would you like to have dinner with strangers?
By wonderful1
@wonderful1 (2075)
China
September 13, 2007 2:50am CST
frankly, sometimes i have to have lunch or dinner with strangers, but i hate it. i am afraid of infecting disease from them. you know, in China, some people sit around a table and pick food in a common dish. i dont' think it is healthy, but it is our tradition.
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8 responses
@andyliuzn (1029)
• Guangzhou, China
16 Sep 07
It's Ok with me, but we seldom do this as pick the food in the same dish any more.
WBR,Andy
@indiavani (863)
• India
13 Sep 07
Hello Wonderful1! I didn't hear about such tradition before. I think its unhealthy to eat with strangers in a common dish. Yes, your fear is right till some extent that it may cause infection (diseases). So, its better to avoid it if you aren't feeling comfortable eating with strangers in a common dish...vani^_^
@liqingwei (37)
• China
13 Sep 07
maybe not.but if the stranger is a beautiful girl ,the answer may should be changed^^
@balasundaram (297)
• India
13 Sep 07
I too hate eating with strangers .It disturbs my mind and spoils the mood of eating.Its also not hygienic so I avoid eating with others mostly
@cici6880 (656)
• China
13 Sep 07
I come from China too.I hate to have dinner with strangers also .Besides the reason you have mentioned I find I don't know how to communicate with strangers when we will have dinner together.So when my parents want to take me to dinners outside with some people who mean strangers to me, I'll upset.