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I'd like to believe this is true, but I once was at my boss's house and saw inside his fridge. All it has was a few beers. I asked him where his food was and he

I'd like to believe this is true, but I once was at my boss's house and saw inside his fridge. All it has was a few beers. I asked him where his food was and he said he ate out for every meal. He was a single guy in a 5000 square foot home on an acre of land. I suppose he could afford to buy every meal out. I kind of doubt he will magically start using his kitchen.

bentcorner 7y ago
It's a spectrum. We normally eat out a lot and usually had a reasonably full fridge but ever since this all started I made sure our pantry and fridge were full, and we've been cooking at home ever since.
- nxc18 7y ago
  Have you thought about keeping your pantry full as a reserve and still eating out / getting delivery a lot? It’s what I’ve been doing since I want my favorite restaurants to still be around when this is all over.
  - bentcorner 7y ago
    Fair question - my wife is too nervous about getting us sick since both my daughter and I are in risk categories. We're fine with the occasional trip to the store but are holding off restaurants for now. And I get it - there's some local restaurants that I love and I feel bad for them, but the risk right now isn't worth it.
    - mcv 7y ago
      I think I'd actually rather order delivery than go to a supermarket where everybody touches the same carts and baskets. Do they wash those things down regularly? I sincerely hope so.
bryanrasmussen 7y ago
every statistic has its outliers. If I was rich enough I suppose I would have a catering deal to have food delivered to me from a few restaurants, but I'm not rich enough. Probably most people aren't rich enough and only eat out for the reasons I do, I'm just too tired to make the food once again and want something I like the taste of quick. Probably the people rich enough to eat out every meal have a 5000 square foot home on an acre of land - at least.
- mcv 7y ago
  5000 square foot?! Isn't that about 500 m^2? I think my wife and I could afford to eat out every meal if we really wanted to (and we didn't go to anything too fancy), but we certainly don't have a 500 m^2 home nor any land. That'd be 3 times the size of our home, and our home is already pretty big for our neighbourhood.

bentcorner 7y ago

It's a spectrum. We normally eat out a lot and usually had a reasonably full fridge but ever since this all started I made sure our pantry and fridge were full, and we've been cooking at home ever since.

nxc18 7y ago
Have you thought about keeping your pantry full as a reserve and still eating out / getting delivery a lot? It’s what I’ve been doing since I want my favorite restaurants to still be around when this is all over.
- bentcorner 7y ago
  Fair question - my wife is too nervous about getting us sick since both my daughter and I are in risk categories. We're fine with the occasional trip to the store but are holding off restaurants for now. And I get it - there's some local restaurants that I love and I feel bad for them, but the risk right now isn't worth it.
  - mcv 7y ago
    I think I'd actually rather order delivery than go to a supermarket where everybody touches the same carts and baskets. Do they wash those things down regularly? I sincerely hope so.

bryanrasmussen 7y ago

every statistic has its outliers. If I was rich enough I suppose I would have a catering deal to have food delivered to me from a few restaurants, but I'm not rich enough. Probably most people aren't rich enough and only eat out for the reasons I do, I'm just too tired to make the food once again and want something I like the taste of quick. Probably the people rich enough to eat out every meal have a 5000 square foot home on an acre of land - at least.

mcv 7y ago
5000 square foot?! Isn't that about 500 m^2? I think my wife and I could afford to eat out every meal if we really wanted to (and we didn't go to anything too fancy), but we certainly don't have a 500 m^2 home nor any land. That'd be 3 times the size of our home, and our home is already pretty big for our neighbourhood.