Not at all. I just prefer to be early for all my appointments. Shall we order?
[Always tricky. She'd been taught to consider a multitude of factors when sharing a meal. How messy would the food be? How much would it cost? What's the serving size? Never order soup or noodles. Too much of a risk in terms of losing grace. Never order a crustacean or anything that comes in a shell. Wrestling with your dinner is unseemly. Safest choices were the ones you could easily handle with a knife and fork. This was a chopstick place though. It made things a tad more complicated.]
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[Always tricky. She'd been taught to consider a multitude of factors when sharing a meal. How messy would the food be? How much would it cost? What's the serving size? Never order soup or noodles. Too much of a risk in terms of losing grace. Never order a crustacean or anything that comes in a shell. Wrestling with your dinner is unseemly. Safest choices were the ones you could easily handle with a knife and fork. This was a chopstick place though. It made things a tad more complicated.]