I remember reading (decades ago) a person being interviewed for a job over lunch and who was not hired because he reached for salt & pepper BEFORE tasting the dish thereby showing to the interviewer that he makes uninformed decisions.Overuse of salt and sugar corrupt the taste buds. I have coworkers who will reach for the salt shaker before even having tried a dish. And that's with restaurant food that's generally already pretty salty. I don't get it. You can always add salt to taste but you cant get remove it from your food.