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Anything cold, especially leftover pizza or Chinese food.

My father's signature sandwich: toasted raisin bagel, peanut butter and a slice of American cheese.

The boyfriend is partial to bagels with cream cheese with a huge portion of dried oregano and dried onion flakes, with salt and pepper. I've heard of people raiding the pantry to eat, but never the spice rack!

I'm adding my vote to the Ruth's Chris' complaint. Along the same vein, there's a place that opened up in Center City, Philadelphia called "Square 1682" which doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Maybe I'm just being picky.

Do drink garnishes count? :-P

My mother and grandmother (mom's mom) are painfully bad tippers (it's a symptom of a larger issue, where the tip is perceived as "extra" or more of their hard-earned money). I used to try and and state my case as passionately and eloquently as possible, but I just got annoyed stares and accusations of throwing my money around needlessly. Since neither of them are big on eating at expensive restaurants ("such a waste!") I'll either offer to cover the bill as a way around the issue, or at least offer to cover the tip, as my way of contribution.

@rhinny - there's just no explaining to some people. It is what it is.

I always tell the nice man behind the counter to skip the oven - I love love love room temp or cold pizza. Come to think of it, I prefer most food that way.

@parvax - How could I forget the nice Jewish boy that my mother would love me to take home and do morally questionable things with? My bad!

@hungrychristel - I'm pretty this forum transcends most or all gender, orientation, height, age and culinary skillz-related issues/questions/concerns ;-)

Also, I have this fantasy of tying up Guy Fieri...and leaving the room. For 3 days. "Oh man, that is MONEY!"

I love sharing food at restaurants that serve larger portions, especially if I'm with a group of my friends. That said, stay the heck away from my dessert. Seriously. The question "do you want to split ____?" is usually countered with "do you want to get a clue?" Unless I'm bursting-at-the-seams-full-and-can-really-only-manage-one-bite-of-something-sweet, please...spare yourself the pain and months of physical therapy and steer clear of my tiramisu.

Thanks everyone! While I don't feel right mentioning the restaurant name, I will agree that they did not handle the situation correctly. Even though the hostess was very apologetic, they should have offered something by way of apology. The place was so packed and busy, passing around some apps to the waiting parties or comping our appetizers would not have affected their margins; they did neither. The weather happened to be really nice, so we waited outside with plenty of other tables that weren't being seated on time, as well. Someone came by and brought out glasses for a large group of ladies to start their wine, but did not offer to do the same to anyone else. I think we'll take our business elsewhere next time.

Both my current job and former job have the kitchens stocked with free cans of soda - I've seen the massive quantities restocked several times per week, due to people consuming 2-3 cans per day. I wonder what would happen if they replaced them with fruit juices and seltzer?

*speechless*