What we see in restaurants are really eye-catching

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When the economy is poor, the variety of things we see in restaurants are really eye-catching.
It is now July 2024. I am dining in a chained fast food restaurant. A father and son are sitting next to me. The father is about forty years old and of medium build, and the son is under ten years old.
Originally, everyone had their own meals, and we did not interfere with the others. Everyone enjoyed the delicious food in the restaurant, which was very good.
What attracted my attention was that the two of them only bought one meal set and one snack (two spring rolls).
Based on their health level, they can order two normal meal sets for about 110 dollars.
They only order one meal set and two spring rolls, which costs about 43 dollars. Of course they share their three items in the meal.
Perhaps the father was unemployed, so they all came up with this idea, so that one meal set is shared by two persons.
I worry that the son cannot get sufficient nutrition in the long run, and my father will face the same situation of not being nutritious and not full enough.
In fact, this 10-year-old child can completely finish a meal set by himself, so why should they save money like this? Maybe, the difficulty is really hard to describe.
It is still expected that the economy will be very bad in the coming few years, so plan ahead and save as much as they can.
This is a fresh fast food restaurant phenomenon.
I remember when the economy was bad before, I saw people bringing their own small lunch boxes to take home the little curry sauce they had left and continue to enjoy it at home.
／07 2024