HA! So what my mother always said is true. There are starving Chinese people who would be happy to have that food!

I can't blame the restaurant manager, though. If they really do pile their plates and then only eat a tiny bit, that's wasteful. If you know you're only going to eat a little bit, then only get a little bit.

I'm somehow not surprised to find that's here in the midwest. People here are astoundingly wasteful, especially considering a large portion of us are descended from farmers and farm workers.