DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve understood from reading your work that asking for to-go boxes at restaurants is apparently considered rude. ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve understood from reading your work that asking for to-go boxes at restaurants is apparently considered rude. Could you please explain why? I’ve heard this from other sources as well, but it doesn’t make any sense to me, nor align with my own experience.
Moreover, portion sizes at American restaurants are notoriously huge, and I get the impression that the waitstaff doesn’t expect you to finish them. They will actually offer to give me boxes for the remainder when they see me slowing down. I rarely have to ask. I once overheard two restaurant employees complaining to each other about customers who don’t take their leftovers home, and how sad it is that this delicious food has to go to waste.
GENTLE READER: You should begin by reading more carefully. Miss Manners has no objection whatever to asking to take home food one has bought.
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