Is it? What's been weirding me out about this whole conversation is not so much the takes but the venom and fervor with which they've been delivered. You'd think some of you had never owned food before with the hostility leveled toward the idea that it might be okay for someone to ask someone politely for a taste.
There is no such thing as asking someone politely for a taste in that scenario. It is inherently not polite to do that!
I had a buddy who asked me for a bite of my Subway sandwich at lunch one day. Thought it was kinda weird at first but maybe more common in Eastern collectivist culture? He seemed to enjoy it
Like I'm really not intending or wanting to be rude to the people who feel this way, but it's just shocking to me in general that this is so important. It feels so trivial to me.
Most of the time if I'm eating with friends, if I order food or they order food we share things but don't ask for things. So if I order a sandwich that's my sandwich, but if it came with fries I ordered or a pickle or whatever I'd be like "hey, anyone want some fries?" and the other person usually does something similar with like apps or sides or whatever. But no one ever asks for someone else's food.
It's clumsy, sure, but the possibility exists that you'll never get the wrench back. Why does a bite of food matter this much that it's considered rude to ask for one?
I mean, I want to understand this. Is it a cultural thing like someone mentioned earlier? I don't understand what makes the question rude.
it’s rude because you’re putting the other person in a position to have to be rude back to you by saying no if they want to eat the food they bought