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justabob

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Sat Jan 31, 2015, 07:05 PM

Jan 2015

Reading through this thread all I could think about was how horrible this is to deal with as a waitress. I just came off an eight hour shift dealing with table after table after table who are these people.... I am not talking about 86 the tomatoes, mayo, whatever.... I mean psychotically modifying every single item they order..... sometimes it is impossible to translate what they want to computer and into the kitchen. It is madness.

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The newest eating disorder: Orthorexia [View all] wyldwolf Jan 2015 OP

All things in moderation, including moderation. randome Jan 2015 #1

Yes, occasional flexibility in diet restrictions ErikJ Feb 2015 #55

Pervasive Labeling Disorder bananas Feb 2015 #59

Funny marions ghost Feb 2015 #61

So the DSM applies yet another label? longship Feb 2015 #62

Yep - getting more common KT2000 Jan 2015 #2

You just described my mother laundry_queen Jan 2015 #17

It's like a cult. I have friends who are "Paleo", they are fucking brainwashed. Drahthaardogs Jan 2015 #29

I'm so sick of hearing about Paleo too PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #41

Obesity is killing half a million Americans a year and it's contagious bananas Feb 2015 #58

If being a hoarder runs in your family laundry_queen Feb 2015 #68

Avoiding it is admirable Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #71

Fad Diets - DeEvolution of Man Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2015 #47

It so funny you say that laundry_queen Feb 2015 #67

Met a man in San Fran with this. He said he progressed from being vegetarian McCamy Taylor Jan 2015 #3

I have a relative with this same issue. TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #4

haha justabob Jan 2015 #9

is it the whole table of folk Skittles Jan 2015 #30

this waitress appreciates that justabob Feb 2015 #40

I am having a problem with this as I have a dinner party coming up. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #5

Don't cater. Tell them "this is what I am serving..." beforehand. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #7

I know I shouldn't, but I am so afraid to offend. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #13

Holy cow! I had a Christmas Party at my house yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #14

Thanks! I wish I could be more carefree, but it's a smaller group. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #38

something like a vegetarian dish, simple salad should be enough JI7 Jan 2015 #24

Yes, thank you! I am planning to serve a variety of dishes. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #39

I don't invite people who have extremely restrictive diets to MineralMan Jan 2015 #27

Yes, I would do that except it's kind of a group birtI hday dinner. smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #37

May I suggest a middle ground? MH1 Feb 2015 #70

When I have to feed a crowd tabbycat31 Feb 2015 #78

Recently, I had to figure otu what to take to a potluck Bettie Feb 2015 #82

How did "gluten-free" get to be a thing? Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #6

Celiac disease. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2015 #8

Thanks nt Nye Bevan Jan 2015 #12

And not too many people actually have it. enlightenment Jan 2015 #25

Right rjsquirrel Jan 2015 #32

So glad this isn't a problem for you Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #51

I specifically rjsquirrel Feb 2015 #84

Actually, I was thrilled to see the bandwagon get fired up Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #86

Because the anti-vaxer moms decided it treated autism. LeftyMom Jan 2015 #15

Yup. Dr Hobbitstein Jan 2015 #34

I worked for a bakery with a GF line LeftyMom Feb 2015 #43

Eating disorders suck. Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #10

Some people are addicted to eating. Maybe you were but congrats on finding your way free of it! randome Jan 2015 #28

I think I know this person. Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #11

So if I don't want to eat GMO's workinclasszero Jan 2015 #16

And if you want to eat clean and healthy, you have a mental disease. (Sarcasm thingy) Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #19

Thats right. Cross Big Ag and your obviously insane! workinclasszero Jan 2015 #22

Especially by supposed liberals and progressives on this website. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #23

Good point marions ghost Feb 2015 #63

It's like the big food makers took the lessons from the religious cult diets and put it into mass Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #81

Cult diets marions ghost Feb 2015 #83

No - KT2000 Jan 2015 #20

I have started to see this in my daughter. She has recently started lifting weights and trying to liberal_at_heart Feb 2015 #77

I think it's about control KT2000 Feb 2015 #79

*Exactly* what I was thinking when I read the article Matariki Feb 2015 #45

ditto marions ghost Feb 2015 #64

I don't think that is what is being said Marrah_G Feb 2015 #80

Does anyone not know somebody like this? LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #18

Sounds like PasadenaTrudy Jan 2015 #21

Disorder seveneyes Jan 2015 #26

There was just a post over in cooking and baking... catnhatnh Jan 2015 #31

I practice this every day nilesobek Jan 2015 #33

There's a difference between what you eat every day and a dinner party Silent3 Feb 2015 #44

We need to talk. You have no idea what an american pepperoni is Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #49

Real Italians know Bonobo Feb 2015 #52

Hence the preface American. Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #53

I'm not sure what I'm eating really. nilesobek Feb 2015 #54

Well,when you make slow cured salami Drahthaardogs Feb 2015 #74

That's interesting. nilesobek Feb 2015 #75

that's not what the OP is about, a better comparison might be someone who demands everything be JI7 Feb 2015 #57

what should i call my picky eating? pansypoo53219 Jan 2015 #35

A trainer I used to go to was certain that she was... 3catwoman3 Jan 2015 #36

Something to add to the already huge DSM manual ananda Feb 2015 #42

I think it's compulsive imagined-to-be-healthy eating that's the problem... Silent3 Feb 2015 #46

"Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating" What next? flvegan Feb 2015 #48

It's disordered if it's impairing your normal functioning. LeftyMom Feb 2015 #50

Excellent point marions ghost Feb 2015 #65

Making up new words (neologisms) is a symptom of schizophrenia. bananas Feb 2015 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Exhibit A Feb 2015 #60

Anxiety and depression marions ghost Feb 2015 #66

Um, maybe in extreme cases, but ... GMAFB? MH1 Feb 2015 #69

I'm pretty consistent with my day to day diet madville Feb 2015 #72

"Oh no, people in a country with insane levels of diet-related disease, are watching what they eat!" whatchamacallit Feb 2015 #73

There's a difference between "trying to eat healthier" Freddie Feb 2015 #76

There are people.. sendero Feb 2015 #85