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I really wish there was a return to cafeteria-style plates and cutlery for food courts. I know that sounds weird but I feel immensely guilty throwing away plast

I really wish there was a return to cafeteria-style plates and cutlery for food courts. I know that sounds weird but I feel immensely guilty throwing away plastic and styrofoam every day just to have a bit of lunch, but it's not like you can show up to a restaurant and say "here, use my tupperware for my to go order." There's no middle ground in America between bringing lunch from home every day so it's in reusable containers and throw away packaging for anything that's not immediately consumed on premises. I would gladly pay another dollar or two for someone to give me tiffin-style lunch packed in a reusable container.

jogjayr 9y ago
> I know that sounds weird but I feel immensely guilty throwing away plastic and styrofoam every day just to have a bit of lunch, That doesn't sound weird at all. Seems perfectly normal to me. > but it's not like you can show up to a restaurant and say "here, use my tupperware for my to go order." Have you ever tried it? You might be surprised, especially for a to go order. It works at coffee shops. If they don't want to do it they might throw some health-code BS at you and you can add it to your list of places to boycott, if you wish. > There's no middle ground in America between bringing lunch from home every day so it's in reusable containers and throw away packaging for anything that's not immediately consumed on premises. My office's lunch room also has plastic spoons and forks. On the rare occasion that I haven't been able to track down metal silverware I've washed and reused the plastic multiple times.
- technofiend 9y ago
  >Have you ever tried it? You might be surprised, especially for a to go order. It works at coffee shops. If they don't want to do it they might throw some health-code BS at you and you can add it to your list of places to boycott, if you wish. Actually I'm with them that there's no guarantee my tupperware has been properly sanitized, nor do I trust the general public to sanitize theirs when you have so many people who will gladly double dip into communal foods.
  - jogjayr 9y ago
    That's fair but their serving utensils don't need to make any contact with your tupperware. As long as it looks clean enough to sit on their counter while they convey the food into it, that should be sufficient right? EDIT: The "health-code BS" bit is from my experience once, requesting a restaurant to refill my water bottle when I was leaving. Unless they're dipping a water hose into my bottle to fill it, thus bringing water in my bottle into contact with their hose, I fail to see the health issue.

jogjayr 9y ago

> I know that sounds weird but I feel immensely guilty throwing away plastic and styrofoam every day just to have a bit of lunch, That doesn't sound weird at all. Seems perfectly normal to me. > but it's not like you can show up to a restaurant and say "here, use my tupperware for my to go order." Have you ever tried it? You might be surprised, especially for a to go order. It works at coffee shops. If they don't want to do it they might throw some health-code BS at you and you can add it to your list of places to boycott, if you wish. > There's no middle ground in America between bringing lunch from home every day so it's in reusable containers and throw away packaging for anything that's not immediately consumed on premises. My office's lunch room also has plastic spoons and forks. On the rare occasion that I haven't been able to track down metal silverware I've washed and reused the plastic multiple times.

technofiend 9y ago
>Have you ever tried it? You might be surprised, especially for a to go order. It works at coffee shops. If they don't want to do it they might throw some health-code BS at you and you can add it to your list of places to boycott, if you wish. Actually I'm with them that there's no guarantee my tupperware has been properly sanitized, nor do I trust the general public to sanitize theirs when you have so many people who will gladly double dip into communal foods.
- jogjayr 9y ago
  That's fair but their serving utensils don't need to make any contact with your tupperware. As long as it looks clean enough to sit on their counter while they convey the food into it, that should be sufficient right? EDIT: The "health-code BS" bit is from my experience once, requesting a restaurant to refill my water bottle when I was leaving. Unless they're dipping a water hose into my bottle to fill it, thus bringing water in my bottle into contact with their hose, I fail to see the health issue.