will you eat at a restaurant alone(lunch, dinner)

[Oilers]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:

[second2none]

uh.. ya.

[tidus888]

i guess u can say it feels weird..

but nothing wrong at all..

i mean.. i eat alone when i have to work on something.. =)

[UrbanPoet]

yeah i do it.
I think you gotta be really insecure to feel weird about... If your hungry, you gotta eat!

its a different story if its friday night and you think to yourself "oh..... I think im gonna treat myself to a nice resturant" instead of calling up your friends or something.

THAT would be a lil weird... Unless your one of those people that would go across town for some weird craving. :cheesygri

[poedua]

If I'm hungry - yes.

If I'm not hungry - no.

[squall458]

It actually depends on which restaurant. At McD, that's pretty common and other burger joints. But at Jack Astor type of restaurants, where everyone is with someone or in groups, it can be awkward.

[SergesPlace]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:

It's all in your head son.

[manixc]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:

I'll come join you so you don't have to eat alone :)

[V A N Q U I S H]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:


I had a major problem and I'm slowly getting better. It used to be that I could not go eat by myself but I'm getting better. What I did was load shows into my phone so that I'm not focusing on the people and I'm having a good time while eating. Those were my training wheels. Now I can go eat and enjoy my meals.

I'm not a loner or anything, it was just I was afraid of the odd time that I had to eat by myself in public.

It's all in your head son.

Exactly, take a look around, there are many that eat alone, no biggie.

[Akash]

I generally go with my buddies...or my families.

Have I ever gone by myself, nope. Who does?

I associate eating out with celebration, and I celebrate with other people

:arrow:

[V A N Q U I S H]

I generally go with my buddies...or my families.

Have I ever gone by myself, nope. Who does?

I associate eating out with celebration, and I celebrate with other people

:arrow:

Doesn't have to be associated with celebration. Some of us have to go eat out because there's no choice, take a look at my new schedule:

Breakfast at home, then school, then downtown, grab lunch there and then straight to work. This means I'm always somewhere eating alone everyday. At first I was uncomfortable but now I'm used to it.

[kasianman]

Maybe I'll drink at a bar alone, but not eat alone at a restaurant. I'll probably have the food to go and eat at home.

[sexpuppet6000]

vanquish = weird.

[Jkim]

If im REALLY hungry then yeah i eat alone...but most of the time i eat with friends or with the girlfriend

[TapemanPL]

why wouldn't you?

I generally go with my buddies...or my families.

Have I ever gone by myself, nope. Who does?

I associate eating out with celebration, and I celebrate with other people

:arrow:

sometimes you're out by yourself and you gotta eat...you wait to go home and eat instead of just eating out by yourself because you're not celebrating anything? kinda weird if you ask me...eating is eating who cares where or who you do it with as long as you're enjoying it

[sexpuppet6000]

you should really specify time and place,

jack astors, milestone, kelseys, boston pizza, on a friday night (not at the bar) by yourself is weird and akward to every extent.

mcds friday night is fine.

[cmge]

cant say i have... dont think i will tho... and if i was really really hungry.. id go to the closest convenience store instead

[Bunkhouse]

I travel for work alot by myself so it never really bothered me. The Keg, Boston Pizza, Applebee's, mind you the servers sometimes feel sorry for me and offer magazines, newspaper, ect..:lol:

[Anessa]

It all depends.

[skyblue12]

lunch maybe, dinner i dunno :|

[formalentity]

haven't went alone yet.. it would feel awkward i think

[Jucius Maximus]

Only if it's fast food or an asian restaurant.

(I dunno, it feels less awkward for some reason because I'm not asian so I would be an outsider there anyway.)

[xIcewind]

I've gone to restaurants like AYCE sushi and Mandarin for dinner alone. Nothing wrong with it. I'll just take a good book or work, and work while eating.

The point of going to somewhere like that is that you like the food. [not that, to be honest, I enjoy Mandarin, but it's convenient.]

[toujours]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:Weekdays when you're traveling for work, there's nothing worse than eating 4 nights in a row at the hotel's restaurant. So you go out, take a book to read between courses and try out a few other places. Nothing wrong with that.

Also, who cares what the waiter thinks anyway ?
And you'd call that a social taboo ?

[V A N Q U I S H]

Yeah I always make sure I have a movie on my phone or a book to keep me company during my meal.

