.
Its just sitting down and eating my guy. I bet you there will be someone else eating alone. Or ask for a table somewhere off to the side thats quiet. the servers are nice and want to help you and get a good tip.
Its just a restaurant. Relax. Sit down, breathe and enjoy the food. Literally who cares what they think.
Firstly no one will pay attention to you. You don't matter. I'll say that again Anon. You only matter to you. No one else will remember you for more than 5 seconds. You are just part of the ambiance to them. No one will look at you, care about you, or pay any attention to you. You are nobody.
If by the odd chance some butthole DOES make fun of you. That is on THEM. NOT you. Nothing to do with you. They are a sad miserable frick who needs to judge others.
I eat out alone ALL the time. sometimes the cute waitress flirts with me we flirt back, sometimes they even brush up lightly into me .
>I bet you there will be someone else eating alone
Yeah it's me, i do it for the last 10 years bro. When i was in Greece for 2 years all my goyslop friends didn't wanna join me at a good places and i always found a macro friendly spots and went there. nowadays im just too frugal to go eat outside but this thread will make me do it because i don't hang out with friends a lot so its a good opportunity to do it. God speed.
Btw did the current meta of eating out changed? When i was 20 i didn't give a frick but i dont know if people will look at me weird now that im 33
>sometimes they even brush up lightly into me .
Ok, but did you frick?
>my guy
fricking have a nice day.
This. Just sit at the bar and imagine the pic of pepe toasting champagne if you get nervous.
I had kind of a wholesome experience the other night when i was out dining alone. I was in a depressed mood that day.
Some kids showed up to my table, and started asking me questions about what I was having and just some stupid stuff. Soon after that their parents came along, and asked if they could sit there with me. They were quite friendly and just talked about what I was doing and the whole interaction just made me feel much better.
Don't care about what people think of you, just go out and don't look like a school shooter or shizo.
Are you trolling this sounds terrible
>sit down, ask the servers whats good, smile at the table next to you
Ok, yes I can try this. What question should I ask the server exactly I want to practice before hand
*the waiter
>Waiter: Hello sir How are you, here is a menu
>Thanks, I'm good, how are you?
>Good Thanks for asking. Can I get you anything to drink?
>I'll have a XYZ / A water is find Thanks 🙂
>Okay Ill be right back
>Thanks
>Look at the Menu, pick out what you want. if theres 2-3 things u cant decide on
>Waiter: Hello again sir, are you ready to order? / Did you have any questions?
>Yeah for Starters Ill have the Bacon Scallops, by the way I couldnt decide between the Sirloin with Asparagus or the Sea Bass with Yams, do you have any recommendations? I really like buttery soft types of food, maybe with a little crunch for texture
>Then I would recoomend the Lobster with Fries sir
>Great I'll have that then! Thanks for the recomendation, by the way any good suggestions for dessert?
>The Chocolate lava cake is good sir
>Ill have that then, thank you so much!
>Will that be all?
>Yup 🙂
>Brings you food
>Eat food
>How is everything sir?
>It's delicious, really appreciate the recommendation my guy
>My pleasure sir
Something like this anon don't copy it word for word but be polite, make eye contact and smile. ask a few questions if you have them. Just get out if your head man. Lift/Take a nice cold shower before and don't stay trapped in your anxious head.
It sounds like you have some major anxiety and need for control. Just go with the flow, even if u stutter just laugh it off and continue. stop trying to be so in control and perfect with everything. just be a normal human you damn anxious autist.
Maybe checkout what this guys saying:
>t. also an anxious autist but more adjusted now
Good luck and feel free to ask me some mroe Qs ima take a shower brb
Holy frick I love you morons. Someone please post the image of the guy who writes his script before calling to order pizzas.
Never mind I found it.
Give me a back up plan of what i should say if there is any arguments. Lets say the Lobster was undercooked or the fries were raw or really oily.
