Doggie bag

It's been a while.
How've you been?
Hope everything is OK with you.

Tonight I'm going to talk about ''doggie bag''.
Doggie bag is a service that you ask at a restaurant when you can't finish all your food on the table and you want to take it home.
 In Japan people usually don't ask for such a service even if you wish because you feel embarrased to do so.
However, in America many people don't hesitate to ask.

I personally think it is a good thing to ask for a doggie bag as we all should respect food and don't waste food.
How do you feel about this?

I actually heard from my student that recently you can ask for a doggie bag in some restaurants.
I was happy to learn this in fact.

Well, I guess it's easy to waste food today but there are millions of people starving without food in the world.
So, let's take a moment and consider this.

By the way, ''doggie bag'' is coming from the expression that you want to take the leftover food home for your pet.
Of course it is not true, it is for yourself.
It just sounds elegant in a restaurant.

I'm watching ''Salaryman Kintaro'' on TV now, so I gotta go.

Good night.

Hick