Dude same, I've stopped going to piadas with my wife because of thsi. Even when I ordered a regular bowl and she'd get a small, I'd magically end up with less food. Meanwhile hers is stacked to the point they can barely close the lid. Now she goes in by herself and I actually get a decent amount of food.
It reminds me of when I was little and the cafeteria lady gave me a small portion of lasagna but the boy next to me she doubled it “because he’s a growing boy”
It does, actually. But when the theoretical path to said equality involves a vanguard party taking total power in order to usher in that equality and then relinquishing that power, things tend to get stuck at that first step. Absolute power corrupts absolutely
Yeah well that's just Marxist theory, which I don't entirely agree with. I used to be a communist, but I think for now we just socialism in the sense of doing stuff either with reforms or possibly a takeover but one that doesn't involve a period of transitional dictatorship. The people should implement equality, not some dictator.
While Marx at one point did advocate for a transitory state (see Critique of the Gotham Program), the development of a vanguard party to guide a popular revolt was primarily from Lenin. Most of Marx's influential works were a critique of the capitalist political economy.
My brother and I are in our 20s and live at home. Growing up, he always got bigger portions because he would help our dad working on the farm, so he needed the energy. When I got old enough to work on the farm I didn’t get bigger portions. I work somewhere else now, and it’s still a very physical job, but he still gets bigger portions. I work 8h days, and he works 4h split shifts (4h some days and 8h others).
Went to this townie diner with my now husband for breakfast once. It’s worth noting, I LOVE breakfast food, and having breakfast out. I ordered an omelette and a short stack of pancakes that they had on special (blackberry & oat), because it was like 10am and I was starving and also I couldn’t decide between sweet or savory breakfast. I mean, leftovers are great, right?!
The waitress, in her 60s, said, “oh honey, I don’t think you need all that.” My gobsmacked face of astonishment, embarrassment, and rage… thankfully my boyfriend told her I did in fact need all that. Husband material right there, zero missteps made.
I do, but portions of meat are given out by my mom so that my dad doesn’t take too much of the protein. My dad and brother get bigger portions of protein, my mom and I get smaller. She’s a SAHM and isn’t super active. I have a very physical job 🤷🏼♀️
Have you tried explaining that to her? Worst case scenario just buy some protein powder and make shakes or something to supplement the additional protein you likely need.
Once as a child, I asked for hamburgers for my celebration meal as I won a state award. My mother had the butcher grind a pricey cut of beef to make 4 high quality burgers. Dad grabbed 3, leaving my mom, brother and I to split 1. Which means my brother actually got it as he was the baby and there was nothing else his picky self would eat. It has been twenty five years and I still haven't forgiven my father for that level of petty selfishness.
I can't even conceive of eating three burgers in front of family members who have zero.
I wouldn't be surprised if you all stopped having nice things. Figuring that if the meals are just above garbage level maybe your dad would allow others to partake in the near trash.
This is over hyped. The metabolism only slightly slows down because of age - it is mostly a more sedentary lifestyle and loss of muscle mass that causes people to gain significant weight in their middle age. I mean, it actively becomes harder to maintain physical fitness with age so it makes sense, but it is just that which causes the slow down and not a magic crash in your 40s.
I was too, I always made an effort to become besties with the lunch ladies and it definitely helped. I still do it when I go to the deli section at the grocery store and order a lunch.
My mom would give my brother bigger portions because he was “a growing boy” except I was a teenager playing sports and he was 8 years old. Needless to say, that’s one more piece of proof that she hated me for whatever reason and absolutely adores my brother.
I had that happen to me too except I an a boy with a small appetite, so I literally can not finish all of the food given to me(I was 9, in a summer camp of sorts, it was in China), I still remember being punished by my instructor because I couldn’t finish all of the food and thus wasted it, I was told to just tell the lunch lady that I don’t want that much food, so I did the next day and guess what, the lunch lady put even more food on my plate and said basically the same thing, that I an a growing boy…I remember those days vividly
Yeah its frustrating, there’s also the case of milk, because I am lactose intolerant, I didn’t know that back then, and so when the breakfast includes milk I drink it, but then when I have stomachaches because of it, I get verbally berated for having stomach issues.
At a school I attended the cafeteria ladies (all lovely African ladies) used to give tiny sausages to the white boys and large sausages to the African boys and laugh uproariously each time.
Lmao, ew? That isn't funny at all. Just rude and also extremely weird.
Also, I realize that this is extremely made up, but even on its face.. you mean they've set aside multiple different sausage sizes for the purpose of making fun of little kids?
Sometimes I feel like Chipotle only hires people who have somehow never encountered a burrito in real life
A chipotle opened on the sketchy side of my city and the workers there have never seen a burrito but they all roll burritos like blunts, without licking it to make it stick. It was pretty funny.
I’m a small woman and frequently see that my portion is smaller than the portion of the random dude in line in front of me, scooped by the same worker. It’s noticeable immediately with the rice. I’ve never complained, I usually just politely ask if they could add a bit more and that seems to help “reset” their mindset re: portion sizes and the rest of the scoops aren’t puny lol
when I say complain I don't mean be mean about it or call a manager or whatever, I mean speak up. I'd at least ask why they give me less and ask for more .
Might be that they just think you need more food. That's what I used to assume. Then my girlfriend pointed out that I love food too much and keep stairing at them while they make the food. I have now started wondering if it's more a case of "This massive fucking dude is eyeballing me to make sure I don't short him", lol.
I have now started wondering if it's more a case of "This massive fucking dude is eyeballing me to make sure I don't short him", lol.
