I'll ask for lunch in reverse order while you try to figure out

if the waiter cares.

digital video, 6 minutes, 2006

part of the Experiments in Immediacy series

What would happen if a diner at a restaurant reversed the

conventional sequence of events – by first ordering coffee,

then dessert, then a main course, then a salad, and finally an

appetizer?  I found out as I broke the social code

with this tiny intervention into the rhythm of the restaurant.

Others have been inspired to do the same!

Scroll down to the bottom to see Red Hat's entry about her

reverse dining experience in Juneau, AK.