My 2010 resolution is: Every time I go out for lunch or dinner with someone else, I’ll let the other person decide on my dish. That’s it! I’ll not be making my own choices on restaurants for 2010!
There are a few rules for this “game”:
There are a few rules for this “game”:
- If the person sitting with me is a friend, I’ll ask him/her to pick my meal.
- If the person is someone who I don’t feel comfortable asking that question, I’ll just let him/her order and I’ll say “the same for me”
- If I’m eating alone, I’ll ask the waitress what she likes and order the first thing she says, or order the special of the day.
I eat pretty much anything, so there won’t be much I won’t like and I expect to have tried many things I would not have tried otherwise.
Why?
In two words: selection bias. We have ingredients that we like a lot and every time that we see it on a dish we are inclined to ordering it. I think the selection bias just gets worse with age and instead of expanding the list of ingredients and foods we like, we narrow it to just a few, making us picky eaters and “old people”.
And this resolution starts in 3, 2, 1… Now!
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