YOU THAR MAKE ME A SAMMICH

[Gawdzillers]

I was in Subway today, getting a delicious salt-and-pepper-laden sandwich with my mom, when the lady in front of us barks, "NO! NO CHEESE, NO MAYO, NO FAT AT ALL!".
She also didn't look like the health food type, if you know what I mean.
To top a laugh-filled day, the cashier called my mom "sir" and my guitar teacher gave me a pick that says "LUMPY GRAVY"* on it.

*= I have no idea why it said that.

[kerrisan]

She also didn't look like the health food type, if you know what I mean.

Maybe she's trying to lose weight?

Eating fat-free is a good way to help do that.

[powerboy]

She also didn't look like the health food type, if you know what I mean.

Yeah, about that, I take offense to that. I am fat also, and I am trying to lose weight. With that being said, I don't want fating foods either. Yeah her attitude was out of line

[MMATM]

I agree with powerboy. Eating low-fat (or "NO FAT AT ALL!") is a great way to lose weight. However, people do get out of control regarding it, to the point where they will either refuse to take something that is fatty (even if they've ordered it and the fat content is an afterthought) or order something that they don't like because it has less fat. I see this every day at work and have gladly had to "get rid of" the previously ordered "too fatty" item. Sorry for the minor threadjack.

Basically the woman in Subway falls into this category, which is how I justify my heinous deeds in the last paragraph.

[Rapscallion]

Many moons ago, I had a customer demand "Biscuits for Cheese". We happened to have exactly that products on the shelves, so she scoured the ingredients listing.

"Oh, I can't have these. There's too much fat in them."

Um, you're supposed to put fat on them. What difference does an odd percent or two in the cracker itself make?

Rapscallion

[Lace Neil Singer]

Also, you want a fat free sandwich, then make your own at home. This is Subway, for frick's sake. O_o

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Fat does not make fat grow on your ass any more than eating apples makes apples grow on your ass.

Sugar, on the other hand, does make fat grow on your ass.

Wanna know what they fluff up low fat and fat free food with?

ding ding! Sugar! Cheap sugar, actually. High fructose corn syrup. That crap is in everything.

Want to lose weight? Avoid "diet" foods. That stuff will kill you.

[crazydaisy]

Pfuh.
I have a 'friend' in the very loosest terms of the word (actually she's the wife of my partners best friend) who is on a constant diet.
Whenever she comes round to the house, for a party, for dinner, whatever, she always brings her own food with her.
I think it's highly bad manners actually, to accept an invitation and then bring your own food.
She has no allergies that I know of, and to me, what she's trying to say is 'I don't think you can adequately cater for me, so i shall do it myself.'
She makes one helluva mess perparing her own cruddy food, never offers to help clear up, and I'm starting to want to strangle her.
When I go to her house, I eat the food she's made. I was brought up to be polite that way.
*rant about food over for now*

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, sometimes I bring my own food along if it's a party or some sort of event like that, mainly because I want to make sure I can find something to eat that's not full of sugar.

If I'm going to dinner at someone's house and they are cooking, I just suck it up and eat whatever they are serving. It's not going to kill me, and one day of feeling a little off is no big deal. However, most people who would have me over either eat like I do or know about my habits and plan accordingly. Which is nice, but I don't expect people to cater to me.

[Becks]

Also, you want a fat free sandwich, then make your own at home. This is Subway, for frick's sake. O_o

If you order it right, Subway isn't that bad. I always get the turkey sub with no cheese or dressings. Just bread, meat, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and salt and pepper. Yummy.

[Arachne]

I'm a bit of a picky eater and have a couple of (minor) food allergies besides, but even I won't bring food only for me to a party. Usually, in situations where I don't want to inconvenience anyone by making all sorts of insane demands, I'll eat before leaving, so that I can get away with just picking at stuff while I'm there, or else I'll bring something for the whole party that I can also eat.

With regards to eating low/no fat, I think the main problem is that people try to "cheat" by adhereing to the letter of the diet but not the spirit. Like, I'll bet Subway Lady was eating some kind of huge mega sandwich, and I'll bet she got chips and a soda, too. The idea is to eat fewer fattening things. People get the low fat stuff, and then think they can eat more of it.

To be honest, I don't see why anyone would go to Subway if there were a Quiznos even remotely close by. I have a pathetic piddly appetite and Subway's sandwiches leave even me unsatisfied.

[XCashier]

I think it's highly bad manners actually, to accept an invitation and then bring your own food.

There's a story on Etiquette Hell about someone like that. http://www.etiquettehell.com/content...003-2arc.shtml

You've got to wonder why these people's mothers didn't teach them any manners.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I'm a bit of a picky eater and have a couple of (minor) food allergies besides, but even I won't bring food only for me to a party."

Well, the trick is to bring enough that it counts as your contribution to the eats.

Most of our parties are the "everyone bring something so we don't run out of food" variety. No problem. Just bring something you know you can eat as a contribution. Then you KNOW you will have at least one thing you can nosh on.

[iradney]

My mom did raise me to bring an "offering" when coming to visit someone, but if I were to eschew a carefully cooked meal by my hostess she would kick my butt! She's very big on etiquette is my Mom

[Kilamon]

To top a laugh-filled day, the cashier called my mom "sir" and my guitar teacher gave me a pick that says "LUMPY GRAVY"* on it.

*= I have no idea why it said that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpy_Gravy Frank Zappa.