The Lone Act of Eating

Written by Bang Rui

Is the lone act of eating so daunting that few seldom attempt it in the first place? Maybe after reading this, you might just decide to switch your mindset and try this mean feat.

One of the main reasons quoted by students is that eating alone is akin to committing social suicide – if you eat alone in the canteen, you might just appear to friends as anti-social. Such potentially embarrassing stigma usually hinders students from enjoying the meal alone in the canteen. Many would rather skip the meal or order a takeaway to eat discreetly at some corner out of public eyes, than to be caught doing so. If you were to take a step back and examines the situation, is it necessarily that embarrassing?

On a personal level, eating alone needs not necessarily be a bad idea since an average Student takes less time to finish his meal now that his social interactions are no longer present during the meal. Especially when, for instance, one is no longer required to hunt for tables large enough to accommodate a group of 6 during peak lunch hours, or to wait for friends to finish their food. In turn, he might take the extra time to catch up on his readings, print his lecture notes or even run a last-minute revision through his presentation. In fact, you might not think that the extra 10-20 minutes saved sums up to anything important. If you add up the extra time saved, you might actually eke out an extra hour or two to spend on your studies per week.

This would be beneficial on a macro scale. Imagine if during peak hours, the canteen seats are available, faster than the crowd can enter – wouldn’t that be a wonderful phenomenon? Students no longer have to wait to find seats. This will greatly enhance their dining experience at the canteen. However, to achieve this, the current crowd sitting down will have to finish their food at a faster rate. Lone diner will surely of great assistance to speeding up the dining experience since they have a tendency to eat faster.

Sometimes, when you sit in the canteen, you might notice that there are a few students eating alone in the canteen. Perhaps, they can be simply brushed off as loners who wish not to be disturbed. Perhaps, you might even pity them for being alone since human are after all social creatures. If you take a closer look, they might just polish off their plates with a smile before you even start on that plate of mee goring.

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