DUmmies Discuss Dining Out

[GOBUCKS]

You would think that dining at restaurants would be a pretty innocuous subject for discussion.

There is no topic that cannot develop into a shooting war at the DUmp.

I think that may be Rule 40 of the internet.  

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 06:37 AM

Sherman A1 (10,372 posts)

Boomers Dine Out While Millennials Cut Back

According to The NPD Group, The baby boomer generation and their seniors – also known as “mature traditionalists” – have staked an increasing proportion of the commercial foodservice industry’s traffic during the past five years, while visits from the millennial generation have declined.
 
According to The NPD’s recent report -- “Boomers and Beyond – Targeting for Success,” which delves into what seniors expect from restaurant visits, the menu items they prefer, and what restaurant operators can do to attract and retain their business – members of the boomer generation are making more visits to every segment of the restaurant industry now than prior to the recession.
 
Blah, blah, blah.....

Operators just need to keep in mind that reaching the older customers requires recognizing what it is they want from their restaurant experiences.”

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022244274

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 07:09 AM

southernyankeebelle (9,170 posts)

4. This boomer hasn't been out in years to eat dinner. I can't afford to. But I happen
to like my own cooking anyway. Also I am very home body. I guess I could afford maybe once a month

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:37 PM

Worried senior (438 posts)

81. I'm in the same boat
we could possibly afford lunch once a month but in order to survive the month and possibly save a few dollars we eat at home and lot's of left overs.

"lot's"...Not many illiterates have a comfortable retirement.

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 11:07 AM

MgtPA (688 posts)

39. Your schedule sounds like mine - Girl Scouts and piano lessons.
Even if we were rolling in dough (we're NOT), I'm just too tired from being the family taxi for Girl Scouts, piano lessons, doctors, dentists, orthodonists, SAT Prep classes, French Honor Society meetings, English Honor Society meetings, French Club meetings, Gay/Straight Alliance meetings, Science Fair, Learning In Neighborhood Community Service volunteer activities (required for membership in National Honor Society), Girl Scout camp, and piano recitals. Instead of going out to dinner, I'd much rather just take a nap.

Hilarious! Is this noob DUmpette desperate for street cred, or what?

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:00 AM

lunatica (27,612 posts)

7. Going out to dinner is a luxury I can't afford

So is going out to a movie. Vacations? Hahahahaha! The last 10 days of the month my bank account balance is something around $1
 
edited to add that I'm a Boomer. Almost 65 years old.

Another destitute, desperate DUmmy!

As George C. Scott said in "Patton", "God help me, I love it!"

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:09 AM

GoCubsGo (12,021 posts)

8. Hell, I can't even afford groceries.
All this talk about "Boomers" eating out, while ignoring the fact that it's nearly impossible for those of us in our late-40s through 60s who lost jobs during the recession to find new ones. There are millions of us who have been out of work long-term. I don't hear about the Millenials having this problem. In my town, it's not just the older Boomers who get to eat out. It's the pre-Boomers, who are in their 70s or older. Lots of fairly well-off retirees in my town. Most of them live in the gated community, away from us Riff-Raff.

I know you meant it sarcastically, DUmmy GoCubsGo, but you are indeed the definition of riff raff.

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:10 AM

RB TexLa (16,015 posts)

9. Boomers must feel more entitled to have things and view luxuries as something they have earned.
With the economic conditions of the last five years no one should have increased spending on anything. Particularly on something as frivolous as having others prepare and serve your food.
 
This is truly a display of arrogance.

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:55 AM

marions ghost (12,489 posts)

15. Crap
OK, if you're talking about rich Rethuglicon Boomers--those who cashed in during the Bush Disasters...
 
However, most Boomers I know are still working and scrimping to try to help out and give something to their kids and grandkids. They are NOT traveling or eating out at fancy restaurants NEARLY as much as their parents did. It may seem like it because of the sheer numbers, but this is not a "display of arrogance" generationally speaking. Go find another scapegoat for your miseries.
 
You are Totally Wrong.

Please, DUmmy marions ghost! It was really hard to not make money during the Great Bush Prosperity.

And if you avoided the get-rich lure of real estate, you're likely to still be in great shape today.

But then, you and the people you know are all DUmmies. You'll always be a loser.

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 10:43 AM

Fight2Win (46 posts)

36. we might be talking about the difference between Republicans and Democrats

There are Republicans out there who 'got theirs' during the heyday after WWII...now they can't understand what anyone's else's problem is, they should have just gotten and hoarded some money too.
 
