do you ponder choices and order one by one..maybe 2 by 2?

 

or do you say, i need an assorted dozen, nothing fruit filled (or whatever)?  dealers choice.

 

i am the second type.  i buy for my office team all the time.  i just let the person fill a dozen.  

I choose and all filled.

Back when I bought such if it was for work I’d ask for assorted, for home it’d be whatever I’d been told to get.

I just eat them. My wife always special orders any food no matter what or where and receives the wrong thing 99% of the time. This is true across the globe regardless of cuisine 

If I buy, I choose. Never anything filled with anything. I hate cream or jelly filled doughnuts. To be honest, even though I am a retired L.E.O, I don't particularly like any type of doughnuts. If the family wants them, I'll go to the shop and pick them up.

If the wife and I splurge for a dozen (normally we'll get 1 or 2 each occasionally), it's gonna be half for her - glazed, chocolate iced, crumb-covered, etc ...and half for me - cream bismarks, jelly bismarks, chocolate long-johns, etc.

 

Sorry @volzfan59. my friend - I LOVE filled donuts...course I got the metabolism to handle it.

I only get 1/2 dozen at a time at the grocery; always with some kind of filling and icing.

I don’t do donuts very often.  If I do it’s a grab and go single or double if I’m on a road trip.  My favorite are the sourdough cake style with glaze.  When I lived in Massachusetts there was a Dunkin’ on every corner.  When I lived in both Kansas City and Florida I had to go by a Krispy Cream shop every mornin on my way to the office.  Never stopped at either even if the fresh light was on.  Bagels are another matter completely.  I will buy them by the dozen.  I would rather make a sandwich out of a sesame bagel than bread.  Likewise nothing beats a bagel with cream cheese in the morning.  Asaigo cheese, sesame, everything, plain, any style is my favorite.?

2 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Sorry @volzfan59. my friend - I LOVE filled donuts...course I got the metabolism to handle it.

@MN Fisher, my angling brother from the hinterlands, it's cool by me. Somebody's got to like 'em?. We'll still be friends. If the wife and I ever get up your way, we'll go out for doughnuts and coffee.

Yeah, I only buy one or two            dozen         at a time.  And they are all FOR ME!!!!!

Okay. Let me home in on the topic.  When I buy dozens I’m not that guy that likes to take up too much time. I tell the donut lady.  “I’ll take 2 dozen donuts, please make four of them glazed ones, the rest are up to you.  An assortment “.  Same with bagels. I’ll get a few that I like, so I can insure I get one.  I’m not taking the time to decide on flavors I’m not gonna eat. 
 

I was behind a lady today that had questions. “What is that brown bagel”

”pumpernickel “

”is it sweet?”

”no”

”okay give me a cinnamon “

”sugared , or regular?”

“No, neither.  Give me that chocolate one”

”it’s pumpernickel “

 

15 minutes!  I bet she got one of each type of bagel.  Haha.  It was so funny.  Less funny since I was behind her.  She looks at me and says, “I’m buying bagels for a meeting”.  
“You gonna eat them all?”

 

silence.  The woman behind me groaned.  I was on the clock so I didn’t give a….

 

it was so funny.  People are so interesting 

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

 My wife always special orders any food no matter what or where and receives the wrong thing 99% of the time. This is true across the globe regardless of cuisine 

My God I thought I was alone…it’s laughable how often it happens. No, as a matter of fact it is laughable. When she tries to reach in my plate I remind her we’re in the same weight class so step lightly sister…step lightly 

11 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

people are so interesting 

I couldn't agree more. I'm pretty much a loner, but I am somewhat of a people watcher. Sometimes I speak to folks, sometimes I don't but they are interesting.

I enjoy a toasted plain bagel with strawberry flavored cream cheese every once and awhile. Toasted to the point of almost burnt, dark edges. 

I don’t eat them but always take 2 dozen when I have my boat serviced,  a dozen for the parts and service area and a dozen for the technicians.

Not answering the question but we had a donut shop that opened at 4am, for 20 years on fishing days I’d be the 1st in the door, pick up a plain crawler and a coffee for the hour ride to a pond. Covid took care of that, they now serve from a booth in the parking lot starting at 6. d**n that Covid.

17 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

Okay. Let me home in on the topic.  When I buy dozens I’m not that guy that likes to take up too much time. I tell the donut lady.  “I’ll take 2 dozen donuts, please make four of them glazed ones, the rest are up to you.  An assortment “.  Same with bagels. I’ll get a few that I like, so I can insure I get one.  I’m not taking the time to decide on flavors I’m not gonna eat. 
 

I was behind a lady today that had questions. “What is that brown bagel”

”pumpernickel “

”is it sweet?”

”no”

”okay give me a cinnamon “

”sugared , or regular?”

“No, neither.  Give me that chocolate one”

”it’s pumpernickel “

 

15 minutes!  I bet she got one of each type of bagel.  Haha.  It was so funny.  Less funny since I was behind her.  She looks at me and says, “I’m buying bagels for a meeting”.  
“You gonna eat them all?”

 

silence.  The woman behind me groaned.  I was on the clock so I didn’t give a….

 

it was so funny.  People are so interesting 

 

i was in the grocery store once and there was a lady doing that with the lunchmeat.  i kept my mouth shut, but eventually things became to ridiculous and i couldn't deal with it anymore. i said "lady, you're making sandwiches, not life decisions, just pick something already, will ya?" well, the wife was annoyed with me cause i embarrassed her.  i reminded her it wasn't nearly as band as the time i called that other lady a cow for refusing to move so i could exit the aisle. 

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as for donuts, i rarely eat them, and here's why.  one sunday morning, i was on my way to see my kids.  they asked me if they could have donuts for breakfast, so i bought a dozen, and some chocolate milk.  when i got there, i put the donuts on the table, told the oplder one to pick a movie, and went into the kitchen to pour everyone some milk.  all of a sudden i hear the younger one  say "EEEEWWWWW GOD!!! HEY DAD!!! LOOK!!!" so i get out to the living room and the younger boy holds up his donut for me to look at.  above the hole where they put the filling, is a powdered roach baked into the surface. to this day, my adult kids call dunkin donuts "dunkin bugnuts"

these days, since the w.e.f. wants us to eat bugs, i guess there would have been an upcharge for it?