Is it autistic to go to a restaurant alone?

>There are restaurants in America that are only buffets?
Yes. It's still common in Asia too, especially in hotels.

Just take a large framed photo of someone with you, place it opposite you on the table, talk to it as you're eating your food, nobody will suspect anything.

I don't know, but I do it because /foreveralone/. I go back to a lot of the same places so they just know me. I tip reasonably well like a good Burger and I'm pretty warm/friendly, and simple to deal with, so the staff is usually pretty happy to see me.

I'm sure they do think I'm a little weird considering I come in every week alone, and ask to sit away from people if possible (I try to avoid busy times anyways). Some places I know the table number I want to sit at because the waitresses will say "just say to sit at table 11!" when they see I'm always wanting to be in the same place.

I don't really care anymore about being embarrassed, but I'll admit I get sad sometimes.

I don't like buffets because I'm a germaphobe and don't like all the people touching everything. I know they have screens and various ways to make it sanitary but the food is still sitting out with a bunch of people coughing around it.

no what the fuck people get lunch in between doing shit

and dinner?

Dress up like a firefighter. People will think you're on duty, and might even pay for your meal.

bring a photo of some old man and put it across from you so it looks like your spouse died. Bonus points if you are a man too. No questions asked.

What if I put a picture of my waifu?

if i saw you with that i would take a picture and post it on al/ck/ for you to realize your autism

I'm well aware of my autism.

if i do see you anywhere the secret signal for homo hookup in the disabled toilet is the folllowing:

i will come past your table and knock over your knife. You will say " i believe Louisiana is the pelican state". I will say 'i believe louisiana IS the pelican state" and you will follow me.

Any deviation on this script and i will shoot you 5 times with my revolver, the 6th bullet is for me,

lunch is fine, diner is a no-go

This, but unironically as long as you have a story about how the person in the photo died recently.

DEAL!

Everybody will be so impressed op.

I can cook just as well for myself and for a third of the price. The only reason I go out to eat is if I'm meeting someone, and even then I'd prefer to cook so we have access to cheap booze.

I dress up in a suit, carry a brief case and wear a wedding ring.
I also have fake phone conversations with my "wife" and act like an out of town business man.

fuck man you suck

mirin the autism though

Depends on how good of places you go out to eat. In some flyover state yeah I'd never go out probably, but in a major city could be worth it.

dinner is fine if you sit at the counter or bar

Why can't I eat dinner at a table alone at dinner?

>only buffets?

Yep, most of them are simple lunch places (pizza, Chinese,) but there's a couple dinner buffets too, they're fine but always crowded and the food isnt amazing.

Lots of fat people? That sounds like a fat people thing.

No, it's the real patrician way to enjoy a restaurant. Like going to the movie theater alone.
It's a different experience than going with somebody, and both are enjoyable.

Ironically, thinking you can't enjoy something alone because "it's weird", is a sign of possible social anxiety, so that's more autistic than the opposite.

However, if you do, I advise you to bring something to keep you busy while waiting for your order to come. Most places will take your order as a sole customer with priority, but you're still gonna wait. Something you want to read is best.

Yup. Someone post the golden corral story, please. I mostly see it with Chinese buffets, but I know pizza buffet and macaroni buffet restaurants both exist(ed?), along with Golden Corral which is just an everything buffet.

>corral
I had to look this word up, and I'm sitting here laughing hysterically. They literally named it after where you store cattle.

not all restaurants are named backwards N squiggly R and have CCCP in the name you fucking potato eating famine victim.

Wrong country. There is plenty of make fun of my country for, which is Italy, but you have to see the humor in naming a place where fat people go after cattle storage.

The last guy I saw do this had made friends with the entire restaurant staff and they greeted him like a family member...was kind of cool honestly

it was 50/50 you were either a wog or some eastern bloc piece of shit. i guessed wrong.

Thanks for the basic pizza idea by the way Gianfranco, we have endless fun perfecting it from your recipe.

I'm a solo-living NEET (parents pay for an apt) and I go out to eat by myself 2-3x a week. Just pick casual places for lunch. Ramen or asian food in general is a good choice but almost anywhere will seat you. Don't be anxious about it, just enjoy yourself!

