QR codes are joyless things! Browsing a proper menu is all part of the experience, a ritual even?
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Menus now have calorific information on them.
As a cutlery numpty, one would like to see a Knife and fork difficulty classification displayed also 
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One could choose their Steak options for example based on it 
Your sawing away and a sprout jumps ship 
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I think the french and italians have more of a love of food than us english - we tend to āshovelā it in, or eat to liveā¦
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āWatch Keepingā.
ā5 Watchesā: 4 On, 8 Off. Dining With Company.
Slap, Bang, Wallop.
2 āDogā Watchesā.
Each 2 On, 8 Off. [To break the Routine]
Dining Alone. Perchance with One other.
Who wants to be alone anyway?!
Do that nonstop for 2yrs. On The Trot.
āDining Aloneā. Breakfast Lunch or Diner.
Is as easy as. A āDogā with a Bone.
Not Laffin.
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Good question!
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I want to be alone
sometimes
but not in a restaurant
ever
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Other people want me to be alone, sometimes.
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alone with your thoughts.
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The queue boards the bus, you stay put, and revel in the Empty Bus Stop Syndrome 
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Walking into a posh restaurant alone gives me the same feeling when Iām with Mrs Fox in M&S.
Iām following her around the lingerie department while she examines braās and pantiesā¦
My attention is suddenly drawn away to something, and when I look back, Mrs Fox has disappearedā¦
So there I am, surrounded by braās and sexy knickers and everyone wondering what the hell Iām doing thereā¦
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Just strike up polite conversation!
āExcuse me, but havenāt I seen you in Ann Summersā?
Always works for me!
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Brill.
āeveryone wondering what the hell Iām doing thereāā¦
As was Jethro.
Sitting There. Looking after the bag Green Groceriesā Waiting for his wife to call him to a cubicle and give his opinion as to which Bra he prfered.
About to nod off. She suddenly calls him.
Jumping up, some of the shopping fell out of the bag.
Scrambling to the cubicle. There was a loud Scream.
āWhat the devil are you doing hereā.
āWith that Melon in your handā
Yep typical Jethro.
It was the Wrong Cubicle
Security Arrives. To chuck him out
āSorry Guv. But that was the Right Sizeā.
Now we Know Why.
He is Right to Eat Alone.
And Fitting Bras. Is Left Alone.
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Due to traveling quite a bit before retirement (and some of it solo), I am well versed in solo dining. I still do it quite often when Iām at my beach house and my wife decides to stay at the other house. Many times, I will sit at the bar and eat. Allows me to see whatās going on behind the bar, sometimes (depending on the restaurant) in the kitchen and strike up conversations with the bartenders and/or other patrons. Iām not the most outgoing person but have found that I often end up in conversations with others when sitting there.
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Welcome to the forum Rob!
You canāt beat good old fashioned hospitality
Enjoy!
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Welcome from me too.Just donāt go out on the moors at night. 
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And welcome from me too Mr Rob61 from North Carolina. I also dined mostly alone when I was travelling extensively on business.
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Yeah, a big welcome from me too Robā¦You got two houses?
One thing I hate when visiting a restaurant or cafe is sitting facing a wall.
Mrs Fox and me went for lunch at the village cafeā yesterday, there are a row of tables down the side for two with a bench seat along the wall and a chair on the opposite side.
Mrs Fox made for the bench seat while I took the chair facing the wall.
It felt like being cut off from humanity, all the coming and goings behind me with Mrs Fox keeping an eye on proceedings while I stared at the wall devoid of any action or even conversation, while Mrs Fox nodded and chatted with some of the other diners.
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Oh yes!
I hate that too Foxyā¦ makes me feel most uncomfortable 
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