SteveB wrote:

> Since it's the holidays and you asked for it:
>
> I love it when my MIL and wife pick up after me. Wash my clothes. Make
> the bed. Clean out the tub. Lots of things.
>
> But I DO NOT like when then serve me meals. I do not like people glopping
> on mounds of stuff I don't particularly care for, or serving me a plate of
> food that would make Diamond Jim Brady cringe.

Mmmmmm...occasional bouts of gourmandism. Mmmmm!

> Let me put my own stuff on my plate. And let me make my own sandwiches,
> because I know just how much mayo and mustard and other condiments I like,
> that that's not so much that when you take a bite off one end, a turd size
> glop of mayo comes out the bottom.

Mmmmmm...turd sized glops of mayonnaise. Mmmmm!

> Yes, it is occasionally necessary when preparing platters, and lunches for
> people to do some prep work. But it is thoroughly offensive to some
> people to be handed something and told "Here, eat this". If possible, I
> always let people either put their own stuff on their sandwiches, as in
> prepared in a bowl or put on a platter, and then the bowl or platter
> served, and each can construct their own sandwich. I abhor too much mayo
> or mustard, and some people consider them food groups.
>
> Rant off.

You must be great fun at restaurants.


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