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AIBU to think that people that scoop are greedy

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ScoopOrDip · 15/07/2024 09:01

Scooping up all the dip and leaving fuck all for anyone else?

I'm a dipper, I don't like too much dip on whatever I'm dipping.

I went to a bit of a party yesterday with several dips (among other things), hummous, tzatziki, salsa, cheese dip etc with crisps, breadsticks, tortilla chips and the like.

What I noticed was people, men taking great scoops of dip and eating it all in next to no time, leaving none for anyone else.

I tried to take some hummous and put it on a plate but a few of them finished off tubs in what seemed like a few bites 😡Like locusts 🙄They weren't drunk either, food was served fairly on.

AIBU to think you don't do this when sharing a buffet/meal with other people? Fortunately, there was no double dipping going on!

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Caerulea · 15/07/2024 09:17

Boils my piss! DH is terrible for it if we share a bag of crisps with some dip. Ds2&3 now get dip for themselves & are quite protective of it lol despite being very sharing with anything else. But dip? You don't fuck about with dip 🤣

UnpoachedPears · 15/07/2024 09:17

Urgh I hate sharing dips. Some people actually double dip, at a party!!! Disgraceful.

Skinglow · 15/07/2024 09:15

I love dip, although I can't stand Hummus so I'd leave that. I may be guilty of scooping the sour cream and chive dip though.

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ScoopOrDip · 15/07/2024 09:15

Lopine · 15/07/2024 09:12

Isn’t the done thing at a party to put a little bit on your plate?

You'd think but some people we're standing around/near the table and taking a tortilla chip and scooping from the pot rather than putting some on a plate and walking away.

So they were also blocking access to the table.

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DoYouSmokePaul · 15/07/2024 09:13

This reminds me of You’ve Got Mail when Meg Ryan has a go at Tom Hanks for scooping up alllllll of the caviar that was meant to be a garnish 😂

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ScoopOrDip · 15/07/2024 09:13

Yeah do what you like at home but not when supposedly 'sharing'.

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Lopine · 15/07/2024 09:12

Isn’t the done thing at a party to put a little bit on your plate?

HellonHeels · 15/07/2024 09:11

I'm definitely a scooper but only in

my own house where I share equally with my scooper boyfriend.

Social events I behave myself.

There are always selfish people at buffets, piling up their plates, meat eaters eating all the vegetarian food etc etc

I dunno what the solution is.

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ScoopOrDip · 15/07/2024 09:08

😆😆😆

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omegahedron · 15/07/2024 09:06

You don't know what other people are going through. Perhaps they're dangerously ill from hummus deficiency yet are bravely putting on a brave face. I expect they've got undiagnosed depression, dementia and are ND as well.

Grin