once they've bought the huge one, they will drink it all up!
Drink sizes here tend to be 250 or 300 ml; after a couple of years of habituation I now occasionally find it a bit of work to finish a 500 ml soda.
Apparently I'm not alone, I was discussing this with some other expats and they observed that, after being accustomed to the deciliter servings of wine here, when they return to the UK they find that (as a labor-saving measure?) the glasses are poured overly full.
The McDo's even — due to internationally standardized supersizing? — offers basins for pouring out excess soda after a meal. I'd think it'd be easier to just serve regular portions than to add special furniture to the franchise; maybe I'm misinterpreting something?
It is important to learn to eat slowly; most people eat way too fast.
Another adjustment I had to make coming from the States is that lunch in general lasts for an hour and a half (a long lunch might be two hours). It certainly seems healthier to take longer to eat less: one has the time to be hungry, eat, be satiated, and even fit in a little postprandial lull before returning, relaxed, to the office.
-Dave
