Eating Disorders Support Group
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this is directly from my head to this board...i hope no one gets offended!
dear restaurant owners,
The world is well aware of that fact that much of America is obese. But pretty much every educational/scientific journal I come across about Eating Disorders, I am informed that they are on the rise and are running quite rampant in our country. This piece of information got me to thinking; if Eating Disorders are so prevalant, why are restaurants only catering to the obese? Take for instance the chairs in ur facility, you gladly widened/re-enforced them with steel to better suit ur larger customers, now how about offering some seating with extra padding for those of us who lack the padding ourselves? And how about not freezing us out while we are there? I realize that the obese customers are sweating their brains out and require the A/C, but how about offering a seating section where the heat is on full blast all of the time? Now about your menu, I notice that you have taken great care to allow customers the option to supersize their meals, now how about also offering teeny tiny portions, and making the salads automatically come without dressing unless otherwise specified (this would make our orders alot easier to make the waiters/waitresses to understand!). And lastly, when the server delivers the check with those peppermints as they always do, could you make sure that they also bring along a bottle of scope for my bulimic friends? I mean come on, they are going to do it anyways so why not provide them with the comfort of fresh breath? I thank you for this time and would like to close this letter with the notion that if you were to make the changes as I have above described, that you will see a mass amount of new business, because as I have already told you EDs are on the rise!
Sincerely,
Missy
dear restaurant owners,
The world is well aware of that fact that much of America is obese. But pretty much every educational/scientific journal I come across about Eating Disorders, I am informed that they are on the rise and are running quite rampant in our country. This piece of information got me to thinking; if Eating Disorders are so prevalant, why are restaurants only catering to the obese? Take for instance the chairs in ur facility, you gladly widened/re-enforced them with steel to better suit ur larger customers, now how about offering some seating with extra padding for those of us who lack the padding ourselves? And how about not freezing us out while we are there? I realize that the obese customers are sweating their brains out and require the A/C, but how about offering a seating section where the heat is on full blast all of the time? Now about your menu, I notice that you have taken great care to allow customers the option to supersize their meals, now how about also offering teeny tiny portions, and making the salads automatically come without dressing unless otherwise specified (this would make our orders alot easier to make the waiters/waitresses to understand!). And lastly, when the server delivers the check with those peppermints as they always do, could you make sure that they also bring along a bottle of scope for my bulimic friends? I mean come on, they are going to do it anyways so why not provide them with the comfort of fresh breath? I thank you for this time and would like to close this letter with the notion that if you were to make the changes as I have above described, that you will see a mass amount of new business, because as I have already told you EDs are on the rise!
Sincerely,
Missy
"yeah, you blatently dont eat"
its harsh but i cant help my thinking.
We don't eat out much ....
I think its cuz they want to attract obese people because they assume that they will eat more(even tho this isnt always true), and also because the more food they serve the more money they earn.
For the same reason, they wouldnt have ED choices or options or open an ED restaurant becuz they assume u r going to eat less- which, altho tru, doesnt mean that we dont want to go out sumtime. And if u went to an ED restaurant, everyone wud know... ooh except if u labeled it as a "healthier" option...