After we went to the temple, we decided to check out Cross Iron Mills Mall. We were more HANGRY than interested in shopping. The food court might provide a quick fix. After roaming back and forth from one end to the other, we chose our lunch. As I sat to eat my sandwich, I looked around at the crowd. And...remembered...how I HATE food courts. Here's just a few of the reasons:
1) Eating connects us to people but in a food court you don't necessarily want to be connected to the guy schnorking his nose while you take a bite.
2) If you happen to sit where people will pass you, your food will be scrutinized by those who are roaming back and forth from one to the other. They are considering portion size, appetite, and undecided.
3) Plastic forks and knives that might be suitable for a three year old mouth but the ones they give you in Food Court Hell complicate your eating.
4) After the first bite, all the food, no matter what you choose, tastes all the same.
5) There's someone in the crowd like my daughter RW who is taking pictures to compete with the Wal-Mart shoppers.
6) It's noisy.
7) The whole frenetic energy with the taped music will assure indigestion.
8) The floor washer and the garbage crew have a job to do. I get that. But do they have to do it right where I eat?
3 comments:
Yes, food courts can be scary as well as frenetic places! Just the place to go if you don't mind generating tons of extra landfill by eating off 'disposable' everything and at a table that may have been last wiped two hours or five customers ago.
Oh yes, I agree . . . . for the most part. But it is all about perspective. After a summer of company and baking endless batches of just about everything I would be delighted to hang out in a food court.
Yes, it does all taste the same. I always wonder if I look as awful as the rest of the people there. That's depressing.
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