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    inabook: Oh man. I don't do any of this (and it would drive me crazy!) but my mom's big thing in dining is that she gets super guilty feeling if she orders a ... more »
    Chamalla,barren crone: Man, this makes me wish I had a sibling. This is totally something the younger and kookier version of myself would have thunk up. Seeing this during... more »
    The Queen of No: I have never felt bad for ordering my food the way I like it. I don't think I go overboard with it, but I don't like raw onions or mayonnaise and I li... more »
    LindyLou: As someone with Celiac disease, eating out is fraught with danger for me (which means, unfortunately, that I avoid doing it). I usually end up saying ... more »
    Nuckin Futz for you: Ha! I love my boyfriend to no end but he's so guilty of being a bad orderer. He's always talking away and we have to ask the waitor/tress to come back... more »
    youbehim: Man, I must be a real jerk. Everyone is talking about how they clean up the tables after they're done eating...I don't do this. I don't make a mess, b... more »
    Madge: I too like to give all pertinent information when I order. I'd like a turkey, avocado and swiss on wheat to go; light mayo, lettuce and tomato only. B... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Sadie, this article is a perfect riot. My mother started to note at family outings that whatever I ordered came to the table looking, in her opinion,... more »
    samethingwedoeverynightpinky: This game seems a little intense for me, but I do try to keep my orders as unfussy as possible. My mother, grandmother, and stepfather basically see a... more »
    KLondike5: I'm a pretty efficient orderer, but I'm a real fascist about tidying up the table after a meal. I have trained my children from toddlerhood to put sil... more »
    rhymenoceros: I find it interesting that those of us who order like this do it as a response to the people we dine with who are inefficient, indecisive, and overdem... more »
    sailorsong: When my mom orders McDonalds she always asks for a hamburger with big mac sauce (gross!) it drives me crazy. more »
    welsey: Last week, I waited on a man apparently new to the concept of restaurants. He had no idea what he wanted and made me wait at his table while he decide... more »
    sewradical: Oh, I lose. So hard. I'm a vegetarian (I'll eat eggs if I know where they have come from, so vegan for all intents and purposes) with lots and lots o... more »
    jianna: I order an insane sounding Iced Tea from Starbucks and despite my barista sister telling me repeatedly, I can never remember the order it all goes in.... more »
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