Communal Dining

     Communal Dining is when a restaurant has a big table that everyone sits at, instead of a bunch of smaller tables, that smaller groups sit in. Some people think this is a good idea for people to socialize, make friends, and make the city more friendly. Apparently for immigrants, it isn't that easy to make friends in Vancouver, because people usually keep to their selves. Even though Canada is known for the people to be really nice and say "sorry" all the time. (and aboot).
     One half of the people that are living in Vancouver think this is a great idea. A lot of people that move here are lonely, and want to make some friends, so why no throw some random strangers all together in one table? Surely that will help. It helps people bond, and engage in conversations. It helps improve peoples social skills (I could use that), and also improves your manors. Also eating makes people happy, so when you're talking to a stranger you will be happy and you'll want to be friends.
     The other half of the people have a completely different perspective. They don't like it because they don't like the idea of the Government telling people how to eat. They want to chose to either sit with friends/family or to sit with random strangers. They like to have the freedom to chose. They think its a waste of time/money for the Government to do this when they can be doing more productive things, like stopping pollution or building stuff to improve the city.
     Coming from a shy person, I don't really like the idea. I like to eat food with people that I am comfortable being around and talking to, not strangers. I also think that it is a big waste of time and money, but some people (like me) have no friends and maybe could use this positively. The End