[gh05t]

Never a problem for me really especially if there is some nice eye candy including the waiteresses inside the restaurant or outside walking by the windows on the sidewalks to fill my eyes appetite as i fill my stomach or maybe just read a magazine or newspaper if the table is big enough to allow this.:cheesygri

[najibs]

Just sit at the bar and pick up the bartendress. Make sure you order a sex on the beach. That's always a conversation starter :twisted:

[rogerrabbit168]

i have no problem eating by myself in a fancy restaurant, but usually i will have take out if i have no one to eat with

[flyingdutchman]

Wouldnt do it....i will easily be bored while im eating

[j3fan]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:

I did this when I was in Minneapolis for a conference. My first day there, I didn't know anyone and conference started the next day. So, I ate by myself at a bar/restaurant.

[j3fan]

Just sit at the bar and pick up the bartendress. Make sure you order a sex on the beach. That's always a conversation starter :twisted:

this is exactly what i always do at a bar alone....

[certainly]

I dont' think I have any problem to eat with myself at any restaurant. The point is I can concentrate on my tasty food, worry free of starting a new topic, making other people happy.

You can have sex with yourself, why not dinner? :D

[Osaka]

Yes, i do it most of the time after work. It's not a crime or anything. And i could care less what the waiter thought of me, unless he/she said it directly to me :)

[nalababe]

The OP is not alone with this issue. Working away from home, I know many colleagues that had similar problems. Eventually the started going down to the bar in the hotel, then eventually could eat in the restaurant.

I have never had a problem. From Ruth Chris' to Swiss Chalet it does not matter.

[GateGuardian]

I did that once at a restaurant.... it was so awkward.... it made me felt like a single lonely old man LOL...... from then on....if i'm eating alone, I usually go fast food or take out

[Ogata]

Nothing wrong with that especially if you cannot study at home. I would bring something to keep you occupied so it doesn't look like your there to mack on people or feel like some lonely person.

[skyblue12]

Yes, i do it most of the time after work. It's not a crime or anything. And i could care less what the waiter thought of me, unless he/she said it directly to me :)

well if the waitress was a hot girl.. then eating alone might be a good thing wouldn't it? :)

i've only eaten by myself at mcdonalds..

[UrbanPoet]

you guys are right... i never ate @ a dine in restaurant alone........
Except the time when there was NO food @ home =(
so i went to the local diner and ordered one of their all day breakfasts for a cheap meal fix.

[najibs]

well if the waitress was a hot girl.. then eating alone might be a good thing wouldn't it? :)


Yep. You can take her home afterwards for dessert :twisted:

[ShadowVlican]

not at a restaurant restaurant... but when alone i'll eat at the food court or fast food restaurants

[plucky duck]

I prefer quiet places where there's not many people to begin with. Even if there is, to a certain extent, I could really care less. At first I did, but then I asked myself why? Why would I care what a bunch of strangers thought of me?

Granted I do have little friends in a new city whom I can go out with, but people have a mouth and a mind of their own and can say or think any which way as they like. I can't change that nor do I really care.

[hoob]

Anyone who's ever traveled for business quickly gets over any innate fear of dining alone...

[gman]

There is nothing wrong or weird about eating at a restaurant alone.

[billdozer]

The real question is: would you go see a MOVIE alone (in a theatre)??

[B40]

Just sit at the bar and pick up the bartendress. Make sure you order a sex on the beach. That's always a conversation starter :twisted:

Do you really need to make it more obvious how creepy you are to the bartender? :|

[najibs]

Do you really need to make it more obvious how creepy you are to the bartender? :|

Be slick, not creepy ;)

[gman]

The real question is: would you go see a MOVIE alone (in a theatre)??

Just do it 2 hours ago. Really, why do you have to go to watch a movie with other people? You are not going to talk to them during the movie, right?

[B40]

Be slick, not creepy ;)

Najibs: "Can I get sex on the beach?" *sticks out tongue*

Bartender: "Sure, lets go, which beach?"

:lol: :lol: :lol:

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[2007deals]

why wouldn't you?



sometimes you're out by yourself and you gotta eat...you wait to go home and eat instead of just eating out by yourself because you're not celebrating anything? kinda weird if you ask me...eating is eating who cares where or who you do it with as long as you're enjoying it

Definitely agree with above.

[stealth]

Fast food doesnt count IMO.

But I occasionally will do it at nicer restaurants as well, as I travel out of province (usually alone) almost every month for work. During which time I can expense up to $65. a day so theres no way I'm passing that up just because of shyness!

So I sometimes bring a magazine or paper to read, or ask for a seat near a tv monitor if a game is on.

[stealth]

The real question is: would you go see a MOVIE alone (in a theatre)??

It may be...but not in this thread!

[brute33]

I've eaten alone in a rest. breakfast is the easiest to do and supper the hardest.

Anyone ever gone to a movie theatre by themselves? I'm pretty secure with myself but that's something i have not done yet....

[CSR]

I've eaten alone in a rest. breakfast is the easiest to do and supper the hardest.

Anyone ever gone to a movie theatre by themselves? I'm pretty secure with myself but that's something i have not done yet....

