Dining with Strangers?
How would you feel dining with complete strangers that you don't know at a restaurant? Starting from 2012 , Vancouver has been trying to encourage restaurants to offer more "long tables". This means that restaurants won't have separate tables but offer communal conversation tables to make Vancouver a more welcoming city and friendlier city.Many high acknowledged people are remarking that Vancouver should be a more acknowledged city and the communal conversation tables is a great way. The benefits of eating with strangers is that it would let the people bond with each other, practice our social interaction, and fosters our manner. Coun Andrea Reimer said that if Vancouver wants to be more engaged than the city should set up these communal conversation tables. However, this is not just what the city can do, for it falls on the residents. Citizens think that sitting in a restaurant eating with strangers build up a more brighter city and would also help the city become friendlier. This idea would also be a new culture to Vancouver. Many people are trying to persuade the city to encourage restaurants to lay out the format of the long tables. Immigrants that have just immigrated to Vancouver, would feel more welcome if they walk in a restaurant to see long tables set out for people to have conversations.
Despite the fact that many popular restaurants have set up this long tables, the B.C. Restaurant Association said, " it is a good idea, but I doubt it will change." Many people want to encourage the city to use this long tables but they don't want to force the restaurants. Citizens that are antisocial think communal dining is like a restaurant with no open seats. They strongly disagree against this idea of eating with random strangers especially because they want to be by themselves. Some people say that communal dining is like cramming up in one long table with strangers which makes you extremely uncomfortable. Many people might think that this is a good way to enlighten and engage the citizens of Vancouver, but it may not be the best way for some people.
In brief, I disagree with the communal dining for I am extremely shy to strangers and eating with strangers would make me extremely uncomfortable. The way of communal dining wouldn't let me enjoy the food because I would be too distracted by the people going in and out. It also isn't a very happy thought to be all crammed in with people in one long table. I am not a very sociable person when it comes to strangers . This whole communal dining would kind of feel like a game of musical chairs, of people who are done the meal going in and new diners coming in. If I was forced to sit at a restaurant with strangers, it would feel like a dinner party with people coming in unannounced. I rather enjoy a quiet meal with some of my close friend or my family.
Articles I found help on: http://www.bonappetit.com/columns/nitpicker-columns/article/i-m-sick-of-communal-dining
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/britishcolumbia/story/1.2524317
http://www.vancouversun.com/Dining+with+strangers+among+recommendations+make+Vancouver+more+engaged/9451336/story.html
this is a great paragraph, but you need to watch your wording a bit for example you said "How would you feel dining with complete strangers that you don't know at a restaurant?" it would have been better if you said How would you feel dining with complete strangers at a restaurant? also make sure you use quotation marks around phrases you got from a different source.
ReplyDeleteHi Andy, This is a very well written post. I like the fact that you showed multiple links from which you found your information. However next time try not to use repeating words such as acknowledged, ackknowledged in your positive factors paragraph.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the fact that you used very strong vocabulary and kept your post un biased
Hi Andy, Your paragraph was very well written and very clear. I liked how you explained the situation vey well and how it would be uncomfortable sitting with complete strangers. Something to work on would be not to use the same word so many times, such as many. If you use the same word so many times it becomes wordy. Good Job though!
ReplyDeleteHi Andy, I liked how you wrote tons of ideas supporting your paragraphs.I also liked how you added many links which helped you complete your post. Good job!
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