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People Who Don't Need to Diet, Diet

Going out for business lunches is always a ridiculous experience.  "Why are you eating like that?" - where that refers to something other than french fries and fatty meat.  "I'm on a diet."  "You don't look like you need to be on a diet."  Well, no shit, right?  Isn't that sort of the point? Imagine how stupid that conversation would be in any other context. "What are you doing today?"  "Working."  "Why are you working?  You already have a job."  Completely moronic, and yet when you change the context to dieting, suddenly no one can understand why a guy who looks fit is eating lean meat and vegetables. Dave Tate captures the moment and sentiment: You ever go out with a bunch of people for dinner when you're dieting? Isn't that a fucked up situation? Let's say you're at a table with seven people and everyone's ordering their food...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 29, 2010 (boomark / email).