The NY Post published a news item entitled: "Gen Z young people suffer from ‘menu anxiety’ when dining out — with many too scared to order their own meals."
I sat and read over the story.
It would appear that they sit down....gaze over a four-page menu, then get all hyped-up and unable to really select anything. So they end up asking others at the table to order for them, or getting some advice from the waitress.
I pondered over this.
I grew up in rural Alabama in the 1970s. When you did get a eating-out opportunity....you typically had a one-page menu, which prominently featured catfish, chicken and some lunchtime roast-beef special. Three-quarters of the time, you went to the bottom where a hamburger plate was offered up for $2.99 (ice tea was unlimited in those days).
The amount of time you spent gazing at the menu? Less than 20 seconds.
After that, I went off to the Air Force....where the chow hall typically had four offerings....the grilled ham and cheese sandwich, hamburgers, cheap fish-sticks, or crappy tasting spaghetti and meatballs. You spent less than 3 seconds on menu-gazing.
To some degree, I'm puzzled over this Gen Z crowd. I admit...maybe a four-page menu is a bit difficult to analyze. Maybe the pricing scheme is such....that you really don't want to spend $26 for a marginalized plate of Lamb (with gravy out of a can).
But if you have such a problem over lunch or dinner....how does dating go? Do you gaze over a 8-page list of things NOT to mention prior to the date? Do you carry a 3 x 5 inch card around to remind you of polite things to say to the gal or guy?
Life was confusing...even before Gen Z folks came along, but it seems like they've made things twice as confusing with their antics.
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