Picky eaters are childish and need to grow up

[Imp]

I feel that Ichi and CZroe wouldn't have made it past the "we don't know what is and isn't poisonous" phase with this silly attitude. We developed taste for certain things (sweet, etc) to avoid things that are poisonous. If something tastes bad a few thousand years ago, it was likely going to kill you. I'm sure your "sucking it up" attitude would lead to Darwinism at it's finest.

Damn you lead... Apparently, lead tastes sweat but fuxxorz you bad.

One time he was at the house and my gf offered to pick up dinner at Arby's on her way home. He ordered a "fish sandwich, plain, nothing on it, just fish, please get it plain" Food arrived, he unwrapped his fish and it had lettuce. Boom, he tosses it into the garbage. So I said from now on he can bring his own food if he's coming over, since although I don't mind springing for fast food, I'm not going to buy a sandwich to throw in the trash because it has easily removable lettuce.

God forbid he just say he wasn't go to eat it and give it to someone else...

From anecdotal evidence, the one picky eater I know is a whiny shit 33 year old. He bitches about everything and is a child, can't handle any change. Buy dinner that isn't on his approved list? Bitches you out, complains passive-aggressively for days.

 

[smackababy]

So, do you eat Caviar ?

Escargot ?

Raw Oysters ?

Crawdad Etouffee ?

Conch Fritters ?

Calamari ?

Frog Legs ?

Nuff of that, could make a list a mile long.

None of that tastes bad. What is your point? Any part of a fish is edible in nearly any state of cooked, if fresh. Snail is edible and tastes fine. Squid, again, easy. Shell fish are great, if fresh.

If you wanted a list of "bad food" you need only list bitter melon. People eat that, and it is fucking terrible.

 

[CZroe]

Again, we developed taste buds specifically to determine what is and what isn't edible. If you, use your logical distinction, ignore your taste buds telling you something you just shoved in your mouth is not appealing, Darwinism will take over.

As I stated, "sucking it up" before we had a long list of what is and isn't edible was beyond stupid and you and your brother would be gone.

...and AGAIN I will tell you that it is not "ignoring" it to logically determine that it is safe to eat.

Millions of people eat X. I have no reason to think that I am allergic to X. Being allergic to X doesn't change my taste buds. Therefore, X can be considered edible.

Thinking something taste "yucky" but eating it anyway when you KNOW it is not poisonous is not "ignoring your taste buds." It is carefully considering why you would eat it DESPITE your taste buds.

My personal distaste for certain foods usually has nothing to do with taste buds. Guac grosses me out because of the cold slimy texture, which is also why I don't like potato salad and deviled eggs. Cottage cheese grosses me out because it seems like I'm eating styrofoam from potting soil that decomposes to dust in my mouth. Solid-ball yolk in hard-boiled eggs grosses me out because it is chalky and dry and difficult to swallow without coating the back of your throat in a way that irritates my esophagus and risks inhaling particles. I will never intentionally spend my own money on these things, but I will not throw away a burrito because I found guac in it and I will politely try the family friend's deviled eggs that she brought to our Thanksgiving dinner and I will eat the Egg McMuffin that I got free with a coupon.

I never suggested "sucking it up" without knowing that something was edible. We are talking about PREFERENCES among KNOWN EDIBLE food items. I don't know how that part keeps getting lost in our little back-and-forth.

 

[kranky]

I would of taken it out of the garbage and smashed it in his face.

Does it really seem appropriate to smash a friend in the face over a $2.50 sandwich? Because I think that kind of behavior would make it difficult to retain friends.

 

[CZroe]

Does it really seem appropriate to smash a friend in the face over a $2.50 sandwich? Because I think that kind of behavior would make it difficult to retain friends.

Who needs those kinds of friends? Why continue to hang out with a little unapologetic whiny b**ch who throws my generosity away?! I would put my foot DOWN. "Hey, man. That is NOT cool. I paid for that. You're acting like a baby. Next time, take the damned lettuce off or give it to me or whatever, but DO NOT do that again."

I've had to have that conversation with friends who have done other similarly-intolerable things, like throw trash out of my car window. I parked on the side of the road, marched back for the trash, picked it up myself, and told him how lazy he was being for not just hanging on to it until we got where we were going (not like there wasn't going to be a trash can there and not like the cup holder had to be empty).

