I’ve heard of women using male names for their food delivery orders for safety reasons, as a way of signaling to potentially creepy delivery dudes that there’s a man in the house. But recently, women online have been talking about ordering under male names for a more economical reason — they believe that men get served more food.
The theory was popularized in part by TikToker Emily Joy Lemus (@emilyjoylemus) after she placed identical orders at different Chipotle locations under male and female names. In her small sample-size experiments, the male names were all served between 10 and 30 grams more food.
In the comments, some viewers shared that this tip has worked for them as a way of getting more food in their orders:
And sharing tales of seeing this effect also play out when ordering in person:
They also share other places where they’ve seen similar effects from either using a man’s name or pretending a man is around:
But, on the other hand, current and former Chipotle employees and other restaurant workers weighed in on the debate, saying that they doubt men are intentionally being served more food:
But could it be unconscious bias???
The conversation is also happening over on Reddit, where a user wrote, “My coworker said that a friend of his started pre-ordering at restaurants under a male name (or a more gender neutral name), and now, she gets way more food than she did before. This intrigued me, so I tried giving it a try… Welcome to getting more food. This really surprised me, so I figured I’d share. I went back to ordering under my own name because I felt bad, but as a petite woman with a very fast metabolism, it’s frustrating having to pay for extra portions when men get that much just for being men.”
Another user shared: “Interesting. We don’t do Chipotle but get burritos at a similar local place and…yes. His burritos are always bigger than mine, and we usually get the same stuff. Hmph. I might test this with the online ordering.”
Another woman shared: “Yep. My husband and I went together through the line at Fresh Market and ordered the exact same thing. He got EASILY twice as much of everything as I did. It was infuriating.”
And someone else wrote: “My MIL has noticed that cafes will always give my FIL the larger piece if they order slices of cake or other cabinet items. Frustratingly, he also had never questioned this and thought that he should get the larger piece; he applies the same logic at home, where he also takes the largest piece of anything that’s been cut. He’s not doing it maliciously; he’s just so used to being given the larger portion most of his life that he didn’t question why it’s happening or whether it’s fair.”
Now I’m curious: have you ever tried this hack or noticed a man being served more food than you with the same order? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!
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