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Post by happyOCgirl on Feb 23, 2022 3:56:34 GMT
Back story...I was teaching my classes today about etiquette, how to set the table, cues to the let server know you are done eating, etc. When I got to the part about what to do if you want to take your leftovers home, I said when I was little we used to call them a doggie bag. Only a handful of students knew what that was because someone in their family still called it a doggie bag. Majority of the students thought it was doggie poop bags!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 4:06:56 GMT
Doggy bag for leftovers. Poop bag for picking up after dog.
ETA: Should clarify that I don’t use the term. I usually ask for a container or box to take the leftovers.
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Post by myshelly on Feb 23, 2022 4:10:01 GMT
I do not use the term at a restaurant.
I assume anyone who does is very, very old and very, very country.
Doggie bags are for poop.
I have never seen a bag with a cartoon dog on it.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 23, 2022 4:14:03 GMT
We always ask for a box at a restaurant. Growing up, some of the older restaurants had dogs on the bag. We very rarely ate out, but I do remember seeing them.
We call poop bags what they are and I guess we don't use the terms doggie bag at all.
Things are so regional that I am not surprised that we all use it differently.
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Post by busy on Feb 23, 2022 4:16:09 GMT
I don’t still call it a doggie bag for leftovers - I don’t think I have a specific term for that anymore. We called them doggie bags growing up. My parents still do. They’re neither very very old nor the slightest bit country.
But I also wouldn’t call poop bags doggie bags.
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Post by leannec on Feb 23, 2022 4:17:04 GMT
I use the term "doggie bag" amongst my family but in a restaurant I will just ask for my leftovers to be boxed up ... simpler that way  |
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Post by paget on Feb 23, 2022 4:26:21 GMT
I ask for a “to-go box” at a restaurant. I say poop bag for my dogs. If someone was using the term doggie bag it would be all about the context- I’ve heard it used for leftovers or poop bags, I just don’t use it myself.
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Post by milocat on Feb 23, 2022 4:36:51 GMT
We used to say doggy bag in a restaurant. I feel like it was said to the people at the table something like "I should get a doggy bag and take this home." Then when the waitress (only waitresses here) came we always said "can I get this to go?" and that's still how I would word it.
I have never sene a bag with a cartoon dog. You just got a styrofoam container, no bag.
I think when you carry around poop in a bag it would be called a poop bag or poopy bag.
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Post by KikiPea on Feb 23, 2022 4:39:52 GMT
Poop bags, or scoops
Leftovers, or a to go box
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Feb 23, 2022 5:03:46 GMT
I ask for a “to-go box” at a restaurant. I say poop bag for my dogs. If someone was using the term doggie bag it would be all about the context- I’ve heard it used for leftovers or poop bags, I just don’t use it myself.  |
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 23, 2022 5:07:12 GMT
Regarding leftovers, it depends who I am talking to: I still do call it a doggy bag in conversation. In fact just last night we were at a Thai restaurant, and my brother had a ton of leftovers. I asked him if he was going to get a doggy bag. [Hmmm, does that mean 54yo is very very old, and Melbourne - second biggest capital city in Australia - is very very country??  ] But...... I wouldn't ask the wait staff for a doggy bag, I would ask for a container to put the leftovers in. Regarding dogs, I call it a poo bag. |
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Post by voltagain on Feb 23, 2022 5:15:14 GMT
I use the term "doggie bag" amongst my family but in a restaurant I will just ask for my leftovers to be boxed up ... simpler that way  This^^^^ |
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Post by katlady on Feb 23, 2022 6:11:55 GMT
I think they called it a "doggy bag" because the assumption was you were going to take the leftovers home for your dog. And yes, I recall seeing some with dogs on them! LOL!
I don't think I've said it in a long time, I just ask for a to go box now.
For poop, I call it a "poop bag", I don't call what I pick poop up in a "doggy bag".
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 23, 2022 6:22:13 GMT
I must be old because I would say doggy bag when talking about taking leftovers from a restaurant meal. To confuse matters, I have only lived in urban and suburban areas.  Poop bags are what we take along when walking the pup. |
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 23, 2022 10:54:33 GMT
Your poll asks "when you *think* of the term doggie bag..." so that's how I'm answering, lol. If I hear someone say it or it's in a book or movie I immediately think of bringing food home from a restaurant. However, if I'm at the restaurant and want to bring home leftovers I say to the server "could I have a take-home container please?"
A bag to pick up a dog's poop is a poop bag.
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Post by fruitysuet on Feb 23, 2022 11:26:31 GMT
I would know that doggie bags refers to taking leftovers away from a restaurant.
However, I don't think I actually use that term at all, I usually just ask if I can have the leftovers to take away - although it's rare, perhaps sometimes some pizza or the odd time if there has been way too much meat and I want to take it home for the cats - in which case I wouldn't use the term doggie bag as it would be for the cats!
As such, I would not be surprised if my YA kids didn't know what the term doggie bag related to.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Feb 23, 2022 11:46:45 GMT
I’ve certainly heard the term used for leftovers. It’s quite commonly used in fact.
