[ShepherdsDog]

They make money on the other 90% of the people who can't gorge themselves....maybe buddy should try 'expanding' his customer base.

[herbie]

At one local smorg, she comes out of the kitchen with one half a bowl of chicken wings. If a certain family's there, they'll rush the smorg and grab every one.
So she loads another full one for everyone else. If she doesn't see them in the crowd, she'll swing back into the kitchen and bring it all out.
Nothin' sez IGNURNT like going to a Chinese smorg and pigging out on the most tasteless non-Chinese dish there.

[ShepherdsDog]

Chicken wings....non Chinese ???? Them and the claws are what the Chinese like best about chicken....Don't get between them and wings, at a buffet, whatever you do.

[Lemmy]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

Open bars at weddings would never work in the UK or Eire either. The fuckers would bring buckets to drink from.

When we were planning our wedding, Mrs. Lemmy's parents wanted to have an open bar. Caribbean weddings are typically open-bar affairs. My parents tried to explain what would happen with a crew of Scots at an open bar, but Mrs. Lemmy's father would have none of it. He footed the whole tab and never complained a word about it.

[Regina]

Had an open bar at my wedding too. But that was 25 years ago.

[raydan]

Lemmy Lemmy:

When we were planning our wedding, Mrs. Lemmy's parents wanted to have an open bar. Caribbean weddings are typically open-bar affairs. My parents tried to explain what would happen with a crew of Scots at an open bar, but Mrs. Lemmy's father would have none of it. He footed the whole tab and never complained a word about it.

The only experience I have with Scots and an open bar was a Scottish wedding I saw in Cuba.
That night, at the restaurant, they started a war with a group of Asian tourists.

[saturn_656]

Lemmy Lemmy:

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

Open bars at weddings would never work in the UK or Eire either. The fuckers would bring buckets to drink from.

When we were planning our wedding, Mrs. Lemmy's parents wanted to have an open bar. Caribbean weddings are typically open-bar affairs. My parents tried to explain what would happen with a crew of Scots at an open bar, but Mrs. Lemmy's father would have none of it. He footed the whole tab and never complained a word about it.

Could have been worse... imagine if your family was Irish.

Our open bar ran out before the night was over. Cleaned right out.

[bootlegga]

xerxes xerxes:

This reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Homer gets kicked out of the all-you-can-eat seafood place, sues and wins.

"Arrr! 'Tis no man. 'Tis a remorseless eating machine." - The Sea Captain

Yep!

$1:

Lionel Hutz: Now, Mrs. Simpson, tell the court in your own words what happened after you and your husband were ejected out of the restaurant.
Marge: Well, we pretty much went straight home.
Lionel Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, remember that you are under oath.
Marge: We drove around until three in the morning looking for another open all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant.
Lionel Hutz: And when you couldn't find one?
Marge: [crying] We... went... fishing.
Lionel Hutz: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do these sound like the actions of a man whose had ALL he could eat?
[the jury is made up of fat, obese people]
Jury: No, no.
Man in Jury: No, that couldn't've been me.

[Jughead]

Hyack Hyack:

Jughead Jughead:

The owner has every right to ban anyone he wants, for legitimate reasons. These individals were eating away at his profits, so he had to make a business decision, albeit not popular. What he couldn't do is kick these guys out while they were still eating, otherwise he couldn't charge them for what they already ate as the price is clearly advertised for "All U Can Eat"

If you advertise "ALL YOU CAN EAT" then there is no way anyone should be able to be banned for eating too much, if the owner stipulated "within reason" or put some other limit on how much is considered to be "ALL", he may have a leg to stand on, otherwise, in my opinion he should be sued for false advertising or banning customers for no legitimate reasons.

It is my opinion that anyone who owns a business has a right to filter out the clientele if it means a better profit margin. After all it is his business, and as we live in a free society he can do what he wants. Example, if he so desires, he can refuse someone inside if they are not wearing a shirt. However, once he allows someone to eat inside his eatablishment, he cannot throw the person out until that person has finished his meal. Otherwise he wouldn't be able to charge him for his meal (due to the ALL U CAN EAT advertisement).

[sandorski]

If it says, "All you can eat", then it should be All You Can Eat. If you don't like the occasional Pig, don't attract them with a Promise you feel the need to break.

[BeaverFever]

$1:

It is my opinion that anyone who owns a business has a right to filter out the clientele if it means a better profit margin. After all it is his business, and as we live in a free society he can do what he wants. Example, if he so desires, he can refuse someone inside if they are not wearing a shirt.

Maybe that will be the case after the apocalypse when we live in a lawless land, but until then we are a nation of laws and being a "business owner" does not exempt you from those laws. If you advertise a good or service,you have to honour what you advertised for everyone, you can't apply it selectively. So if you advertise "all you can eat" and a customer then pays you to eat all he can, you have no choice to but to let them so long as he isn't being disruptive. No Shirt/No shoes is a hygiene requirement, but to your point, you can have a dress code or a drink minimum or whatever...you just have to enforce it for everyone, not just against certain people.

