[Newsbot]

Title: Two men banned from all-you-can-eat buffet for being �pigs'
Category: Strange
Posted By: Regina
Date: 2012-10-03 22:00:06

[martin14]

$1:

pointed out to the BBC, the all-you-can-eat model, which emerged out of the U.S. during the 1930s,

Somehow, I'm thinking... not.

[ShepherdsDog]

In University I had friends who would go to Foody Goody or Uncle Willy's Pig out emporium. other than water and toast in the morning that's all they'd eat for the day. If you can't afford to keep your promise, then don't claim it's all you can eat.

[Jonny_C]

I don't believe that claim about all you can eat coming out of the USA in the 30's either.

Also from the article :

$1:

Moreover, from an economic perspective, all-you-can-eat doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. As Forbes magazine explained , it forces restaurants to set their price above what average customers eat. In theory, this then creates a vicious cycle, whereby anyone who eats less than what they’re asked to pay no longer finds it a good value. Thus, only customers who eat more than the stated price will dine there, skewing the average all over again.

Obviously the "economic perspective" of the article's author is invalid, because all you can eat restaurants are doing fine.

We've got an all you can eat Chinese buffet in our town that's been in business for at least 10 years. And I could name several more in neighbouring cities.

[Thanos]

I once had dinner with some ultimate-cheapskate prick of a former friend who pulled this bullshit stunt at a fish place in Sandpoint, Idaho. He didn't eat for a day-and-a-half before we went to the restaurant and went ape on the popcorn shrimp. It was fuckin' embarassing to even be seen in there with him. Then when we came back across the border he bought a 40 oz of Everclear at the duty free and, in a extremely long line-up in a place with only one clerk at the till, paid for it with all the US dimes, nickels, and pennies he'd been saving up for the previous five years.

Chose not to associate with him too much after that. Some things that are semi-amusing in high school really aren't when you're 25.

[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

[Jonny_C]

Thanos Thanos:

he bought a 40 oz of Everclear at the duty free and, in a extremely long line-up in a place with only one clerk at the till, paid for it with all the US dimes, nickels, and pennies he'd been saving up for the previous five years.

Well at least not as many coins as he would have had to pay here. When I was in Florida this past winter I could buy a 66-ouncer (1.75 L) of Canadian rye whisky for $13.00!

[redhatmamma]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

In University I had friends who would go to Foody Goody or Uncle Willy's Pig out emporium. other than water and toast in the morning that's all they'd eat for the day. If you can't afford to keep your promise, then don't claim it's all you can eat.

Totally agree. The two guys said the bowls were quite small, I bet they were LOL

[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"

[coaster_dot]

If it's all you can eat, it's ALL YOU CAN EAT.

Ever since the days of gaining 100 pounds from eating at buffets all the time, and then losing the weight, I really do not like eating at buffets anymore. I do feel like a pig when I do, and it's a slippery slope for me.

This is pretty BS. If they were making a mess or being obnoxious about it, then I could see the owner kicking them out. But if they were a paying customer I see no issue in this at all.

I used to load up at the Pizza buffet when i worked in Ohio. Just one huge meal a day was good for me. $4 with an employee discount

[CanadianJeff]

I think these restaurants add to the obesity problem personally.

The food is almost always total rubbish and people always feel a need to eat way too much to "get my money's worth".

Eating large amounts of garbage food is one of the worst things you can do for yourself. It's why poor people are often at higher risk of obesity; they eat cheaply and as a result more often.

[Tricks]

It's also something you do once in a while.

[ShepherdsDog]

would you like a wafer thin mint?

[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.

[EyeBrock]

All you can eat in the UK? Some ideas are best left in North America. The Brits and Paddys just can't be trusted with no rules on amounts for consumption.

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