Woman Says Her Lunch Date Ate Leftovers From Uncleared Table

When deciding what to order at a restaurant, have you ever snuck a glance at the next table to see what they’re eating? Sometimes it helps to get an idea of what the dishes look like, to help you make your decision.

But have you ever reached over and eaten some of food on that next table, after the diners have gotten up and left?

That’s what one man did on a date with a Mumsnet user, who recalled the tale in a very fascinating post. And folks in the comments section had all kinds of opinions about the whole thing…

On the “Am I Being Unreasonable” (AIBU) subforum on Mumsnet, a user named Runki recalled an unusual date she had with a man she had been seeing for a few months.

The two were out at a pub for lunch, when Runki asked her date what he wanted to order. After the date said he’d just eat the leftover toast and sausages from the next table that hadn’t been cleared yet, Runki laughed, thinking it was a harmless joke. But boy was she wrong.

“[He] actually meant it,” Runki wrote. “He took two pieces of leftover cold toast and some sausages and proceeded to eat them, with no plate.”

Shocked, Runki told him she’d be happy to buy him some lunch. But her date insisted that there was no need, and that he couldn’t stand seeing food go to waste.

“I ordered my own lunch and ate it, alone, as he had already gobbled up the leftovers from the people who had left,” Runki explained in her post before asking readers: “Would this put you off someone? Or should I more be accommodating?!”