When walking my dogs, I usually just say I have to grab more bags or toss a bag or whatever. I can’t say I specify it as a poop bag. It’s inherently implied. No need to say it.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 23, 2022 12:19:54 GMT
It is a common term for leftovers being taken home. I dont feel like I personally say it as much as I used to.
And I am not very, very old OR very, very country. 🙄🙄
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Post by pilcas on Feb 23, 2022 12:29:27 GMT
I have heard the term but never actually heard anybody use it in a restaurant. We ask for a box, usually the waiter may ask if we want anything packed up. I find that chain restaurants will bring you a box and others will pack it up for you.
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Post by maryannscraps on Feb 23, 2022 13:14:37 GMT
We've definitely called for restaurant leftovers in a doggy bag. Not that old, and definitely not country.
I've never heard a poop bag called a doggy bag. Maybe someone who's never had or been around a dog?
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Post by smartypants71 on Feb 23, 2022 13:41:30 GMT
I don't think I've used the term doggie bag in a while mainly bc I don't usually take food home from a restaurant. But I know what it is, and I'm sure I used to say it at some point. I'm only a little old, and I've only ever lived in the city.
I call the bags to clean up after the dog doo doo bags.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 23, 2022 13:47:45 GMT
That’s a phrase I’m familiar with because it was commonly used when I was growing up, but I haven’t personally used it in probably 30 years. And I DO remember seeing bags with pictures of cartoon dogs on them on the rare occasions when my parents would go out to dinner and brought something back home with them! They were typically paper bags with a foil lining IIRC.
These days if I have leftover restaurant food, I usually just ask for a box.
Dog poop bags are just that, poop bags.
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Post by gar on Feb 23, 2022 13:51:10 GMT
[Hmmm, does that mean 54yo is very very old, and Melbourne - second biggest capital city in Australia - is very very country??  ] Apparently!  I didn't open this thread initially because I assumed it was about dog poop but having said that, I would use the same name for restaurant leftovers. But I can't remember if I've ever actually ever asked to take stuff home from a restaurant. |
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Feb 23, 2022 13:54:55 GMT
We might refer to a doggie bag in conversation, but if we were talking to a waiter/waitress, we would ask for a to-go box or container. And I ask for leftovers all the time! I rarely finish a restaurant meal and often get 2 more meals from the one meal.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Feb 23, 2022 14:36:53 GMT
[Hmmm, does that mean 54yo is very very old, and Melbourne - second biggest capital city in Australia - is very very country?? ] Apparently! I didn't open this thread initially because I assumed it was about dog poop but having said that, I would use the same name for restaurant leftovers. But I can't remember if I've ever actually ever asked to take stuff home from a restaurant.We might refer to a doggie bag in conversation, but if we were talking to a waiter/waitress, we would ask for a to-go box or container. And I ask for leftovers all the time! I rarely finish a restaurant meal and often get 2 more meals from the one meal. My guess is because America is the home of super sized everything, including restaurant meal portions. I haven’t ever been overseas personally, but I have a good friend from Germany who has mentioned many times that portion sizes in Europe are much more reasonable over there compared to here. It doesn’t surprise me at all that gar wouldn’t ever need a to go box but JustCallMeMommy does, just based on where they’re each from. |
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Post by librarylady on Feb 23, 2022 14:51:13 GMT
I use the term "doggie bag" amongst my family but in a restaurant I will just ask for my leftovers to be boxed up ... simpler that way |
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Post by purplebee on Feb 23, 2022 14:58:26 GMT
Unfortunately for me and my waistline, I rarely have to ask for a container to take leftovers home.
However, I do think of leftovers when hearing the term doggy bag, it was a very common expression years ago. I would refer to the bag used to clean up after a dog as a poop bag.
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Post by gar on Feb 23, 2022 15:02:51 GMT
Apparently! I didn't open this thread initially because I assumed it was about dog poop but having said that, I would use the same name for restaurant leftovers. But I can't remember if I've ever actually ever asked to take stuff home from a restaurant.We might refer to a doggie bag in conversation, but if we were talking to a waiter/waitress, we would ask for a to-go box or container. And I ask for leftovers all the time! I rarely finish a restaurant meal and often get 2 more meals from the one meal. My guess is because America is the home of super sized everything, including restaurant meal portions. I haven’t ever been overseas personally, but I have a good friend from Germany who has mentioned many times that portion sizes in Europe are much more reasonable over there compared to here. It doesn’t surprise me at all that gar wouldn’t ever need a to go box but JustCallMeMommy does, just based on where they’re each from. I think you have a good point 😊 |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 15:51:57 GMT
I've heard of doggy bag in reference to leftovers but I've never taken food home from anywhere so wouldn't use it personally. Poop goes in poop bags.
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Post by scrapmaven on Feb 23, 2022 16:00:47 GMT
Of course, I used the term dogie bag. I was always impressed when a nice restaurant would wrap your meal in a swan to-go.
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