Anon you'll be fine, you sound like the type who needs a lot of safety and control. Personally I eat whatever the frick i love trying new things and new suggestions.
here is my advice for you,
>Go on Yelp
>Look at Menu and Food Items
>Pick out the top 3 things you want, have them in mind. make sure this is what you want, other 1 then another if not available
>Chances are, and it sounds like you don't eat at nice places often, your palate wont even be able to tell if it's "bad" and it wont be terrible at worse.
>Don't ask for a recommendation if you are THAT scared u won't like it and cant speak up, lets just take this one easy for now
I personally always scout out the place and decide what i want based off pictures. i hate ordering something disappointing.
IF FOR SOME REASON, the food is bad (it wont be from what u tell me its a nice place)
>Waiter: How is everything sir?
Pick 1 below for problem statement
>Uhhh, sorry to do this but this steak is really over cooked
>Actually, I dont wanna be that guy but, I did have an issue, the Lobster doesn't taste fresh, the tail was a bit mushy like the lobster has been sitting a bit (show him the part thats bad)
>Everything is great, except the fries are soggy
>I didn't know this has XYZ I'm actually allergic
Resolution
>Is there any chance we can get a more medium-rare on the rare side steak?
>Can I swap out the lobster for the Lamb chops instead? (make sure u didnt eat all the lobster already u fat frick)
>Can I just get a new batch of fries? (again dont eat half of them then say this)
If you need help from the waiter just give him some eye contact from afar, he will come when he has the time, they will know if u look at them and just nod your head
Personally if I were you I would just scout the place out and make sure u find what u wanna eat, dont be surprised last minute so u can avoid this
1/2
2/2
The key here for this type of conflict, is speak in a confident, assertive, but kind and gentle friendly voice. Don't sound angry like a karen but dont be a b***h thats too scared and a pushover.
have a firm, but gentle and friendly tone.
It's okay if you didn't like it anon. it doesnt cost them much to remake it. they are up charging u a lot for the fine experience, and this fixing-of-the-meal is part of that fine experience.
you'll be okay man , just eat and enjoy. act like youre the boss. but a nice boss. Treat the waiter with respect and he will help u out. He doesnt wanna get fired, and chances are he will be relieved as youll be one of the nicest people he's dealt with that day (rich fine diner boomers are pretentious entitled buttholes)
Let us know how it goes and take some photos of the food. i love food.
What are you talking about? Julien and tyler taught me all my social skills 10 years ago when my father never could. Ive been very good at faking socially in the workplace and social settings based off everything they taught me, wtf is blackpill? some incel shit? show me?
What if the waitress is cute? Will she think I'm flirting if I talk that much? Should I still do the eye contact thing and smile in that case?
She will think you are friendly
Don't flirt too hard with waitresses, let them flirt with you. Only escalate or flirt back if they start first. Just remain friendly and hold eye contact normally like you would a man. She is a man anyways, remember?
If she wants you she will do extra thinks like brush up against you a lot when passing by, even when there's plenty of space. Or she might compliment you. That's your queue to compliment her back a bit and maybe when you hand her the menu brush her hand (if she did it first!)
otherwise she is just being nice to get a good tip. chances are she is being nice to get a good tip. don't be a fricking creep or she will tell the cook in the back to spit in your food
>She is a man anyways, remember?
>Maybe checkout what this guys saying:
You are bluepilled. That frame he is refering to is just a cope. Take the blackpill before its too late, the sooner the better
>Are you trolling this sounds terrible
I was in a really bad place, believe it or not that little interaction helped me to cheer up a little
This is an autist nightmare though. Literal worst case scenario
Worse than catching 2 waiters snickering while glancing over at you
Tell the waitress you're checking out the place by yourself before you bring your gf there. Then tell her "but I don't have a gf....yet" and give her a wink
Can’t you just eat dinner and shut the frick up
Book for one person, don’t take your phone with you, focus on the food and experience, have a nice time.
With some luck they’ll think you’re a Michelin judge and treat you like a king.