If he's really losing money, then he's not pricing his food right. Maybe he should have a "all you can fit on your plate" model. Or I've been in restaurants that charge by weight and give a certain price up to xx kgs. Most buffets make money because the actual cost for most customers to eat their fill isn't even close to the price the customers pay, even if they go back for seconds or thirds.

Personally I find buffets to be disgusting and a waste of time and money.

[Jughead]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

$1:

It is my opinion that anyone who owns a business has a right to filter out the clientele if it means a better profit margin. After all it is his business, and as we live in a free society he can do what he wants. Example, if he so desires, he can refuse someone inside if they are not wearing a shirt.

Maybe that will be the case after the apocalypse when we live in a lawless land, but until then we are a nation of laws and being a "business owner" does not exempt you from those laws. If you advertise a good or service,you have to honour what you advertised for everyone, you can't apply it selectively. So if you advertise "all you can eat" and a customer then pays you to eat all he can, you have no choice to but to let them so long as he isn't being disruptive. No Shirt/No shoes is a hygiene requirement, but to your point, you can have a dress code or a drink minimum or whatever...you just have to enforce it for everyone, not just against certain people.

If he's really losing money, then he's not pricing his food right. Maybe he should have a "all you can fit on your plate" model. Or I've been in restaurants that charge by weight and give a certain price up to xx kgs. Most buffets make money because the actual cost for most customers to eat their fill isn't even close to the price the customers pay, even if they go back for seconds or thirds.

Personally I find buffets to be disgusting and a waste of time and money.

I like your idea. Next time I'm in Las Vegas, I'll hit the blackjack tables and start counting the cards. As I keep winning, I wonder if the owner of the casino will allow me to keep playing, or if he'll throw me out. With no proof of any cheating on my part, he will likely still ban me from his establishment as my winning is impacting his profit margin. Notice that he would not ban anyone else at my table, just me. He has every right to do so. There would be nothing I could do to get back into the casino (or the others for that matter). Hmmm ... on the other hand I could always try going back wearing a clever disguise.

[BartSimpson]

For myself, I like 'all you can eat' buffets because I can whatever I want to eat and in the portions I prefer (small). That typically means I'll have a little bit of a lot of things instead of three portions of whatever is dictated by a menu.

It does not mean that I gorge myself to the point of vomitus.

But that some people occasionally abuse the idea is one of the risks of doing such business and I believe the restrateur is wrong in this case.

[BeaverFever]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

For myself, I like 'all you can eat' buffets because I can whatever I want to eat and in the portions I prefer (small). That typically means I'll have a little bit of a lot of things instead of three portions of whatever is dictated by a menu.

It does not mean that I gorge myself to the point of vomitus.

But that some people occasionally abuse the idea is one of the risks of doing such business and I believe the restrateur is wrong in this case.

Bravo Bart!

[BeaverFever]

Jughead Jughead:

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

$1:

It is my opinion that anyone who owns a business has a right to filter out the clientele if it means a better profit margin. After all it is his business, and as we live in a free society he can do what he wants. Example, if he so desires, he can refuse someone inside if they are not wearing a shirt.

Maybe that will be the case after the apocalypse when we live in a lawless land, but until then we are a nation of laws and being a "business owner" does not exempt you from those laws. If you advertise a good or service,you have to honour what you advertised for everyone, you can't apply it selectively. So if you advertise "all you can eat" and a customer then pays you to eat all he can, you have no choice to but to let them so long as he isn't being disruptive. No Shirt/No shoes is a hygiene requirement, but to your point, you can have a dress code or a drink minimum or whatever...you just have to enforce it for everyone, not just against certain people.

If he's really losing money, then he's not pricing his food right. Maybe he should have a "all you can fit on your plate" model. Or I've been in restaurants that charge by weight and give a certain price up to xx kgs. Most buffets make money because the actual cost for most customers to eat their fill isn't even close to the price the customers pay, even if they go back for seconds or thirds.

Personally I find buffets to be disgusting and a waste of time and money.

I like your idea. Next time I'm in Las Vegas, I'll hit the blackjack tables and start counting the cards. As I keep winning, I wonder if the owner of the casino will allow me to keep playing, or if he'll throw me out. With no proof of any cheating on my part, he will likely still ban me from his establishment as my winning is impacting his profit margin. Notice that he would not ban anyone else at my table, just me. He has every right to do so. There would be nothing I could do to get back into the casino (or the others for that matter). Hmmm ... on the other hand I could always try going back wearing a clever disguise.

Restaurants are not casinos, and even casinos only eject "winners" on the basis that the winners must be cheating. For your analogy to be accurate, we would have to say that the manager had reason to believe the buffet "pigs" were cheating (ie hiding food in their pockets or sneaking friends in.