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[Dibbz]

Is this an American thing? Someone told me they clap after eating at a restaurant. I don't know what to believe anymore.

 

[TUSR]

Wtf no

 

[Volotaire]

What?

 

[Oreoleo]

lol what

 

[jon bones]

have you ever had dinner?

 

[shadyspace]

Why are foreigners always so obsessed with us?

 

[Confrontation]

That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard in quite a while.

 

[strafer]

No. I usually burp.

 

[stufte]

Is this an American thing? Someone told me they clap after eating at a restaurant. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Maybe at Benihana...

 

[Necrovex]

I would be horrified if I saw an American chap do that.

 

[Apoc29]

Tell them that they are crazy. Because they are crazy.

 

[Moppet13]

Clap after a meal? The fuck? No, that's strange as hell. OP where do you live where people think Americans clap after eating?

 

[Freaky Fred]

no, we clap when the airplane lands and at the end of movies though

 

[Caelus]

Yeah, it's an American thing.

Spoiler

*applauds*

 

[blame space]

people traditionally clap before and after each meal

 

[Rentahamster]

Only after authentic Japanese cuisine from Benihana.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

No. Only after a routine plane landing or movie.

EDIT: DAMN YOU FRED.

 

[Drencrom]

It's a joke/meme

 

[Vermillion]

no, we clap when the airplane lands, and at the end of movies though

.

 

[braves01]

I've never clapped at Benihana either.

 

[potam]

How else do you pay compliments to the chef at Chili's?

 

[cameron]

No. You're getting played. Funny mental image, though.

 

[Giant Robot]

 

[G0523]

Maybe after the chef at a hibachi restaurant finishes making your meal. But that's BEFORE you eat.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

I have a few times but it was after I cooked a badass steak at home.

Like, biting into it "fuck yeah!!! *clap clap clap*"

And at the end another round. Never in public though.

 

[Steamlord]

I think you've been spending too much time on 4chan

 

[jon bones]

no, we clap when the airplane lands and at the end of movies though

well yeah that's gonna happen from time to time

 

[LanceVance]

I clap whenever I open a new GAF thread

 

[Skid 4 Dead]

Is this an American thing? Someone told me they clap after eating at a restaurant. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Of course we do. We're all just a bunch of fatasses, aren't we?

 

[Freezasaurus]

Is this an American thing? Someone told me they clap after eating at a restaurant. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Sounds pretty bizarre.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Sarcastically at McDonald's, yes.

 

[GulAtiCa]

What? No. Never seen anyone do that, and I'm from the States

 

[Oreoleo]

Maybe at Benihana...

Oh, this is a good point actually. At a hibachi-style restaurant it's usually customary to applaud the chef when he's finished cooking, but it's as much for the 'performance' as it is for the food, if not more so.

And even that is before you eat your meal. But after you're done? Nah, never.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

We clap for ourselves on gameshows

 

[Tesseract]

my balls, like that spiderman guy on yourtubes

 

[mre]

Only for $30 Italian meals.

 

[agrajag]

No one does that.

 

[BPoole]

Sounds like someone lied to you. I've heard people clap after a movie, when they laugh and when a plane lands, but I have never heard one upon finishing a meal

 

[LyleLanley]

I clap before and after every meal.

 

[NotDreamcast]

I clap after a good night's sleep.

 

[Uncle_Classy]

That's just the sound of our thighs smacking as we get up for seconds.

 

[NinjaTehFish]

Applause is an acceptable alternative to tips in many American establishments.

 

[Brakke]

Yes everyone does this definitely do it or they'll think you're weird.

 

[Grisby]

Sure, at Japanese Steak Houses. Cook is flying knives in the air and dazzling with his pyrotechnic displays so a clap or two isn't unheard of.

Only there though, be kind of werid to do it before a burger at Mickey D's.

 

[cameron]

That's just the sound of our thighs smacking as we get up for seconds.

lol

 

[Oreoleo]

FYI OP, if it isn't totally obvious, the people saying 'yes' are fucking with you.

 

[Dot Matrix]

Was it a typo? Did you mean crap? Because in that case, yes. And once while eating a pot noodle on the toilet, during.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

This reminds ne of when I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy here in the UK and one person decided to clap at the end... Everyone in the screening was like wtf.

 

[Hellix]

I clap whenever I make a post on GAF.

*clap*

 

[Log4Girlz]

Every single American does this at every meal and after sex.