Take your phone OP. If too anxious you'll be happy to have it
>be introvert (not the asperger type)
>visit my favorite sushi restaurant
>the type where you sit at the counter and they prepare it in front of you
>I'm a regular so me and the staff there are familiar and so we have some small talk
>I sit next to some zoomer couple, the girl sits right next to me
>the guy goes to the bathroom and the girl immediately grabs her purse to get her phone
>bumps with her purse against my elbow and my sushi roll lands in front of the staff
>that Asian dude like a professional comedian slowly lifts his head, makes eye contact with a serious look on his face
>"if you don't like the sushi I make you can leave"
>the same moment that zoomer girls starts to apologizing and explaining what happened me and the Asian dude burst into a laugh
>"well you are a big guy taking right next to me"
>zoomer guy returns and they leave
>she says goodbye with huge smile on her face and a blush under punds of make up
>Asian dude tells me this was their first date and it went not so well for the guy
>"I think she liked you, anon."
>feels like that scene in Fifth Element when Bruce Willis receives a message and the Asian dude says to him it is good news for sure
people who say no one gives a frick are liars.
people will think you are a loser and you shouldnt give a shit. theyre triple vaxxed cattle subhumans. Furthermore, if youre natty its very unlikely that you will look sigma no matter how big you are. youll need steroids to be big enough to appear sigma. Its more likely that youll look sigma if you are not young. Its weird to see men in their twenties eating by themselves.
Im tall, im buff with an average face yet I radiate loner energy and i cant do shit about it. I am a loner. Its just my aura. Accept it and stop giving a frick.
people really don't give a frick.
do your spend your time, thinking about others? if you do that is sad.
but you are right, even if they do or don't give a frick it doesn't matter.
what matters is OP should not give a frick.
see this Black person here?
he radiates boss energy despite eating alone, no matter what he does.
Now imagine a 19 year old twink in the same spot. He will not look as cool and he will be perceived as a loser. Charisma is something that you cannot change.
Yes I do, we all do. Stop lying.
sure i wont remember the loser at the restaurant 2 days later but in the moment we all will think hes a sad loser or make that association in our minds.
>but in the moment we all will think hes a sad loser or make that association in our minds.
that's just your mentally damaged view of life i think.
i literally would not look at some guy eating alone or think about him at all.
i simply do not care.
if there was a cutie3.14 eating alone i would care.
i honestly couldn't care less, what anyone else is doing.
bullshit.
are you a female? This sugarcoating pacifying nonsense is feminine as frick. Just tell it how it is. If a Black person gets on the bus i think
>Black person
if a bearded mudshit gets on the bus
>terrorist
if i see a lard ass mothafricka
>big b***h
if i see a young male eating alone
>loser
now the next thoughts might be
>dont call him a Black person he might be nice
>at least hes here to lose weight, respect
>hes probably waiting for someon
>yeah definetly a goatfricking terrorist
but that doesnt change the initial associations we make in our heads. stop the cap Black person
oof marone... fricking Sigmund Freud ova here
thanks. i grew a vajayjay reading this
i was like you anon.
when i was younger.
Don Draper from mad men.
he was my fix of "manhood".
the lone, solo manly smoker.
one day you will understand.
treat yourself well.
mentally, spiritually, and physically.
don't forget to squat.
Good luck and take care friend.
i think your views.
really reflect how you feel about yourself.
you see yourself as a loner, maybe even a loser.
so when you see others like you.
you hate on them, you associate that with yourself.
with your weakness.
so you hate them.
you hate yourself.
it's the same as a closeted gay.
beating up other gays.
>the point of The Sopranos was "wow cool Italian Americans"
>i cant do shit about it. I am a loner. Its just my aura
maybe if you.
started loving yourself.
accepting who you are, that you are great.
then you would stop giving off this aura.
then you would stop hating on those who you see as a reflection of yourself.
Take care Anon. You are enough. You are worthy.
You sound extremely insecure.
>How fit should I be before I can eat in a restaurant by myself and it doesn't look cringe?
