He inhaled all my food!
By ilyzium
@ilyzium (1197)
Canada
November 1, 2009 9:31am CST
I was having dinner with my brother in law the other day. I wasn't really looking forward to eating with him because he had a tendency to eat all the food! Seriously, if you go to a Japanese or tapas place where they bring all the dishes on say one plate, he'll quickly devour everything in site! I sit there watching him attacking his fork quickly back and forth like it's a machine, and I have to sit there eating faster in order to get some food! Of course by that time you're getting nauseous because you're eating faster in the hopes of getting some food. We all find him incredibly "piglike" with his wolverine appetite and blatant disregard for his companions. Do you know someone like this, and if so what do you do?
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@jwfarrimond (4473)
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1 Nov 09
That's just ignorant, inconsiderate, ill mannered and greedy. I'd certainly say something to him about his lack of good manners and if he took no notice, then I'd just refuse to eat with him. It's never happened to me that I can recall, but then I'd not be slow in letting the pig know that I objected to him hogging all the food that was suppossed to be shared.
@ilyzium (1197)
• Canada
1 Nov 09
Hi jwfarrimond,
Yes isn't it? Well he also has a serious weight problem and eats under stress, and has eaten this way forever it seems. But yes I agree it's incredibly greedy and inconsiderate, and I call it piglike! I don't really want to be the one to say anything about it because he's my brother in law, and would prefer that my husband or someone in his side of the family say something, however they've all been unwilling to do so! I'll keep nagging my husband to do something. Ok, well at least he PAID for the food, because then I would have really been upset if I'd have paid for half, and wound up with practically nothing! I'm glad it hasn't happened to you though. :(
@jwfarrimond (4473)
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1 Nov 09
Thats just typical of families! everyone knows that there's a problem, but no one wants to do anything about it. It sound's like that he actually needs help and professional councelling. At the moment though, it seems that he's just digging his own grave with his teeth. 
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@jwfarrimond (4473)
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1 Nov 09
As a practical suggestion that's just come to me, if you need to eat with him off a shared meal like that again, why not ask the waiter for a separate empty plate, then take off the food that you want onto that plate and he can then have the rest. If he asks why you are doing that, you can explain that it's the only way that you can get enough food as he eats SO much faster. 
He might take the hint, you never know. But at least that way, you'd make sure that you got your share as well.
He might take the hint, you never know. But at least that way, you'd make sure that you got your share as well.1 person likes this
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
1 Nov 09
Hi Ilyzium, well shame on him! Next time, you'll know to grab it faster or sneak some away to hide it for yourself?? LOL
I know people who eat like that, and I always think they must swallow their food whole, no chewing, to be able to eat that quickly!
Karen@ilyzium (1197)
• Canada
1 Nov 09
Hi Karen,
Well, you know truthfully when he started doing that my eyes widened like they were going to bug out of my head, and I had this impulse to "bop him on the head"! That's how annoyed I was. It's just so rude and lack of manners really I think. Next time I'll outsmart him though by asking the waiter to bring me an extra plate. That way I'll just shovel my own portion on my own plate! ha! I know these people must swallow their food whole or have serious digestion/heartburn issues I would think...Maybe next time I should just sit there with a fork and if that forks comes towards some food that I'm about to pick up, just stab him there with my fork! lol
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Nov 09
hi ilyzium well the other day we had a halloween party here and the care giver had run out of plates so she loaded one plate for me and the lady seated beside me, after seeing how fast she ate, I asked another care taker to please please find another plate, she did, and I quickly just divided all the food exactly in half, that way it was fair. then if one of us ate faster than the other still no harm done. I have been at a cafe with someone like that who wanted to get one big order and share it. I firmly said no deal. we each order what we want and each of us can pay our own bill. this person was like your brother-in-law, he just breathed the food in and ate twice as much as I would have wanted.
@ilyzium (1197)
• Canada
1 Nov 09
Hello Hatley,
Oh so you were also in the company of one of those "greedy vultures" I call them. lol I would be so EMBARRASSED to eat up everyone's food that way and I don't understand how these people aren't? They just have no consideration for other people, and apparently are ruled by their stomach!!! :( Well you were smart to divide the food up that way. I'm going to show my hubby all these emails because I'd like him to take a stance with his brother, since he's the one that eats with him a fair amount, and is too nice to say anything about it. How was your Halloween party otherwise? :)