 

[Ichinisan]

I have a friend who was fanatically picky. He had a pretty small list of things he would eat, and if he ever had a bad experience with something, it was off the list forever. Got to the point where if we were on a road trip somewhere he would only order a fish sandwich. So we could only go to places that had fish sandwiches.

One time he was at the house and my gf offered to pick up dinner at Arby's on her way home. He ordered a "fish sandwich, plain, nothing on it, just fish, please get it plain" Food arrived, he unwrapped his fish and it had lettuce. Boom, he tosses it into the garbage. So I said from now on he can bring his own food if he's coming over, since although I don't mind springing for fast food, I'm not going to buy a sandwich to throw in the trash because it has easily removable lettuce.

I would of taken it out of the garbage and smashed it in his face.

Does it really seem appropriate to smash a friend in the face over a $2.50 sandwich? Because I think that kind of behavior would make it difficult to retain friends.

The friend's behavior makes it "difficult" to retain friendship. Throwing away my generosity? I would want to shame that kind of "friend" so he knows I'm insulted and it's not acceptable behavior. If that behavior continues, then fuck that guy. He's not my friend.

 

[CZroe]

The friend's behavior makes it "difficult" to retain friendship. Throwing away my generosity? I would want to shame that kind of "friend" so he knows I'm insulted and it's not acceptable behavior. If that behavior continues, then fuck that guy. He's not my friend.

"If you ever do that again it will be the last time I ever buy you a sandwich."
The next time he asks for one, deliberately order it with lettuce, tell him that he's going to have to take it off, and remind him about what a little b**ch he was last time.

People have to know that it's not OK to act like that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I do agree throwing out an entire meal because it has something you don't like in it is pretty stupid. Just take off what you don't like it and eat the rest. Some things are harder to take out like onions cut into tiny squares (that is the work of the devil himself) but take off the worse of it and just eat the few that might linger. If it's like a burger and fries combo or something, keep fries for at the end to try to kill the taste. Just try not to make a scene of it.

Reminds me of when I worked at a job that had a crazy IT manager, guy was just an overall douche. So one of the girls that worked in the dept decided she'd do a nice deed for all of us and ordered pitas for everyone for lunch. I can't recall if we had to pay for it or if she did, but regardless she took the time to take our orders and then called it in. She had them put our names on it so it's easy to know which is which when it comes in.

Well it just so happened everyone's pita had their name on it, except for the IT manager's. Everyone is taking theirs and then there's only one left with no name, and he did not get his. Logic would tell me, that's his. Well he started to throw a tantrum, and we were saying that's probably his, but he did not take "properly" as an answer. He took it, slightly opened it, and threw it out. The one who did the ordering said it's the last time she does that. Was suppose to be something we all enjoy and it turned into a rage fest instead.

 

[flexy]

Throwing away a sandwich because of lattice on it (or onion, for that matter) is not "picky", it's OCD....obsessive compulsive douchebaggery.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Throwing away a sandwich because of lattice on it (or onion, for that matter) is not "picky", it's OCD....obsessive compulsive douchebaggery.

I would not mind having some Lattice on my sandwich. It makes the sandwich field programmable. :biggrin:

 

[mammador]

We had food brought in by one of the drug reps. My coworker opened up one of the wraps and said, "if there's onions in here, i'm gonna toss it. I hate onions"

Sure enough he saw onion and promptly threw the whole wrap uneaten into the trash can and went on picking through the rest of the food.

What a fucking idiot

cool story bro........his or her food tastes cause you grand btoher. :awe:

 

[flexy]

And by the way, many years back (when I was still anti-social and stupid) I learned a lesson.

A friend came to the house and treated us to a pizza.

I carelessly mentioned that the pizza is awful and I went on and on how awful that pizza is. (As said, there was a time I was rather anti-social, before I married

Anyway...some weeks later my other friend told me that the other guy was really insulted.

NOW...much more mature....I cannot even imagine that someone buys, say, food and then I'd complain how awful it is. It's simply something you learn when you grow up. Of course, tossing food would be even worse....

 

[kranky]

The friend's behavior makes it "difficult" to retain friendship. Throwing away my generosity? I would want to shame that kind of "friend" so he knows I'm insulted and it's not acceptable behavior. If that behavior continues, then fuck that guy. He's not my friend.

