What's the opposite of "to go"?

It's not to go, it's...

  • To stay

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  • For here

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  • Something else

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flowersofnight

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Like the title says. Say you're in a fast food place and you're ordering some food which you're going to eat inside rather than take out. The cashier asks you, "Is this _____ or to go?"

A) To stay
B) For here

One of these answers is for right-thinking, right-speaking model citizens and the other is for weirdos. Which do you say?
 

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"For here".
Though I haven't eaten fast food in about 3 years, so...who knows how I might respond now...*twilight zone music*
 

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"is it to stay?" would definitely sound weird. I voted the second choice, but I would rather say "Is it for eating here ?"

(I actually work in a fast food restaurant, but I live in Quebec and 99% of the customers speak French XD)
 

Garnet in the Eden

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They say "Is this sitting-in or taking-out?" here.
 

PureElegance

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Uh, I think I normally say "for here". The people I order from say "for here" too XD

... that's only when my slaves aren't available to order for me though. ::meev::
 

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"To stay" would really be more grammatically correct, but "for here" is what I always hear.
 

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i always hear "to stay."
whenever i'm at a fast food place they're like "stayortogo"
dunno where all of you guys are eating :/
 

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Iskanderia wrote:
"To stay" would really be more grammatically correct, but "for here" is what I always hear.
"For here" is still grammatically correct, but I guess it's more grammatically consistent to say "to stay" or "to go".

In any case, when I eat in a restaurant I like it "for there" not "to stay" :P
 

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I always hear "for here."
 

faith

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All I ever hear is "omochi kaeri desu ka?"
 

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COMEDY OPTION

i always ask "with me or to go?"

guess which one they usually pick :'(



SERIOUS OPTION because seriously im a jerk sorry

"For here" is all I have ever heard in my American travels. A fuzzy memory is telling me that I have heard "eat in or to go?" more than once in my life, though.
 

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This is what I usually get in Singapore:

"having here or take-away?"

I chose to stay though. Am i a weirdo?
 

Gen

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I love Scape's polls XD.
Now if I get anglophone customers at Burger King (I work there), I'll know how to be a good bilingual employee :grin:
 

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Well I'm glad to see you guys are (mostly) model citizens and not weirdos. "For here" is indeed the normal answer. But in that cesspool known as New York City, they all seem to say "to stay" for some reason. What gives?
 

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I usually hear "for here" but I was thinking about this and I think the other day at the mall food court the employee said "to stay" to me. Anyway, it's rare.
 
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