How to stop other travellers eat your food supplies?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:answer this. You’re changing the facts from your original post. You never claimed you were being expected to cook for everyone. You talked about friends kids wanting to eat your food.

How hard is it really to haul 3 boxes of cereal instead of 2? How would that mean you can’t go hiking and swimming on your vacation?

How hard is it to make a few extra eggs or pancakes and leave them on the counter in case someone asks for some while you’re eating with your own family?

If you’re really so determined to maximize your vacay and do all the hiking and swimming, then why not get your own cabin?

1. If it was just cereal boxes, no. But since according to DCUM I have to share EVERYTHING don’t I have to bring three times more of all the food I’m bringing?

2. How hard it is to make eggs and pancakes for 10 people or should I just share with some and not the others? I make a plate and Johny eats it while others will say they want some too.

3. Individual cabins were all booked up.

You COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER FAMILIES, FFS. So you bring ALL the bacon. They bring ALL the eggs. The other family brings ALL the bread. They you have enough for everyone and you take shifts on who is prepping these meals. This is not hard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All I want is to do is bring my own groceries and eat my own meals. Yes, I’ll share at dinners and cook a dinner for everyone. But not every. Freaking. Meal. That’s not how I want to spend my vacation.

Why do you keep insisting that you would have to cook breakfast for other families? Are you chained to the stove every morning and only released - so you can hike in the forest - after you’ve cooked for everyone?

You keep saying that since we’re sharing the house we should be sharing all the meals, that I should be making extra for every meal.
That’s what I keep hearing.

People are saying you make a little extra (say 25-30% more than your family needs), so If a kid
Asks for some you can share.

Nobody, not one person thinks you should cook for your group the whole vacation.

You keep changing facts, OP.

What makes you think only one kid wants bacon and not all five of them. You get pancakes and you don’t?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here.

I personally would be horrified if my DC gobbled up all the others’ food. It’s incredibly rude and from the age of 10 and up I would expect some manners and tact.

It’s strange that never came up in this thread, but this just shows the American attitude that their kids are entitled to everything they desire.

How can you not feed poor little 6 feet tall 13 year old Johny if he’s hungry? You’re so cruel. Wow.

OP, a box of pancake mix at Aldi's is under $2. Add syrup for another $2 or not. Or, a carton of eggs and a loaf of bread, same price. I cannot imagine have a kid in my home or in that situation and not feeding them. You can afford it if you can afford a trip like that. Its not about entitlement. Its about human decency and how to treat people. You are going to a shared house, you share meals. If you go for three days, you split up the meals by either day or by meal and each taking one except if someone is on a specific diet. We do big scout trips. We bring our own food because of food issues but always donate to the group stash and bring enough so when we make pancakes or eggs when kids come over, there is plenty. I cannot imagine turning down a child or making them watch us eat and not offering food. Who does that? Oh wait, you.

No, that is what YOU do. The OP said that the adults on the trip agreed that they would share responsibility for dinners, but each provide their own family's breakfast and lunch. Then they arrive and their kids become Oliver Twist, because not giving people who already have their own breakfast bacon is so "cruuuuuuel." Absurd.

It's super easy. Parent of begging child: "Hey, Braxleigh/Braylynne -- That is the So-and-So's family's food. You have your own food right here, which you have eaten already/are eating. Stop being rude."

This is incredibly rude thing to say to a child. Would you speak this way to the parent? Probably not, because you're a coward who bullies children. You know if you said it to an adult they'd have something to say right back, whereas a kid will run off and cry. Sad, weak, evil loser.

[Anonymous]

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Normal people split this up. So, you do a meal, another family does a meal, etc. Unless one person wants to handle everything. But if not, normal people divide things up.

But I don’t want to cook so many group meals. No, thank you.

Do you understand math?

Trolls don’t get taught math. Or spelling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All I want is to do is bring my own groceries and eat my own meals. Yes, I’ll share at dinners and cook a dinner for everyone. But not every. Freaking. Meal. That’s not how I want to spend my vacation.

Why do you keep insisting that you would have to cook breakfast for other families? Are you chained to the stove every morning and only released - so you can hike in the forest - after you’ve cooked for everyone?

You keep saying that since we’re sharing the house we should be sharing all the meals, that I should be making extra for every meal.
That’s what I keep hearing.

People are saying you make a little extra (say 25-30% more than your family needs), so If a kid
Asks for some you can share.

Nobody, not one person thinks you should cook for your group the whole vacation.

You keep changing facts, OP.

What makes you think only one kid wants bacon and not all five of them. You get pancakes and you don’t?

I refuse to believe that someone could reach adulthood and not know the basic social skills to handle such a situation. No one can be this inadequate.

[Anonymous]

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You COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER FAMILIES, FFS. So you bring ALL the bacon. They bring ALL the eggs. The other family brings ALL the bread. They you have enough for everyone and you take shifts on who is prepping these meals. This is not hard.

I don’t want to take shifts cooking for 10 people. That would mean I would have to cook for all 10 every day. I only cook for groups when we host or on holidays. It’s a lot of work and I’m not up for it. Unless we’re talking about opening canned spaghetti or something.

