• curiousaur@reddthat.com
    11·
    4 days ago

    We used to go to the buffet after practice. My teammates and I would be so hungry we could do three or four plates. We’d usually get there around 4, and while we were there they’d transition from lunch to dinner, which had different food and was more expensive, but we’d paid for lunch.

    It was technically allowed, but because we were doing it consistently, and just eating so much, the manager came up to our table to have a talk with us about it. Didn’t tell us to stop, but just tried to shame us. He said “I know what you’re doing”. We weren’t doing it on purpose, we just came in hungry when practice ended.

    • Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 days ago

      Damn that’s a shame. My team would also do this like once a month and the buffet we went to absolutely loved us. They would keep the party room open for us and prepare extra food the night before. Hell the owners came to some of the bigger meets too when they could.

      Then someone drove a semi truck through the front of the building (nobody was hurt, it was overnight) and they never reopened :(

      • curiousaur@reddthat.com
        2·
        4 days ago

        I kinda get it, there was a pretty big difference between the lunch and dinner menu. The lunch was typical Chinese buffet, dinner had shrimp and crab legs and such. We just told him we’ll stay away from the crab legs if we paid for lunch.

  • exasperation@lemm.eeEnglish
    190·
    6 days ago

    Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do these sound like the actions of a man who had all he could eat?

  • fulcrummed@lemmy.world
    118·
    6 days ago

    And what happened after you were asked to leave?

    We pretty much went straight home.

    Mrs Simpson, let me remind you, you are under oath.

    We drove around all night looking for another all you can eat fish buffet.

    And when you couldn’t find one…?

    We went fishing.

  • killea@lemmy.world
    65·
    6 days ago

    I just wanna be called “sir” without it being followed by “you’re making a scene.”

    • WanderingThoughts@europe.pub
      46·
      6 days ago

      A number of places have a time limit. It’s all you can eat in 3 hours. There can be rules that you have to eat what you take, and when you take entire plates but barely touch them, the restaurant gets a bit annoyed.

      • MrNesser@lemmy.world
        19·
        6 days ago

        I’ve been in a few as well After 30 minutes I’m usually full out staying a 3 hour time limit and still eating…

        • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
          22·
          6 days ago

          There’s a buffet place my spouse’s friends were all gaga over. It was a bit of a drive so it took me a few years to actually agree to go. It was like $25 or $30 a person (but free if it’s your birthday!) 15 years ago, so it’s not like it was cheap. The first thing that struck me is how absolutely cavernous the place was. Like a Walmart filled with tables and food islands. Signs saying where to find certain types of food. That kind of thing.

          I might have eaten $10 worth of food. And I have been known to pig out from time to time. But between the mediocre at best food and the “atmosphere”… yeah I had no plans on sticking around to try and get my money’s worth.

          • guy_threepwood@lemmy.world
            13·
            6 days ago

            In the UK we have “JRC Global Buffet” which is almost exactly what you describe. It’s…not great. I went because, like you, some friends were particularly enamoured with the place for some reason.

            I wasn’t a fan.

            • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
              7·
              5 days ago

              In the US we used to have one called Sizzler. I don’t think they were as expensive as what parent comment is talking about. They kind of made a comeback but not sure if they still do the buffet. It was great when I was a kid in the 80s. Not sure if I’d like it now though. Certainly not for $30, you can get a nice meal at a nice restaurant for that.

              Also awesome username btw.

  • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    202·
    5 days ago

    My mother was 100 lbs soaking wet, but MAN could she eat. There was a steamed shrimp buffet on the other side of the city.

    Family rules: We were there for shrimp, if you a little salad that’s ok, but stay away from the bread and the desserts, you can get those anywhere. You’d best eat at least three plates full

    We’d eat and eat and eat and eat, then take a little break, then eat some more. Mom was skinny; dad was normal-sized, and I was a little chubby. OMG did we put away some shrimp.