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There is a stigma to bringing your own lunch. If you have to bring it, it means you cannot afford to go out, so it is used as a status symbol. Like most statu
by orev 15y ago
There is a stigma to bringing your own lunch. If you have to bring it, it means you cannot afford to go out, so it is used as a status symbol. Like most status symbols, it's about wasting money to prove that you have the money to waste.
- timjahn 15y agoCouldn't have said it better.
- startupstella 15y agovery true. the funny thing is that americans have no problem taking food they haven't finished from restaurants "to go." in russia, this is seen as a faux pas...you don't have food at home you can eat?
- coconutrandom 15y agoWell we wouldn't want to be seen as wasteful would we?