To Dine or Not to Dine? That is the Question!

Gone are the days when dining out was seen as a relaxing way to start winding down from work to the weekend. Nowadays, the experience has shifted dramatically. With fewer employees and reduced food portions, dining out now often comes with longer wait times to be seated and to place an order, along with higher prices.

Waiting for the waitstaff to show up to take your order feels like waiting for a professor who is notoriously late. At 19 minutes, you start packing up, and by the 58-second mark, you prepare to leave. The lack of service is disheartening, with no incentive for a tip and no sight of a manager, just the chatter of staff talking loudly, perhaps about each other or even cursing each other out.
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Is this another unfortunate outcome we have to thank COVID-19 for? After four years, perhaps it's time to consider staying home, watching cooking shows, and learning to cook a variety of meals. The landscape of dining out has changed, and maybe our approach to enjoying food needs to change with it.

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