debodun
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If someone gave you a food item along with its container such a a pie and a pie plate, would you assume the giver wanted the container back?
If someone gave you a food item along with its container such a a pie and a pie plate, would you assume the giver wanted the container back?
Butterfly, that is a great idea, a subtle way of letting the person know only the food is the gift, not the container. I'll remember that.
Absolutely! You wash up the dish or pan or tupperware thing and give it back, with thanks. I think not do do so would be VERY rude. If I'm giving food to a family in mourning or someone who is ill, I put a small piece of tape on the bottom with my name on it so the person knows which one is mine.
Now if the pie was in one of those disposable pie plates, that's another story, but I still think I'd ask if the person wanted the plate back.