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Choose a dish at a restaurant and learn how you make important decisions. Culinary articles and life hacks. News
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By Helen Ashworth, The Canon desk · 1d ago · Rusia · 3 min ·

Choose a dish at a restaurant and learn how you make important decisions. Culinary articles and life hacks. News

You are standing in front of the door of a new establishment.

The menu hasn't been opened yet, but you already need to decide on a strategy. What's the first thing on your plate?

If you chose option #1, then you are a fan of recommendations.

Life is too short for ordinary mashed potatoes. You absolutely must try what the chef concocted at three in the morning after a tough divorce. You accumulate experiences, often stepping on rakes, but at least you never feel the excruciating pain of wasted years (except for the money spent).

If you chose option #2, then you are a fan of the classics.

Why reinvent the wheel when there's a tried-and-true classic? In life, you too choose the most reliable routes, user-friendly banking apps, and all-inclusive hotels. The only people who consider you boring are those who've never run out of money in a foreign country thanks to your foresight. You're the one someone can always text, "Where are you? We're lost!" and see your geolocation a minute later.

If you chose option #2, then you are a secret controller.

You came to a restaurant not for the food, but for the company, the chair, and the opportunity to sit in the warmth. Food is simply fuel, distracting you from conversation. While everyone around you is struggling to decide between a truffle burger and a ribeye steak, you maintain a clear mind and an empty stomach, ready to eat your honest buckwheat later at home.

If you chose option #4, you are a genius of impulse.

Did the waiter bring the bread before you ordered? Great, dinner has begun. You live by the principle "if there's food, we eat it; if there's no food, we look for it." Your phone always dies at the most inopportune moments, you might spontaneously move to another city, and you decide to buy an apartment because it had a beautiful view from the window and the pleasant smell of freshly baked goods.

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