Dean Pomerleau Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 All I can say is that people are zombies when it comes to food choices... From [1]: Diners ordered significantly more items when served by heavy wait staff with high body mass indexes (BMI; p < .001) compared with wait staff with low body mass indexes. Specifically, they were four times as likely to order desserts (p < .01),... In this popular press article on the study, the author says: “A fun, happy, heavy waiter, might lead a diner to say ‘What the heck’ and to cut loose a little.” --Dean ------------- [1] The Waiter’s Weight - Does a Server’s BMI Relate to How Much Food Diners Order? Tim Döring1Brian Wansink2⇑1Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany2Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USABrian Wansink, Cornell University, 475 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801, USA. Email: fblsubmissions@cornell.edu http://eab.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/10/29/0013916515621108.abstract Abstract Does the weight of a server have an influence on how much food diners order in the high-involvement environment of a restaurant? If people are paying for a full meal, this has implications for consumers, restaurants, and public health. To investigate this, 497 interactions between diners and servers were observed in 60 different full-service restaurants. Diners ordered significantly more items when served by heavy wait staff with high body mass indexes (BMI; p < .001) compared with wait staff with low body mass indexes. Specifically, they were four times as likely to order desserts (p < .01), and they ordered 17.65% more alcoholic drinks (p < .01). These findings provide valuable evidence in recent lawsuits against weight discrimination, and it suggests to consumers who decide what they will and will not order at a restaurant—such as a salad appetizer, no dessert, and one drink—than to decide when the waiter arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthira Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Zombies or people under peer pressure? Sometimes when I hang out with some fatty friends they poke fun at my skin and bones. Innocent humor or deep underlying resentment: "Aww cmon, Sthira, relax, enjoy the damned bread..." And then I twist and squirm and start dreaming about swimming free in the deep ocean with my stingray friends. People: humph. But I must say no chubby waiter has ever guilted me into more gooey luscious food slop. Friends have though, and relatives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Pomerleau Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Sthira, Sometimes when I hang out with some fatty friends they poke fun at my skin and bones... I'm impressed. I thought you didn't have any friends. And then I twist and squirm and start dreaming about swimming free in the deep ocean with my stingray friends. People: humph. But I must say no chubby waiter has ever guilted me into more gooey luscious food slop. Friends have though, and relatives... You're a real poet Sthira. I love your metaphors. Years ago I made it a habit to eat out with my family and even have a dessert with them at the end of the meal (before I went vegan). I found the dessert part too difficult - I'd end up obsessing about what I was going to order for several days ahead of time, and then feeling badly about it afterwards. --Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthira Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 ^^^ yeah I did that, too. Until family finally disappeared. Trying to be normal is very hard. Because I say, well, really, no thank you, that's sweet of you to offer that, but I'm sorry I really don't... But sometimes we absolutely 100% must eat that stuff due to the moment. A romantic true confession: I ate a mooses' heart one time because I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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