/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.12770643]

>I just looooove broccoli

I'm a server at a restaurant that sells cheesy broccoli as a side dish. I have noticed that an odd amount of people comment how much they enjoy broccoli and then proceed to leave on their plate every piece that wasn't slathered in cheese. Why does this happen? I'm just curious about the psychology behind announcing enjoyment of something when it is obvious that the person is lying.

I am autistic btw if that matters. My father owns the establishment. It would be very much appreciated if the healthnut vs fatty stuff could be kept to a minimum and the tip talk abstained from completely. Please just serious conversation attempting to give me some insight. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.12770673]

It's in case their mothers have the place bugged. If you announce enjoyment of broccoli, your mother will think you have finished it even if you don't.

[Anonymous No.12770696]

>>12770643
I liked steamed broccoli, I rarely eat it with cheese. It's good alongside a steak.
I'm not one of those maniacs who can eat raw broccoli though.

[Anonymous No.12770697]

>>12770643
when food arrives, people feel obligated to make some comment. if you're with company and food arrives, it's weird to just accept it silently. you say thanks to the waiter, you say wow this looks delicious or finally, i'm starving. these all add something intangible to how pleasant your dining experience is. not a lot of thought gets put into these verbalizations. no one blinks an eye or thinks about how people are lying to themselves, because it's a lie without consequences.

[Anonymous No.12770700]

>>12770643
It's nothing but a health flex.
People want to come off as healthier, smarter, and better than we are.
If you're eating a sauce-slathered chicken dish with potatoes and cheesy baked broccoli, you know you're eating trash. Announcing your affinity for the only green thing on the plate kind of socially amplifies the effect of eating it, even if you don't.

tl;dr normies are dumb and self-conscious even when they claim they aren't and use dining out as validation for their social status.
-t server

[Anonymous No.12770702]

>>12770697
So they're literal NPCs?

[Anonymous No.12770703]

>>12770697
Every lie has consequences. Each time you defy truth you are undermining the moral fiber just that little bit more.

[Anonymous No.12770719]

>>12770643
>I am autistic btw if that matters.

Why even bother asking

The world will always seem strange to you and locked behind a layer of emotion you won't be able to understand.

[Anonymous No.12770726]

>>12770719
Autistic people have more emotion than neurotypicals. They appear emotionally stunted because they learn in childhood that their intense emotional responses are punished, so come to repress them. It is the theatrics they don't understand, not the feelings.

[Anonymous No.12770781]

>>12770702
in a way, yes. i don't like it, but if you obsess over this behavior you're overthinking it. i just continue the conversation i'm having at the table
>>12770703
is being an absolutist working out for you?
>>12770726
true on the theatrics.

[Anonymous No.12770808]

Doesn’t raw broccoli contain chemicals that kill susceptible people?

[Anonymous No.12770851]

>>12770808
American education everyone

[Anonymous No.12770938]

>>12770697
>>12770700
The world is a mystery to me. Thanks for thoughtful posts. Please accept this appreciation frog.

[Anonymous No.12771047]

>>12770702
The fluid production of semi-conscious, contextual NPC dialog isn't really intended to effectuate any kind of meaningful information exchange. What you're really communicating - based on your inflection, body and facial language, quickness, wittiness - is your emotional state as it relates to the social situation. If you do it well you communicate "I'm comfortable, happy, and confident; I'm having a good time and so should you; I'm not intimidated or made uncomfortable by you, which demonstrates that I'm not your social inferior and thus you don't have to feel awkward and irritated that you're wasting your time and embarrassing yourself by consorting with someone below your station"
>>12770726
Underrated

[Anonymous No.12771061]

>>12770726

[Anonymous No.12771112]

>>12771047
so you're saying i can appear normal if i just say "i'm comfortable, happy, and confident; i'm having a good time and so should you; i'm not intimidated or made uncomfortable by you, which demonstrates that i'm not your social inferior and thus you don't have to feel awkward and irritated that you're wasting your time and embarrassing yourself by consorting with someone below your station" every time i see someone? totally based, thanks for life shortcut. i might just wear it on a t-shirt so i don't have to remember all that.

[Anonymous No.12771124]

>>12771112
Yes that is correct

[Anonymous No.12771931]

>>12770643
I like raw broccoli but any time of preparation done to it just makes it gross. Same with carrots and most other veggies aside from potatoes

[Anonymous No.12771977]

>>12770643
Taste of cheese with texture of broccoli

[Anonymous No.12772759]

>>12770643
This pisses me off and reminds me of those retarded Kraft cheese commercials. The ones were kids are being little shits about eating vegetable until their parents melt cheese over it. That's not teaching kids to eat vegetables its teaching them to slather healthy stuff with shit until its intrinsic health benefits become nonexistent.

[Anonymous No.12772790]

>>12772759
>That's not teaching kids to eat vegetables its teaching them to slather healthy stuff with shit until its intrinsic health benefits become nonexistent.
Well I mean you're still getting all the nutrients from it even if you do douse it with shitty cheese, it's just that it's retarded to do that if you're trying to lose weight by eating more veggies and avoiding high calorie garbage.