Adulthood is when you realize no one cares about you
Stop caring about other people opinions and just go to the restaurant
staff will think you're an inspector and make the food extra tasty
just go for it
Should I take a notepad with me or something? I just looked it up and inspectors often order multiple dishes should I do this?
Anon go eat by yourself. No one is gonna judge and if they do they're homosexuals. Doing things by yourself is a great way to meet people. It's how I made friends in the past and how I meet people today. Golf is great for it. I walk a course so I get light exercise, im outside, and can meet interesting people.
Let me ask you a question, how much do you care about the people you walk past every day? You see them on the edge of your vision for a moment and then, as far as your involvement with them goes, they cease to exist forever.
That's what you are to every person you walk past, or sit in a restaurant with. Provided you don't fling your plate at the ceiling or something insane like that.
This thread is gold. Can't believe how autistic some of you c**ts are, unless it's larp
>Hes a scriptlet
I go to resteraunts alone and just read while I'm there, noone cares dude.
my uncle, rip, used to do this. he was a department chief of gastroenterology and one of the smartest men i knew
I wish I could do things alone in public.
Never ate in public alone ever, same for any activity is it going to movies/bars/whatever, just so no one sees me there alone.
What is most pathetic about this is that in reality I don't know many people at all and I could probably do all of those things without anyone recognizing me anywhere 99.9% of the time, but for some reason I'm so beyond obsessed with keeping up this normalgay facade to that small amount of people I do know in my life that I feel like if someone would see me alone in a restaurant or alone standing in line for lets say the cinema it would all click to them of how much of an isolated friendless loser I actually am. So I never ever do it.
same
Literally nobody cares. I member going to that one restaurant alone every friday after gym because they had good burgers and happy hours 2 drinks in the price of 1.
you guys are all moronic. you shouldn't eat out alone. not because there's anything wrong in particular with being alone, but because restaurant food is always overpriced and usually unhealthy, and it's a waste of time. go to the grocery store.
Exactly.
Steak and rice at grocery store cost 10$. Cost 50$ at a restaurant.
The only point of a restaurant is if you feel like paying for the atmosphere on a date.
If you worry about that, then you're not a sigma.
Now tell me, why don't you have friends? Are you that repulsive or do you push the people away that could be your friends?
>sigma
>friends
pick one
I promise you, when you break the ice on dining alone, you’re unlocking one of life’s great pleasures. It’s only sad of you’re fat, cuz it looks like you’re self-harming. But if you’re average or better, people will simply not notice you cuz they’re too focused on themselves and presenting for the people they came with - a burden you have now shed.
Forgot to add -this is a good time to read something or watch something intellectually stimulating, such as a Black Science Man cringe comp
When you enter a restaurant alone you should actually be worried about the restaurant staff hating on you first and foremost, not just other customers.
Nothing worse than a lonely incel entering a restaurant, taking up an entire table for himself and then making a small bill for it all since he's just eating by himself, in most cases the cheapest options as well. That's how you get spit in your food and you'll notice you will get your bill fast without even having to ask the waiter for the bill because they want you out of there as soon as possible.
Upsetting wait staff is a plus, not a minus.
Waiter here
When I get a table of 1, I bring the food around the kitchen and have everyone spit in it
Archeo-waiter executioner from the year 3402 here. Whenever somebody reveals through old records that they were a waiter, I send a squad back in time to implode their home. Why? The historical context would be hard for you to understand, since it is the future.
I did this once in college and at first I felt fine but then all the staff kept coming over and checking up on me way more than I’ve ever had restaurant staff do that. Like not only did my server/waitress come by a good 5 times after taking my order, but the manager did, several other waitresses, and even the front door b***h. It really bugged me, like they thought I had a date and she flaked on me and they wanted to cheer me up make sure I was okay so I didn’t have as sad an experience there. I was literally just getting lunch between my classes and this place was nothing spectacular, just next to my campus. I quite literally ditched my friends who didn’t wanna go off campus to eat there. Even if they were trying to do good, it bothered me. I just wanted to eat my steak and potato alone. Instead it started making me insecure and like I seemed like some kind of friendless geek.
