Comments on: All you can eat? Yah right!

By: Draw Dragons

Draw Dragons — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:46:30 +0000

I used to think the 5 pounds all you can eat pizza at Pizzahut was good value, but then again spending 5 pounds a day on lunch is expensive…

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By: Philippe

Philippe — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:50:05 +0000

Wouldn’t the restaurant manager be stupid if he hadn’t calculated a price high enough to subsidize average customers?

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By: db

db — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:03:57 +0000

You can’t decide who was right in the restaurant story? Well, it wasn’t the restaurant manager!

It’s an ALL YOU CAN EAT place — not a “let’s discriminate on a big eater” place. If you can’t afford somebody eating a lot of it, you should limit the number of trips through the line. If this group of people really had abused the amount of food they were being served, the manager should have simply told them that they couldn’t get any more of X-Y-Z food for that time of being there, he shouldn’t have double charged them.

Otherwise it just sets the place up for discrimination. There are plenty of skinny people who pig out, you can’t assume that every larger person is automatically going to eat substantially more than every skinnier person.

By: 20somethingmoney

20somethingmoney — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:21:56 +0000

Oh…and on the subject of dented/broken items…I hate when customers ask for an aditional discount on clearance items because they find something wrong with it. I always think, “Well, why else do you think it is 60% off?”

I feel bad sometimes because I don’t want to spend my time with someone who I knows is just looking for the cheapest stuff. If I go into a store, I know where to go for the clearance, and I don’t have to ask someone to stay with me you know?

Just my lil vent on that one!

By: 20somethingmoney

20somethingmoney — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:16:20 +0000

This doesnt seem right to me. I have went to a buffet before and wondered why I paid that price to eat so little. But, the thing is, it all evens out in the end! I totally agree with the commment about the throwing away food at the end of the night, if they can afford to do that, they can afford to feed whoever comes in and pays the priice!

By: Early Retirement Extreme

Early Retirement Extreme — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:33:58 +0000

A contract is a contract is a contract. If the exchange is $10 for “all you can eat” then it means exactly that and it should be honored by both parties. Double charging ex post is way beyond unfair, it is equivalent to fraud. The next time the restaurant should tell these guys = in advance = that they are going to pay double. In this case, there is no problem.

By: Gold Coin Auctions

Gold Coin Auctions — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:05:13 +0000

That’s a funny article on Yahoo about the two fat guys at the buffet, hey that sounds like the beginning of a joke.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:38:54 +0000

This leads me to indigestion just reading it… I actually like Raymond’s idea of skinny people asking for a buffet discount! Shopping around to make sure that companies are giving you the best deal (in phone service, insurance rates, or anything else) is often worth the time. I don’t think there is anything wrong with taking advantage of companies’ marketing efforts, as long as it is done legally. If they have left themselves open, they will soon close the loophole.
Jerry
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By: deepali

deepali — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:09:12 +0000

I don’t imagine these guys are that much of a loss to the buffet owner, considering how much food gets tossed at the end of the night anyway (one reason why I hate buffets). Not to mention, the “expensive” stuff (unless you’re at a casino in Vegas) is still pretty cheap, comparatively speaking. Buffets are pretty money deals for most owners.

And I agree with the above – either limit the number of plates or suck it up when someone comes in and eats a mountain of food. Certainly they make it up with plenty of other customers.