In this case referring to online reviews, which need to be raked back and forth to remove the clods. We once read a review of a fancy restaurant featuring a fixed price tasting menu: “Really tiny portions and they don’t even let you choose what you want! What an outrage!”

Then there are the complaints about the high prices at shops in airports. Your mother warned you.

It will be interesting to see what happens when most internet users are over 50. Then they will mention that you can’t get to the bathrooms without climbing a long flight of stairs while dodging running waitstaff. Or that the chairs are hard and the menu too small to read.

Then there are the unadventurous who accidentally went to an adventurous restaurant and didn’t much enjoy it.

Or the older couple who didn’t realize modern trends includes a revolutionary throwing away of the former symbols of fancy, such as white table cloths and candles and waiter’s outfits, so although the place you chose for your 50th anniversary has a Michelin star it looks like a local burger joint.

Or the gourmet who ended up at yet another greasy spoon, having an overly greasy sandwich and lukewarm coffee served by an awkward youth who is frightened by any questions about the menu.

We were once mildly entertained by such a youth who could not for the life of him remember our drink order (sparkling water) for long enough to reach the bar. He returned three times to double check. Others in the same pickle just bring sparkling and still to cover all their options. Do you cover options or only bases?

One of the joys of being left alone is not having to do elaborate meals. Social meals taste better, but are lengthy affairs, and only worth it for really good food and really good company. Or at least one or the other.

Toast and cheese with an apple and a cup of tea sorts the hungries in much less time on any other occasion.

I’ve stopped eating lettuce, as it seems to be off-season and spends most of its time wilting and taking up space, either on the plate or in the fridge, without offering much to chew on. Radishes and carrots are more interesting.