They thought you were a food critic and wanted a good review
LMAO that’s actually great if true. Idk, that would make me shave off a star/5.
“While they were very attentive to me, oddly even more than every other patron in the establishment, I found their over attentiveness obnoxious. How does one throughly enjoy a meal with 7 people up his ass throughout?”
Bring a little notepad and write in it every four minutes to pretend that you're a critic who has to eat there for work.
Yeah just have a small notebook and write what you think of each course or make a few scribbles in it while you wait and look around.
If it's an actually good restaurant, especially the kind that might be expecting Michelin reviewers they'll go into fricking panic mode and do all sorts of shit for you. May bring out a complimentary glass of champagne, have something extra "compliments of the chef".
Get the prefix tasting menu, or if they don't, ask the server "Which courses do you think best represent what "Le Rouge Blanc" has to offer?" with your notebook on the table, and then write those down as you order them. They'll start sweating bullets.
You have to be slightly more "reactive" to your meal though, like take a bite and then nod your head "yes" or shake it, with a furrow in the brow "no, not quite".
Gently pick at just a little piece and then chuckle like you've uncovered a little secret.
Take more sips of water between bites to "cleanse the palate"
That's good, but honestly you don't want to be too obvious, as most Michelin guides are still semi secret
Look man, we all gotta eat. Nobody cares.
Except CICO-denialists, apparently.
Never. You will always feel like you're being watched and judged because that's ingrained in your psyche as a pattern from very early age.
It's not always bad, it can work for you and push you to more gains compared to an other that feels invisible ignored and therefore doing something, anything is not worth the effort
Why don't you just ask the next cute girl you see if she's interested in trying the new restaurant with you?
>hey girl, are you perhaps interested in trying the new restaurant with me?
Sorry if it doesn't work anymore; I've been out of the game for 15 years.
Asking a girl to try a new restaurant with me was always one of my most successful pick up lines. I met my wife in a grocery checkout line and our first date was going to a tapas restaurant that had just opened up.
>I've been out of the game for 15 years
you have no idea how lucky you are for missing the entire moronation with social media and smartphones when it comes to current day dating. it's hell out there
You're right, absolutely nothing
said made sense to me. I hope I never have to deal with dating apps; when I was still dating, anybody using dating apps or websites were considered pathetic losers.
It's really not bad. I used this with my Tinder pipeline operation. I'd stack about 8 dates F,Sat,Sunday and so I'd just make reservations for two and stick one in there that fit.
Who the frick looks cringe when eating alone? Its a restaurante, you suppose to eat. Go fricking eat, enjoy your food and frick off. Seriously i really dont know why in modern days people care so much about what strangers think about them
I got used to eating alone when working out of town never thought twice about it, it's common in England to go to a pub alone you eventually get talking to the regulars. This fricking thread though, jesus christ.
>The Virgin Eat Alone
vs
>The Chad Solo Meal
Essentially this entire thread is about this: if you're a friendless loser then of course you'll feel very awkward beign seated in a restaurant alone by yourself waiting for food while surrounded by various couples because the only reason why you're there alone is because you're a friendless loser, not because you wanted to go alone.
On the opposite side is the standard social normalgay who can freely go on a whim alone to a restaurant and not feel awkward one bit because he's not a friendless loser and if he actually wanted he could very easily even invite some of his friends to go with him if he really wanted, so essentially he's not "forced" to go alone but chooses to do so that day.
This. The problem is the context and story you tell yourself. You likely have some kind of qualm about not being able to make friends so you feel awkward in public like you have to perform for other people. Just stop trying to perform for randoms beyond the common courtesies. If you're taking care of your hygiene and wearing non offensive clothes just give yourself the right to exist and take up space anon. I get it, it sounds kind of homosexual, but really stop living your life through the eyes of other people. Live in your body not in the third person perspective of, "society."
tl;dr If no one has told you this I'll be the first... You can give yourself permission to exist. You don't need to perform for random people. If you're not causing trouble you don't deserve being treated like shit for no reason. Enjoy your little life.
