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Anonymous wrote:Restaurants also charge 2.8%-3% of ‘admin fees’ for credit card payments here in the south. I think this is new? Hopefully we won’t see this for a while back on DC metro.

Already happening here.

Fudge. But not everywhere yet at least.

Anonymous wrote:Restaurants also charge 2.8%-3% of ‘admin fees’ for credit card payments here in the south. I think this is new? Hopefully we won’t see this for a while back on DC metro.

Already happening here.

Restaurants also charge 2.8%-3% of ‘admin fees’ for credit card payments here in the south. I think this is new? Hopefully we won’t see this for a while back on DC metro.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it’s a generational thing. Among my younger neighbors and coworkers, no one cooks. Eating at home just means ordering Uber eats. Every meal, including coffee for breakfast.

And yet then they complain that they can’t afford to live on whatever wage they’re making.

This amazes me, how are they able to have this much money to spend?

They are not saving and many are still childless.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it’s a generational thing. Among my younger neighbors and coworkers, no one cooks. Eating at home just means ordering Uber eats. Every meal, including coffee for breakfast.

And yet then they complain that they can’t afford to live on whatever wage they’re making.

This amazes me, how are they able to have this much money to spend?

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe it’s a generational thing. Among my younger neighbors and coworkers, no one cooks. Eating at home just means ordering Uber eats. Every meal, including coffee for breakfast.

And yet then they complain that they can’t afford to live on whatever wage they’re making.

Like that guy on TikTok complaining about a $16 McDonald’s sandwich that he chose to order.

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Anonymous wrote:*are getting more empty

But, are they really?

I haven’t noticed this is arlington/falls church.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it’s a generational thing. Among my younger neighbors and coworkers, no one cooks. Eating at home just means ordering Uber eats. Every meal, including coffee for breakfast.

And yet then they complain that they can’t afford to live on whatever wage they’re making.

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My DC won’t eat leftovers

He will when there’s nothing else to eat, or will need to start cooking/shopping himself. Can’t stand that this behavior is enabled. Your problem now but someday will be a roommate or spouse’s.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, decreased. I only eat out if I go out with friends, or treat my teen 2-3 times a month. We used to order/eat out 2x week

To add, it’s something ethnic I can’t make at home. Not steak or Italian

Unless you are Italian, Italian food is ethnic too.

It’s become too mainstream so no

But it is ethnic, just as Chinese, Thai, Indian, Malay, German, French, Spanish, etc…

Op, I agree with your post 1000%!!

Anonymous wrote:I get takeout more often than I’d like because cooking feel’s unmanageable after a long day.

But at the end of the meal I often feel like the food was meh and not worth it.

We do plenty of easy meals like ramen with tofu. Any other quick or frozen ideas that aren’t pizza?

Have you tried crockpot meals? I am not a morning person, but I find sometimes it is easier to put stuff in the crockpot in the morning than pull together a meal after a long day.

If you like/eat eggs, omelettes or even scrambled eggs are quick and easy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, decreased. I only eat out if I go out with friends, or treat my teen 2-3 times a month. We used to order/eat out 2x week

To add, it’s something ethnic I can’t make at home. Not steak or Italian

Unless you are Italian, Italian food is ethnic too.

It’s become too mainstream so no

We’ve cut down on eating out AND in. My husband and I regularly skip lunch bc of cost (with a very healthy six figure HHI). Breakfast at our local coffee shop yesterday was over $60. I just can’t.

Grocery shopping tomorrow and aggressively pursuing nearly zero meals out. More work for us (me) but these prices are disgusting - and usually the service sucks and the food is meh. So wtf.

Same here, I used to order door dash a lot, but the food is not great and expensive with all of the charges.

My DC won’t eat leftovers, so I’ve started freezing leftovers and then popping them out a week later and serving.

I can cook one large pot roast, eat, then split leftovers into 3 containers, freeze and pull out one a week for 3 weeks.

He has no idea, voila, home cooked substantial meals even on a weeknight.