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[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago (31 children)

Just uh... don't eat there?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (29 children)

Not many places open when 2nd shift closes.

And yes, there's food at home or in the lunchbox, but sometimes home is 40 minutes away and you already ate lunch 5 hours prior.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (20 children)

This is my life. Home is 45 minutes away. I pull into McDonald’s praying, “Please let it be fresh, oh lord. Please. I haven’t eaten since 8:00 AM, it’s 10:30 PM now. I don’t want to gag it down. Please Buddha, Krishna, Allah, Jesus of Nazareth! Please!”

I open the wrapper, it’s dry and cold, or it’s fresh but the dude cooking it decided I wanted a whole brick of salt on it, or they decided, “Hey, these onions are better than those! Fuck consistency! They want it like I want it! With different onions and 40 pickles!”

I’m about to try to find tv dinners that taste good or something. I legit starve sometimes because I literally can’t eat it.

It’s the only restaurant that’s open on my way home.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

knowing you live somewhere with limited options, rather than yoke your health and well being to a single fast food restaurant, consider that this is the time to learn how to cook, store, and prepare your own food. Even a humble peanut butter and jelly sandwich can come in clutch in this situation, and all you have to do is make it ahead of time. You eat 2-3 meals a day every day. It's okay to eat simple things, not every meal has to be special.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but when you are working 12 hour days, not counting the commute, sometimes you don't want to be constructive at home. You want to enjoy your freedom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

when you are working 12 hour days

You want to enjoy your freedom.

Man, there's no freedom in working 12 hour days. Hats off to you I guess but that's not any kind of freedom at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was referring to the time I wasn't clocked in.

I'm glad you have other options. Not everyone does. My friend who currently works at Ford does so because he took custody of his nephew when his worthless brother went to jail.

He has no choice but to work and provide.

People are a kaleidoscope. There are a multitude of reasons one would take a job, and to so whimsically brush that notion aside is intellectually irresponsible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

People are a kaleidoscope.

Yea! This discussion always dives into “oh well you can live off oats and beans!” There’s so many assumptions about space to cook, storage options, time… I quit my full time and my food budget has gone down quite a bit, because I have time to make these things. If you work multiple jobs and live in a tiny space, rice and beans aren’t always that practical.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Plus... I'm not eating instant mashed potatoes and Ramen noodles while driving my car home.

And I'm not staying at work even later to sit there and eat that poor excuse of a meal

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