Who cooked the restaurant meal?

Claiming ownership of a meal you didn't make. When you order a meal in a restaurant, the food manifests itself through a pattern: You sit down and procure a menu. A waiter asks you for your order. The waiter communicates your order to the kitchen. The kitchen verifies (to the waiter) that the order has been acknowledged. The kitchen prepares the order. The kitchen notifies the waiter that the meal is ready. The waiter serves the meal to the customer. The customer can eat. And this is just what the customer notices. Before someone can even order at a stocked restaurant, ingredients need to be ordered, plates and cutlery need to be washed, tables need to be set, and chefs and other staff need training. OK Mah-Rye-Kuh, where are you going with this? Getting a meal to a restaurant table is simple for the customer, but it takes effort and sometimes years of training. The process involves wait staff, chefs, cleaners, a bookkeeper, among others. No customer in their right mind would claim…