...or atleast sit out in amongst the crowds walking past- eating my own food, but having the free entertainment!🤣

Ohahaha that's a option too yes! I used to bring my cooked lunch to work, which was a full on diner type of meal. Before I started doing that I used to buy food a lot during lunch hours, because it was social gathering and bonding experience. And then we started bringing our meals to work and the social and bonding kept going, while I enjoyed our own cooked meals 😁 AND kept some money in my pockets haha