Wait, I love food. And I'm a pretty big and tall dude. And I get bigger portions all the time to the point where friends consistently notice when we hang out.
Common sexism in restaurants. There are tons of studies showing, natural or learned, women get less wine poured than their male partner, tips are greater based on bra size... Many examples.
what if its a size bias, like if he's 350lbs and 6'8 and she's 5'4 and 100lbs, I could see myself falling into giving 1 person a normal portion and the "big man" a larger size.
This happens to me all the time. I’m thin and my husband is tall and stocky. His portion is always bigger than mine. I love to eat I just have a high metabolism. lol
This happens at the grocery store I work at. I'll buy a ham and cheese sandwhich and some days it'll have 5 slices of ham and 3 slices of cheese, and other days it will have 1 slice of ham and 1 slice of cheese that only covers half the sandwhich. Depends whos making the sandwhiches. Still $5 regardless.
I used to live a few blocks from a Casey's and would walk over during my lunch break to get a slice or two of pizza. Whether I got one slice or two was dependent on who I saw behind the food counter. The difference in quality was insane.
It be like that. The guy who doesn’t make it as good can work 5-7 days a week, and can cover anybody. The person who makes the best pizza, roll, steak whatever, can only work 1-3 days a week,but can not cover anybody. They working at a better restaurant on the other 4-6 days 😩
My local hospital has these absolutely amazing breakfast burritos but sometimes they'll be like the size of a 16oz water bottle and sometimes it'll be like there was someone standing over their shoulder going "1tbsp of egg, 1tbsp of cheese, 1 tbsp of potatoes ONLY!" and what you get is the saddest fucking looking burrito ever.
There are standards for this reason - it’s annoying when someone barely gives you anything but you pay the full price. Guarantee these places have, what we call at my store, a build sheet that tells them exactly they need to use and people don’t care or are badly trained.
For example, we just started selling cobblers, and we’re supposed to use 7oz of batter and then 4oz of the topping and some amount of streusel (the one thing we don’t care about measuring). Where I work there is a build sheet for literally everything. I don’t know where this quote comes from, but it really doesn’t take much longer to follow the protocol, it can just be more tedious sometimes.
Damn 5 dollars for a sandwich? Consider the 1 ham and 1 cheese too make up for the 5 ham and 3 cheese days 😂 it’s 20 bucks minimum for a sandwich chips and drink at any large town or city it seems nowadays (USA)
I’m a tall and broad guy and I notice at those burrito bars and other restaurants where they make your food in front of you I tend to get more than my friends when we eat out lol
My guess is it’s more a wrapping thing more than anything. I’ve had the exact same order as my BF before, literally watched them get made, and how tightly it was wrapped was the only difference. Some people just have a good wrap day and that makes burritos look smaller even if it’s loaded to an equal extent
When I worked at Jack's I would like to add extra cheese and patties to the burgers depending on which manager was there and blame them for not training me when I got caught lol
Yeah, i'd be interested in unwrapped photos to really prove the filling quantity is different because to me it looks exactly like the left one is just wrapped better, nice & tight, while the right one looks looser like the wrapping technique just isn't on that level yet.
I experienced that with a government job. I spent a few summers working for Cadets as a student and we would sell treats to them. I would always fill the popcorn to the brim whereas my boss would only fill it 1/3( it was a huge rip off). She would get mad at me when she was around but ultimately did nothing. It was a nonsensical policy because popcorn is dirt cheap to the point where the employees were allowed to eat as much of it as they wanted( that was basically the policy on any food or drinks that weren't candy bars) but she was still out here nickel and diming children.
It's like the fries at Mickey D... i filled them fuckers, yet some managers were being stingy little cunts. It would cost the restaurant maybe 5cents more. The time spend he'd bitch about it would be more expensive, but nooo, value for money was not a thing....
Yep, was being served by a trainee at a fast food place nearby and the manager saw she was 'overserving' a bit so he had her remove from my plate right in front of us. Never went back.
I'm a guy, when I was at Disney World a couple years back. There was an obviously gay guy and he was very interested in me and he definitely gave me much larger portion of ice cream than my sister. I might not be gay, but I'll tell you what I sure don't mind the benefits of being a hottie and someone else's eyes.
Freebirds is the best burrito place I’ve ever had. Was very sad when my local Freebirds closed down during Covid. Always make time for a stop when I’m in Texas
I ask because I’ve realized if I’m like “just rice and meat” then “oh and also…” they’re more likely to make it huge because they don’t realize more ingredients are coming lol
I've seen this happen before. Normally, the first one they make, they realize they overstuff it so the second one, they pullback and you get this. Happens with food bowls too.
dammit I miss og chipotle, like circa 2005 2006 chipotle was incredible. Freshman year, the very first chipotle was opening in missouri, at mizzou. I drove 5 of us (at least, hard to remember) from St. Louis for the soft open because they were giving away free burritos. I think I ate 2 there and brought another home, and next door was a krispy kreme I think so we brought as much back as we could.
In retrospect we probably shouldn't have driven back and it's a miracle any of us still have colons.
I went to the first Chipotle the week it opened. The hot salsa was actually hot, they properly smooshed the burritos to mix the contents better, and nobody bitched that the queso was better at some other place. But I'm pretty sure the burritos were the same, variable size range they are today.
My GF and I noticed this too at our local Chipotle, and we ordered online, but hers was always considerably smaller because (we assume) we used her name for her burrito. We started labeling hers with her brothers name instead and it stopped. 🤦🏻♂️
The trick is to drift your eyes between the fillings being loaded and making eye contact with the loader, while slowly nodding and gently licking your lips.
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u/No-Contract3286 BROWN 1d ago
I think they like your boyfriend