Psychology says people who study the whole menu online before dinner aren’t picky — psychologists call it need for closure, and for them an open decision hums in the background like a dripping tap until it’s shut

Psychology says people who study the whole menu online before dinner aren’t picky — psychologists call it need for closure, and for them an open decision hums in the background like a dripping tap until it’s shut

My friend sits down, puts her bag on the chair, and pushes the menu toward the corner of the table without opening it. The server hasn’t come yet. The breadbasket is still on the way. I’m reading. She already knows what she’s getting. She did what she always does. She read the whole thing online before she came, settled on the arugula salad and the branzino, and that was that. By the time we got to the table, the question had been answered for t…