Reminds me of when I bussed tables, we would get so hungry that we would chow down on people's leftover food at the dishwashing station. Now when I think of it, it really grosses me out.
Did you eat the stuff that someone clearly also took a bite of? Or did you eat stuff that you could tell they didn’t touch?
There’s a big difference there and I don’t see the issue with chowing down on food that just sat on a plate in front of a stranger for a half hour. Especially if I got a look at the people.
100% chance nothing bad happened to you either way.
Bacteria and viruses are all over everything we touch and eat anyways, it’s not like if food sits in front of someone it turns into nuclear waste. Scarf that shit down.
Once society crumbles, we’ll be slitting each other’s throats for a cup and a half of week-old cole slaw. We’ll forget all about our made up food rules.