Ive done it before, except my ticket was free because I worked at teh theatre.

[David Tweener]

What is wrong with eating alone? The more people you have the more nonsense you are going to be talking. I go out to eat. If I wanted to socialize I will go to a bar at night.

[thegazelle]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:

Well, considering the fact that my wife is not with me when I go to lunch at work, and my coworkers all pack their lunch, I have no problems eating by myself. I grab a book to read and eat away. I would feel more awkward if I didn't have a book to read as I'd just sit there and twiddle my thumbs while I waited for the food. But regardless, eating alone does not make me nervous or feel awkward in the least. I've done it for years now on my work lunchbreak.

[CK4U]

of course! i do it all the time...esp downtown! nothing wrong with it ... to be honest i'd rather eat alone sometimes than having to MAKE insincere conversation with someone to "fill the air"..... and i like that i dont have to wait for anyone to finish eating if i have other things to do....back in univ, i used to go for sushi and chinese food on bloor street by myself or lounge around a cafe with some coffee or Hot Choc...i enjoy the solitude, it gives me time to myself and time to think....esp in the fall :)

have never gone to see a movie alone though...not sure that i would either.

[darren9]

A lot of people travel alone for business and eat at expensive restaurants.

[commie]

I generally go with my buddies...or my families.

Have I ever gone by myself, nope. Who does?

I associate eating out with celebration, and I celebrate with other people

:arrow:

Maybe people have to work? Travel alone for work?

I do business travel all the time...and on occasionals where I don't have to take clients out or want to eat with co-workers...I will eat by myself...

[duckdown]

Nothing wrong with doing this at all.. Plenty of times I'll just go over to my local Caseys at like 1AM for a few beers & a hamburger at the bar by myself.. I enjoy the peace and quiet, far from embarassing

[3weddings]

I used to travel a lot, and eating alone was normal to me. I didn't think twice about it.

[Hard_Taco]

I've eaten alone in a rest. breakfast is the easiest to do and supper the hardest.

Anyone ever gone to a movie theatre by themselves? I'm pretty secure with myself but that's something i have not done yet....

People will not going to assume you to be Pee Wee Herman by going to a theatre alone.

[oasis100]

I once saw a guy eat alone at Hooter's.

[hellodan]

I once saw a guy eat alone at Hooter's.

:lol:

Once.. just once, i thought i'd give going out by myself a try. took the bus to Square 1 (i was in grade.. 9), did a little shopping... saw all the groups (friends, couples, etc) felt so lonely...

Went to have lunch... dunno why.. but went to Jack Astors all by myself >.< Waitress looked at me funny... =( Felt even more lonely.

Never never again. I always call up one of my friends now. Its not that i'm insecure about myself, its just that i'm a social creature and unless i have someone to joke and talk too, life feels so empty

[Chigu]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


this is the goal on my list for next month:lol:

Hmmm eat alone at a fast food restaurant? I do it all the time, especially if I'm at a client site by myself, and have no choice. But I've never done it at a sit down restaurant where someone actually serves me.

Do I find it weird?

- I don't find it weird if it's lunch time
- I may find it a little awkward after work hours (dinner).

edit: An exception would be if you are traveling alone (for business/pleasure) cuz then you really have no choice, and who wants fast food all day!! But to each his/her own!

[bionicbadger]

are you comfortable eat alone at restaurant?
i guess it's not too bad if you can get over the awkwardness of the waiter thinking you’re some kind of loser who got stood up. it's fun to see how people react when you are breaking social taboos.


Do it all the time when on business trips.

Do you think the waiter actually gives a crap if you eat alone or not? Do you actually give a crap what the waiter thinks?

[nalababe]

In addition to going to restaurants alone, I do go to movies alone as well. Often on business, but not always...sometimes just movies that I know that my wife does not want to see....perfect when I don't want to shop for hours upon hours during Christmas....

All in all, some of the ease comes with age (30's)....not too worried what others will think, don't need to be super trendy, who really cares what some yahoo thinks...

[Muncher]

I used to feel embarrassed. Started doing business travel, got tired of eating cardboard food as room service. Now I can eat anywhere alone and not feel strange, small and cheap, family restaurants, etc. Only thing I haven't done is dimsum, not much fun as I get full after 3 baskets of food ...

[B40]

I once saw a guy eat alone at Hooter's.

Was he sticking his tongue out at the waitresses?

[najibs]

Was he sticking his tongue out at the waitresses?

Yes I was.

[willeh]

I used to eat alone all the time at restaurants but now I have to bring at least a friend or family member with me since its not fun without them :|

[i-o_o-i]

if I eat alone, I would rather eat at a food court or buy takeout to eat at home