It did not continue, because after that he had to bring his own food if he came over. He definitely got the point. Especially after the time when we were grilling burgers and I said I was sorry, but I was not going to make him one because I wasn't going to take the chance he'd toss it away. He laughed it off at the time but told me some years later that one really stung.

 

[CZroe]

And by the way, many years back (when I was still anti-social and stupid) I learned a lesson.

A friend came to the house and treated us to a pizza.

I carelessly mentioned that the pizza is awful and I went on and on how awful that pizza is. (As said, there was a time I was rather anti-social, before I married

Anyway...some weeks later my other friend told me that the other guy was really insulted.

NOW...much more mature....I cannot even imagine that someone buys, say, food and then I'd complain how awful it is. It's simply something you learn when you grow up. Of course, tossing food would be even worse....

This, though I think it's totally OK to thank the person bringing/buying it and still critique the place that prepared it. "Thanks for the pizza, man. Too bad they burned it, eh?" Kinda hard to take that personally.

Reminds me:
I had a coworker who was staying the night at my place because he lived ~50 minutes away, had work the next morning, and it saved me almost four hours of driving (taking him back, driving myself home, picking him up in the morning, going all the way back for work, several minutes of waiting outside each time, etc). He bummed rides and food from many people but his ride situation was temporary (a few months) and I was willing to help out on those particular days because it was easier than having to find a replacement at work.

I know that Little Caesar's is usually terrible, but I refused to spend more than a couple bucks on feeding him when he'd stay over one or two nights a month. The first time I told him and my roomie I was broke too and said that I couldn't afford much but I offered to get a $5 pizza from LC's to split between the three of us. He said matter-of-factly "Pizza sounds great but I don't eat Little Caesar's" and then he started telling me what he'd like from where. I was pretty mad because I did not ask what he wanted and made it clear that I couldn't afford to just buy him whatever he wanted (actually, I didn't want to set a precedent for a known mooch). It was not an invitation to tell me what he wants me to buy. I quickly shut him down and told him that he'd just have to pick one of my little frozen Totino's pizzas then. I decided right then and there that I was never asking him what he wanted. He would either take what I offered or shut up.

The next time he stayed over (about a month later) I just went straight home, dumped him there and made some excuse to go back out (needed to do something for my mother at her place across town). I deliberately came back with Little Caesar's without asking him if he wanted any. Sure enough, he decided to partake... and ate almost the whole damned thing despite insisting that he and his wife "don't eat LC's at all no matter what."

It's obvious that LC's was good enough for him. Whiny b*tch is 20 years older than me but the little baby needs to grow the fu*k up and learn not to be so picky in the first place. If you don't have a valid reason to ask me to buy something else you'd prefer then RESPECT THE CONDITIONS OF MY GENEROSITY. I am not impressed that you are too good for LC's.

 

[CZroe]

It did not continue, because after that he had to bring his own food if he came over. He definitely got the point. Especially after the time when we were grilling burgers and I said I was sorry, but I was not going to make him one because I wasn't going to take the chance he'd toss it away. He laughed it off at the time but told me some years later that one really stung.

Good. That's how children learn. Pain is a good motivator for refining and developing better habits. Biologically, it means "don't do that again."

 

[Ichinisan]

cool story bro........his or her food tastes cause you grand btoher. :awe:

What have we here? Another fucking idiot.

Throwing it away is what bothered the OP.

 

[CZroe]

cool story bro........his or her food tastes cause you grand btoher. :awe:

It's NOT the tastes that bother, it's the intolerance, wastefulness, ungratefulness, and ARROGANT attitude that his opinion about that particular ingredient matters or is important to everyone else. YOU ARE NOT A BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE SNOWFLAKE. YOU ARE THE SAME DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

These people think that the fruits of your generosity just materialize and that there is no one to thank. It's like a child who just expect his school supplies and clothes to be provided. It's owed to them by the universe with no one to thanks for it and they can just do whatever they want with it.

Some nerve.

 

[Imp]

Throwing away a sandwich because of lattice on it (or onion, for that matter) is not "picky", it's OCD....obsessive compulsive douchebaggery.

It's what a child does -- throwing a tantrum to make a point.

I've lived with a douchebag or two like that for a long time. One even needs to be arrested or beaten to make a point. Unfortunately, I don't want a record.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

I would of taken it out of the garbage and smashed it in his face.

And I would have high fived you if I hadn't beaten you to the smashing.