[Anonymous]

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You COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER FAMILIES, FFS. So you bring ALL the bacon. They bring ALL the eggs. The other family brings ALL the bread. They you have enough for everyone and you take shifts on who is prepping these meals. This is not hard.

I don’t want to take shifts cooking for 10 people. That would mean I would have to cook for all 10 every day. I only cook for groups when we host or on holidays. It’s a lot of work and I’m not up for it. Unless we’re talking about opening canned spaghetti or something.

In the other scenario you gave you were enraged that someone ate some of your cereal and never paid you back for it. Cereal takes two seconds to pour into a bowl. So get some extra boxes of that, lazybones, and prepare yourself for the heartbreak and mental anguish of Billy asking if he can have a bowl.

[Anonymous]

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No, that is what YOU do. The OP said that the adults on the trip agreed that they would share responsibility for dinners, but each provide their own family's breakfast and lunch. Then they arrive and their kids become Oliver Twist, because not giving people who already have their own breakfast bacon is so "cruuuuuuel." Absurd.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER FAMILIES, FFS. So you bring ALL the bacon. They bring ALL the eggs. The other family brings ALL the bread. They you have enough for everyone and you take shifts on who is prepping these meals. This is not hard.

I don’t want to take shifts cooking for 10 people. That would mean I would have to cook for all 10 every day. I only cook for groups when we host or on holidays. It’s a lot of work and I’m not up for it. Unless we’re talking about opening canned spaghetti or something.

Canned spaghetti? Oh Dear Jesus. Please just buy some doughnuts and be done with it.

[Anonymous]

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In the other scenario you gave you were enraged that someone ate some of your cereal and never paid you back for it. Cereal takes two seconds to pour into a bowl. So get some extra boxes of that, lazybones, and prepare yourself for the heartbreak and mental anguish of Billy asking if he can have a bowl.

In the other scenario I was enraged that the kid gobbled up the ENTIRE box of cereal and we didn’t have any left for the rest of the trip, as there were no grocery stores nearby.

Why don’t you teach Billy not to be a pig?

[Anonymous]

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In the other scenario you gave you were enraged that someone ate some of your cereal and never paid you back for it. Cereal takes two seconds to pour into a bowl. So get some extra boxes of that, lazybones, and prepare yourself for the heartbreak and mental anguish of Billy asking if he can have a bowl.

In the other scenario I was enraged that the kid gobbled up the ENTIRE box of cereal and we didn’t have any left for the rest of the trip, as there were no grocery stores nearby.

Why don’t you teach Billy not to be a pig?

Oink oink. I bet the other families are just messing with you.

[Anonymous]

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In the other scenario you gave you were enraged that someone ate some of your cereal and never paid you back for it. Cereal takes two seconds to pour into a bowl. So get some extra boxes of that, lazybones, and prepare yourself for the heartbreak and mental anguish of Billy asking if he can have a bowl.

In the other scenario I was enraged that the kid gobbled up the ENTIRE box of cereal and we didn’t have any left for the rest of the trip, as there were no grocery stores nearby.

Why don’t you teach Billy not to be a pig?

I truly doubt a child would eat the entire box of cereal. Probably you and your piglike children ate the whole thing and you tried to pin the blame on him.

And if you're eating processed cereal, you might as well eat a donut.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All I want is to do is bring my own groceries and eat my own meals. Yes, I’ll share at dinners and cook a dinner for everyone. But not every. Freaking. Meal. That’s not how I want to spend my vacation.

Why do you keep insisting that you would have to cook breakfast for other families? Are you chained to the stove every morning and only released - so you can hike in the forest - after you’ve cooked for everyone?

You keep saying that since we’re sharing the house we should be sharing all the meals, that I should be making extra for every meal.
That’s what I keep hearing.

People are saying you make a little extra (say 25-30% more than your family needs), so If a kid
Asks for some you can share.

Nobody, not one person thinks you should cook for your group the whole vacation.

You keep changing facts, OP.

What makes you think only one kid wants bacon and not all five of them. You get pancakes and you don’t?

Listen OP-your original post said that there were a couple of kids wanting your food. It did not say that you were expected to cook and share every single meal for your whole group. I’m responding to the facts that YOU set forth in your OP.

If the problem is a couple of kids eating your food, then making a couple extra servings in case someone wants them is a solution to that problem.

Also bringing some extra, so you can share, if needed, doesn’t mean you have to bring triple the food for every single meal.

The idea is you do have some to share and you can make it available. Not that you take over cooking for the whole entire group.

[Anonymous]

You mentioned three families come. Do the kids eat the food from the other family too? How does that family handle this problem?

Do the other families share any food with each other? Or do people only want to eat your food and otherwise leave the other two families alone?

[Anonymous]

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Breakfast and lunch are so easy. Why can’t you just make a little extra to share?

I just can’t understand.

How the f**k do you make “just a little extra” if you have 15 people in your group? Do you give a little extra to just some of them and not the others?

Another instance of you changing your story, OP. Is it 15 people
Now? Or 10 like you said in your OP?