This is how you make going to a restaurant alone autistic.

Should I go to Red Robin after work today for an early dinner? I've been craving a fried egg burger lately.

Don't forget the pineapple!

I want to try Chicago Deep Dish. I can't decide if it is going to be disgusting or good. I'm interested in the crust consistency, since it seems to be extremely thick.

That's cool user, at least you're getting outside and enjoying food, nothing wrong with that.

>One year at my job

>My opinion matters

Ive eaten dinner alone at michelin starred places multiple times and can confirm no one gives a shit

Go somewhere that serves good burgers then

I'm married with 2 kids. I cherish the few meals I can eat in peace and my food isn't microwaved.

But there's nowhere else on the way home that does and I'm too lazy to go that far out of my way.

Tbh eating alone is heaven for me

Asks the person that never has traveled on business with an expense account to blow.

Even nice restaurants have bars you can sit at.

No one really cares. Sitting at a table alone always looks a little weird though. I always sit at the bar when I'm eating alone and usually make small talk with the bar tender or other people sitting next to me.

I much prefer dining alone.
"What are you going to have?"
"I dunno what are you going to have?"
Waiter shows up, we're not ready.

Life's two joys are going to the cinema alone and going to a restaurant alone.

In both of these cases, I am there to do something that isn't talk. So going without someone who's gonna talk helps. I want to enjoy the food and the movie.

Thanks. Yeah food is one of my pleasures in life. When I travel I always try to find a great place to go. I just ate at Le Gavroche in London by myself this year. Four hour dinner by myself. Also ate at Ledbury while I was there.

i judge the poor fat fucks who go to buffets alone far more than people who go to a restaurant alone

is it autistic to be alone and have no friends and never go out except for at night to go to your job, where you also work alone?

Don't feel too bad. The worst is the company Christmas party. They bring everyone in to ask what entree you and your date want. I'm always the one there alone.

yeah and you can pick up girls as an excuse like a waitress

this

because people will think your an autist

bars and counters are ideal because you sit next to people and it creates the illusion youre with someone

It only seems autistic if you’re self-conscious about it. Just go in there and fucking eat normally.

>Something you want to read is best.

fuck that bring your ds

The bar is shit. It's not as comfy as a chair.

You pay the same to have your own table and a waiter. Might as well do that rather than sit at some dirty bar with a bunch of drunks.

If the restaurant is busy, they'd rather seat a table with multiple people rather than just you taking up space.

Fuck 'em

>worried about what people will think seeing you alone
>so ashamed you are trying to create an illusion of sitting with people
>concerned about the financial goals of the restaurant rather than your own comfort
We need to talk about the soy in your diet.

Pussy

It is funny, because it's a place where poor fatties stuff themselves silly on the cheapest possible food. And they really go for it - like they have their strategies for how to get the most value for their set price unlimited meal while they overeat themselves into feeling uncomfortable. And I'm pretty sure this particular celebration of gluttony is a uniquely American poorfag thing.

Be

Poppin'

kek. Do they try to sneak food out too?

I always thought the "doggie bag" was a pretty cool American thing. It's uncommon here to be offered to take the rest of your meal to go, which ends up being a waste. But, at this all you can eat buffet, do they still offer that? I could see fat poorfags bringing buckets in if that's the case.

I'm not a fucking normie like you

leave

I knew a guy who was a poker regular at our local casino who would wear a trench coat with shitloads of pockets and he would fill them up with food from the buffet. He was pretty much an all around disgusting excuse for a human, though.

This. Solitude is one of the great joys of this world. Anyone who needs other people to feel fulfilled or is afraid of looking weird if they eat alone is an insecure individual.

>I'm a parasite to my parents but will splurge $200 a month on myself on things that dissipate in 3 hours each time
The fact that you're unashamed of this is appalling. You frankly sound proud to be like that.

When I eat out alone I pretend i'm texting someone to look less autistic or bring some paperwork and pretend i'm doing work or studying while eating.

