| I'll take the skinny servers, please... |
A recent article on the ukmedix news blog titled "The Weight of Your Waiter Will Effect How Much You Eat" puts everything in perspective. A new study shows that "normal weight individuals who were not looking out for their diet were more likely to eat healthily when they saw the overweight waiting staff." It's this subconscious thing, you see: When an overweight waiter or waitress is taking your order, the shock of the server's girth motivates a restaurant patron to order a salad instead of the double cheeseburger.
I'm not sure that the concept has ever worked for me, but then again, the "young, hot servers" can make any patron forget that a double cheeseburger isn't healthy. I did notice that at a new gourmet burger joint in Johnson County, all the waiters and waitresses are willowy and thin.
I think I've stumbled on a sneaky new trend. Hey, cancel that order of truffle fries, will you?
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Charles...
If tis is true... then I'm a millionaire waiter! :-)
Paul C. Paz
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Thanks for the kind words James. I try to be a role model in much the same way that my favorite nun sex columnist, Sister Ruth Flander -- formerly of City Beat -- once tried to guide her flock: toward the light.
Bless you, my son.
Charles,
I enjoy hearing about your take on servers. I am entertained when I listen to you speak of a good or bad dining experience on the Walt Bodine show. As you've said in the past, "Visual appeal is half of the meal." Anyway, the link to the Big Whig comment was hilarious and made my day. As a burgeoning food lover, I think you're a great role model.
This is an utterly idiotic, tedious "blurb" to stumble across. So uptight and provincial. If you write about food and/or are into cuisine just f'ing go for it will ya? If you're that hung up on on worrying about your waistline then you shouldn't be writing about food. It's like having a nun write a sex advice column.
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