[ztetranz]

I find myself doing that. I'm not sure if it's just a silly habit I have because I don't like to run out of anything even if it is not important or if I picked it up from my dad who lived through the "great" depression as a child.

[ASalazarMX]

Conversely, I had an acquaintance that grew poor, and would finish 95% of the cookies in a bag, but always leave the almost empty bag to the next person to find out, even if it had to stay that way for months.

Strangely, she did that only with comfort foods.

[throwaway173738]

My wife grew up very poor and does the same stuff. And then she’ll get mad at me if I finish the stale cookie from 6 months ago.

[roxolotl]

Yea this is exactly what I’m describing

[washadjeffmad]

The 'blank in the firing squad' technique of snacking is a pretty typical girl thing.

Eating cookies? Perfectly fine. Eating an entire bag of cookies? Gross. Unthinkable.

But how many cookies is really fine to eat? The safest best is not to know, either by breaking them into uncountable pieces or leaving some in the bag for someone else to finish (meaning, you ate less than a bag of cookies and are safe).