....I think those are the people that are eating out and saying to everyone else "**** you I'm eating".

From now on, that's what I'm saying every time I order the lobster.
 
I'm reminded of a bumper sticker that seemed to be popular in Oklahoma in the 80s: "Don't have an oil well?  Get one!"

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:06 AM

tjwash (8,002 posts)

20. lol
Well done...to ability to use something like dining out as an opportunity to drive a wedge between people and start screaming about class-warfare, especially on something that trivial, is something that only a select few DUers are capable of doing.
 
Some of you folks must be a real hoot at cocktail parties and family reunions.

Very few DUmpmonkeys are invited to cocktail parties or family reunions.

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 12:46 PM

Ganja Ninja (15,379 posts)

59. Yes shame on those arrogant high living Boomers.
Let me tell you what life is like for this boomer. For the last 7 years I have been spending an average of $250 a month to help supplement a dying friend's income. For the last 3 years I have only been working 32 hours a week. Right now I'm about 10 years away from retirement at 71 with about $40,000 in debt. More often than not friends in my age bracket are struggling to get by. Yes some old people have money. They've worked their whole lives if they're lucky but not everybody classified as a boomer is living the high life.

Gee, I wonder why this destitute old DUmpmonkey is such a failure.

Well, his screen name is "Ganja Ninja", and his avatar is a marijuana leaf.

I wonder why he's such a loser.

[JohnnyReb]

What happened to all the DUmmies eating out......of the DUmpsters behind fast food joints?

[Karin]

There goes RBTex, being an asshole again.

RB TexLa (16,015 posts)

9. Boomers must feel more entitled to have things and view luxuries as something they have earned.
With the economic conditions of the last five years no one should have increased spending on anything. Particularly on something as frivolous as having others prepare and serve your food.
 
This is truly a display of arrogance.

Arrogance is thinking you ought to decide how they spend their money.  The crappy economic conditions of the last five years would improve if nobody spent money on anything like dinners?  How do you employ waitresses and cooks, food distributors and salesmen?  The restaurant owner?  Go to hell, RB Texla.  Nobody likes you and you will not be missed.

[USA4ME]

Great thread!

Let's see:

The smartest people in the world are liberals.
Liberals have no money.
Therefore, the smartest people in the world have no money.
It's Bush's fault.

I also enjoy reading about them whining they're broke.  Can't imagine a group of worthless vermin that deserve it more than the primitives.  Starving is too good for them.

.

[Carl]

Confusing,they all admit to being so hopelessly destitute (anyone surprised?) they can`t eat out yet whenever asked what dinner is going to be they come up with some foreign named glop that the list of ingredients costs more then a decent steak in a family restaurant.

God they are stupid.

[thundley4]

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 08:00 AM

lunatica (27,612 posts)

7. Going out to dinner is a luxury I can't afford

So is going out to a movie. Vacations? Hahahahaha! The last 10 days of the month my bank account balance is something around $1
 
edited to add that I'm a Boomer. Almost 65 years old.

Not to worry. 
Barry and Michelle are eating high on the hog, but you aren't good enough for their table scraps. 

Barry has his private theater in the White House and can watch first run movies with the stars sitting next to him if he wishes.

Vacations?  Barry and Michelle have taken more dream vacations on our dime in 4 years than most people take in a lifetime.

[Dblhaul]

They cant go out to eat, dont have enough money to buy food...  ect. Yet have internet!

[Freeper]

They cant go out to eat, dont have enough money to buy food...  ect. Yet have internet!

To be fair they steal it from their repuke neighbor.

[formerlurker]

According to The NPD Group, The baby boomer generation and their seniors – also known as “mature traditionalists” – have staked an increasing proportion of the commercial foodservice industry’s traffic during the past five years, while visits from the millennial generation have declined.

Now I ask you, who talks like this?  and who the hell reads articles like this? 

[jukin]

Another socialism success story!

Just wait and hear the wailing in four years after an unleashed 0bama has his way with our country.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
Winston Churchill

[delilahmused]

How do they have all those restaurant bouncies if they can't afford to go out?

Cindie

[RobJohnson]

If only restaurants took EBT.

[NHSparky]

Vacations?  Barry and Michelle have taken more dream vacations on our dime in 4 years than most people take in a lifetime.

I could take Scoobie and the kids to Maui for two weeks every year for the rest of our lives and still not even come close to what Barruh cost the taxpayer to fly AF1 from DC to Hawaii and back.

[Skul]

DUmpmonkeys whine about elderly going out for lunch??
Maybe the elderly should have paid more taxes.
I'm at a loss.