I go to eat alone to achinese restaurant once a week. Never in my mind i felt bad for this and i really never thought about people feeling "weird" or thinking is "cringe" to eat alone. How the frick you come to that conclusion? Everyone in the restaurant are minding his own business EATING
If you do not feel at ease, do not do it.
Just say a table for two and before you order say the other person can't come.
The way people treat doing social activities like this alone all depends on if you’re doing it voluntarily or not.
If you have to do social activities like eating in a restaurant, bar/club, movie, traveling, etc. because you have no friends/relationship to do it with, then you will probably not do it successfully. But if you have plenty of friends and relationships but choose to do these alone sometimes just to be alone, you will likely carry yourself much better and not be as self conscious about it
I don't think anyone really notices or cares if you do, but what's the point? Why bother? Only reason to go to a restaurant is as a social activity. There's no reason to eat out if it's *just* for the food. Just save yourself the money and trouble and cook something at home if that's the case.
OP this is the secret way.
You must get construction boots, a hard hat and a high visibility vest.
They you will look like you are a busy construction inspector.
Or do what millions of people do everyday:
Call ahead and ask for takeout or delivery.
Anyone telling you that people won't notice you eating alone are coping real hard. Eating out is intrinsically a social activity; in a fancy restaurant, even more so. Someone eating alone is extremely jarring, and people are going to notice and judge. Restaurants themselves also really dislike single customers during busy hours since they aren't as revenue generating. If they wanted single customers, they'd have single seats, like those fast food places, but they don't. That said, I still go to restaurants alone because it doesn't affect and besides, they'll forget about it after leaving anyway.
This
The entire point of restaurants is social eating
Everyone pities the loner silently
>i don't heckin care what society thinks I wear cargo shorts and play my nintendo switch in public and browse IST in public bing bing wahooooo
spergs trying to convince rational ppl to be embarrassing
>spergs trying to convince rational ppl to be embarrassing
Never said to wear cargo shorts or act like a sperg. Hell I specified wearing in offensive clothes. I tend to agree with pic related. Having at least some basic style is apart of good social hygiene. No you don't need to deprive yourself of good experiences because some random may not like your face or whatever.
honestly I can't imagine caring about something like this
Yep you have to be tall handsome and jacked to bypass everything to where ppl respect you no matter what, so nothing you do is cringe.
Otherwise do not eat alone at a restaurant. It's embarassing. There's a non zero chance someone recognizes you. There is a chance some tiktok stacy snaps a pic.
>no one even cares bro be urself
Every time I have dined near a loner, I would constantly glance at him. Humanity isn't perfect.
>well just sit at the bar
Enjoy the painful endless small talk with the wagie I guess. He will probably ask you why you're alone too. Clearly you're alone because you don't want to deal with this shit.
I haven't been on IST for several years, it's nice to see you guys are still autistic lmao
Nice to know you're still fat.
good screencap
>what I'm doing here eating all alone?
>ha- haha
>I'm.. j-just putting myself out th-there...
If you do go alone, make sure you just don’t sit on your phone. Don’t bring it out once. Try to enjoy the rare moment of just being able to observe your environment.
Buddy, everyone is too busy thinking about themselves to even care you exist. So long as you aren't being a nuisance you are a background character in everyone's lives. Even the staff will not put a thought into you outside of what is required to perform their duties.
Please be less autistic.
Go at lunch, it's fine
Bring a notebook in write a couple lines of literal nonsense inbetween bites
>g*rlfriend
Why you replaced the i with *?
Who gives a frick? If you're worried about looking weird (you won't), bring a book with you and read while you're waiting.
You just need to be lean, that way you look like someone traveling for work, instead of someone who is desperate for food.