>I'm not a fucking normie like you
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK

Ask for a table for two and then pretend that you got stood up, you'll get free sympathy food

>bring some paperwork

fuck that bring your ds

No, many people grab a quick bite on the road or for business trips.

Gotta kick that 14 year old set of insecurities.

Idk what story youre talking about but a friend of my dad's once opened up an all day buffet (7am-9pm) and he said two Samoan dudes would show up and would eat L i t e r a l l y everything. They wouldnt leave for the entire day. He said they would pay once in the morning, at lunch, and at dinner but it wasn't nearly enough to cover evrything they ate. He would refill the entire soda machine twice a day and would refill the food stations at least 6 times a day. Appearantly they threatened him with a lawyer when he asked them to leave and he knew he couldnt afford the hassle.
He only lasted three months before filling for bankruptcy.

How do most all you eat buffets handle that? Are there limitations in time? I imagine you'll have a loss with some customers, but the majority will be a profit?

I often travel alone to places, I was in DC over spring break alone and I thought about going to one of the downtown restaurants for dinner but I chickened out and just got subway instead

>They threatened him with a lawyer
It would've been small claims court at best, he wouldn't have needed a lawyer. And there was no way they could have afforded a lawyer with what they were doing anyway. Moreover he could have just stopped admitting them after the first time and accepting their money as well and informed other staff they weren't allowed on premises. If he wasn't willing or able to take a stand against them then there's no way he could have made a decent owner/manager.

>And there was no way they could have afforded a lawyer with what they were doing anyway.
In Burderland lawyers will take that stuff on contingency, so they take a percent of the earnings. Questionable if they'll go after some shitty all you can eat buffet, but, the legal system is a huge problem in America. It's got a bunch of gimmedats looking for reasons to sue anyone who has anything.

Order your meal at the bar. Eat at the bar. No one really cares though.

I'd like to do that as well. But what do you do between servings? Also can you eat there if you're a total plebb?

I know, but I'm not honestly sure they would have had a case there. Restaurants aren't a free for all, the owner has the right to refuse service and throw people out for any reason he sees fit so long as it isn't discriminatory.

Hell, he could have demanded they leave after they finished serving breakfast and thrown them out there and refused money. There's not even a chance of a legal issue at that point for him, and, had they refused to leave, he could have called the police.

Well it takes most restaurants a few months or up to a year to start making a profit. But the whole point is that you WANT people to keep coming back and keep eating. The problem with that place was that since the two guys would always eat evrything, other patrons weren't able to eat as much as they would like so they just never came back. This is spmething that i have seen happen at other places too, although it's almost always the owners or managers that would regulate the amount of food being prepared and served, resulting in a temporary shortage which, if you only have a short amount of time to eat, would make people pretty angry and they would simply go somewhere else.

I've also spoken to a mexican restaurant owner who would also have a small buffet. After a few months he changed it so buffet was only available during lunch then later got rid of it altogether. He said the amount of food being wasted, along with the the cost of having the heating lamps turned on all the time made it difficult to keep the buffet open. I guess every place is different and the only way to learn is trial and error.

Make sure to bring a voice recorder with you.

> There are restaurants in America that are only buffets?

youtube.com/watch?v=lVMYvYg6T1Q

pjwnex.us/media/text/Golden_Corral.txt

As others anons says the bar/counter is the way to go, then again I’m a bit more social, so I get caught talking among other patrons there and the bartender. Gotten dates and talked to many interesting people.

Bartender has buybacks as well so if they like you and are in a particularly gracious mood, they can take care of a round for you, it’s a nice bonus when it happens but I am never presumptuous to expect it every time, no matter how much I spend.

I don't mind eating alone at a restaurant or going to some pub alone if I'm travelling. I usually have a conversation with the bartender or server if they're not busy. If they know I'm new in the area, they will tell me about some good spots to check out and any upcoming festivals. Also, when I eat alone I normally eat at the bar counter and not sit alone at some booth or table, that feels awkward for me.

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It's also a great way to keep the best quality the restaurant can deliver.

What the fuck, I have constant work trips and I have to go out for dinner alone. The thought never even crossed my mind.