Rant: To-Go Orders
Posted: August 20 08, 10:58 am
So I work in clayton and there's like 27459827640527604756294 places to eat within walking distance.
I eat out like every day and i generally get the food to-go about half the time. It amazes me the sheer amount of resources that are wasted in prepping to-go orders.
For instance, today I went to Chipotle for a to-go order. First they put down a peice of wax paper to put the food on. Then they put some aluminum foil underneath that to wrap it in. THEN they put the wax paper and aluminum foil in a bag. All this so that I can walk half a block with my food.
I can understand people in cars / large orders needing paper bags. But why does a place where 90% of the people who order take out that's just a single order (IE wrapped in one package) are within walking distance need three layers of paper/aluminum on their food to get it that 20 feet?
So i've started requesting no bag with my food, and the people just look at me like i'm an idiot. A few of the people at chipotle don't actually understand what i'm asking. Like today I just had to grab the wrapped food and walk out without the bag. And it's very confusing to them.
Ugh, such waste.
I eat out like every day and i generally get the food to-go about half the time. It amazes me the sheer amount of resources that are wasted in prepping to-go orders.
For instance, today I went to Chipotle for a to-go order. First they put down a peice of wax paper to put the food on. Then they put some aluminum foil underneath that to wrap it in. THEN they put the wax paper and aluminum foil in a bag. All this so that I can walk half a block with my food.
I can understand people in cars / large orders needing paper bags. But why does a place where 90% of the people who order take out that's just a single order (IE wrapped in one package) are within walking distance need three layers of paper/aluminum on their food to get it that 20 feet?
So i've started requesting no bag with my food, and the people just look at me like i'm an idiot. A few of the people at chipotle don't actually understand what i'm asking. Like today I just had to grab the wrapped food and walk out without the bag. And it's very confusing to them.
Ugh, such waste.