Posted on 10/06/2012 4:50:36 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
George Dalmon, a former rugby player, and his friend Andy Miles were banned from all-you-can-eat restaurant, Gobi, In Brighton, after the manager branded them "a couple of pigs".
The men would each eat five bowls of stir-fry during their regular meals at the Mongolian barbecue, which invites guests to create their own dishes from the buffet.
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You big boy you been here four hour. No pay just go!
Only takes a few like them to ruin it for everyone.
My ex-husband, a democrat, used to brag and think it funny that his friend and he would go to an all-you-can-eat buffet and stay for hours, absolutely stuffing themselves. Religion and politics- two really important things to discuss before marriage.
No sleep between eating! You sleep, you pay twice!
Sirry Mongorians.
People like these are the reason Ryan’s Steak House is going out of business.
5 bowls of stir fry would have been a snack for me back in the day.
I’m not big but I can eat.
You can tell this is in the UK.
If this had been America the owners would have realized these two are probably their best customers.
But in the UK they have no idea how to run a business and run off the two people who were paying often.
I would have just upped the prices a bit or changed the menu. Take advantage of the fact that these guys obviously like the food.
My ex-boss got banned from a local Chinese all-ya-can-eatery when he got caught stuffing a bunch of egg-rolls in his pockets to take home to the wife and kids.
No, really.
This happened to my sons football team. The entire O-line went one night, only stayed about an hour but when they were done, the manager asked them never come back.
I abhor OCB.
I know they were trying to get their money's worth, but damn, I've got better things to do with my time than hang out doing jack squat for 5 hours.
And these folks rarely if ever left a tip, even though they hogged the table all day. Not letting other (tipping) customers sit there.
Golden Corral used to be OK. I don’t know if it has changed. Haven’t been there in a long time. Buffets are bad for if you are trying to exercise some portion control.
But in the UK they have no idea how to run a business and run off the two people who were paying often.
I would have just upped the prices a bit or changed the menu. Take advantage of the fact that these guys obviously like the food.
How are they the restaurants best customers? They are eating more than the cost of the buffet, which is netting the business a net loss. Plus, they were not ordering any drinks, which typically generate a high margin to offset the low margins generated by buffets.
A business has the right to choose who they wish to have as customers - I encounter potential customers nearly everyday who I politely inform that I cannot be of assistance to them and refrain from offering any more details.
The comments from locals that accompany the story do indicate that the restaurant has changed the wording on its menu to include verbiage that somewhat limits the buffet, which is prudent. It is absurd that some people feel the need to go in and eat a week's worth of food at a restaurant. Of course, the easy solution is to just remove the choice of buffets for everyone to prevent the minority slobs from tanking your business.
you’re supposed to tip at sizzler?
back in my youthful (and poor) hippie days I had a friend that loved to go....went several times with him..he’d stuff himself and then purge and go back for more...I could never understand it....id stuff myself too but I was happy with the deal....his happiness with the meal was “getting over†on the restaurant..I could never understand that thinking....Guess that’s why I’m a living conservative today....and he’s dead democrat via a drug overdose...
Not sure if I have all the details right, but before he joined The NFL, supposedly all the HoJo’s in SC had a picture of William “The Refrigerator” Perry posted at their locations, titled DO NOT SEAT THIS MAN ON “ALL YOU CAN EAT” NIGHTS.
Hey, it's either eat-all-you-can or it isn't.
One day I was at the local Chinese buffet at dinnertime. Dinner was $2 more, as it included King Crab Legs. Two fatties came in, ordered water, and proceeded to eat nothing but Crab’s Legs. They went back at least 10 times whilst I was there. I was offended,,,, and embarrassed!
In Chris Miller’s book collecting up the original tales of the “Animal House”, he says his fraternity brothers used to go for the fine buffet, gorge themselves, puke in the bathroom, then have seconds and thirds.
“Booting” as the Romans did.
Dilbert’s Dad is still at the all-you-can-eat diner....
The Kinkster says it best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWyoxwyB1wE
Didja' read today's newspaper?
I rest my case
“That’s ALL you can eat!”
One kid would buy, eat for a while, his friend would come in, take the plate up for more, the first kid leaves, second kid pigs out, third kid shows up...They weren't even very sneaky about it because they knew the Japanese staff would be reluctant to confront noisy aggressive American kids.
There was a lot of whining about it, but they changed the rule to no teenagers unless accompanied by an adult, and that solved most of the problem.
I've witnessed similar occurrences. It is rather disgusting. I once saw an enormous man in soiled work clothes in a restaurant restroom. He came out of a stall and walked straight out the door without a stop at the wash station. Upon exiting the restroom, I observed him loading a plate at the buffet. I've never eaten at a buffet since that day, and never will again!
We were done with the meal and I had paid the bill with a CC.
The waitress saw what I had given her for a tip and quietly thanked me when she caught my eye.
We stayed quite a bit longer and talked and when we got up to leave, I threw a few more dollars on the table, even though the restaurant was empty, but not closed.
My much younger cousin (actually, he's my 4th cousin) asked why I put more money down after I had already tipped her. Tommy is about 18, but doesn't have any real world experience, because of health issues. I decided to take the opportunity to teach him some proper restaurant edicate.
First , was why I left more. We stayed "longer" than normal, occupying her table. If the restaurant was busy and we were sitting there, she couldn't make any more tips. She lives off of her tips.
Second, ALWAYS leave a good tip. If you can't AFFORD to leave a good tip, you CAN'T AFFORD to eat out.
Third, leaving a good tip might just be a blessing they might need. Whether its financial or maybe it'll just brighten their day.
Lastly, they'll remember you. Maybe not the first time or the second, but the third or fouth time, they will. With that, you will almost always have stellar service.
Going to a restaurant is a mutual admiration society. The customer admires the servers service. And the server admires the costumers tips. As long as each continues to admire the other, everybody is happy.
Tommy noticed the waitress once again thanking me as we left. If he learned nothing else, he learned about respecting others and bring a small amount of joy into another persons life.
That was my first thought. Would have used them in a TV promotion. For every guy like one of these two, there are a lot of women who won’t even finish the plate they served themselves. It is true, I think, about the sorry state of Brit enterprise.
"Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film 'The Neverending Story.'"
Guys that spend $10 to eat $30 worth of food aren’t your best customers. At an all you can eat place your best customers are the ones that fill up on a single plate.
How are they the restaurants best customers? Because they are prime evidence that the food is good and there’s plenty of it. For every guy like these two, there are many women and children who will come in and eat very little. Now, in you local advertising, who would you use? The big guys or the picky little women and kids who don’t appear to want to eat your food? You aren’t from the UK, are you?
They may not be your best customers.. but they’re still customers. They are handing you money for your product.
From a PR standpoint there are better ways to handle this.
Up the price and buy more food. Use them. They are obviously fond of the restaurant.
But you're both still voting.
No, thank G-d! I'm an American and damn proud of it!
As a teenager, I worked at Wendy’s. I enjoyed taking care of the salad bar (and had customers actually tell me it was only good when I did it). A couple of weekends in a row, I saw a woman go to the bar with her takeout plate, fill up the lid with fillers (no lettuce) and leave.
After a couple of times, the manager told her she wasn’t welcome. I didn’t get it at first (the salad bar was “all you can eat”... how do you run afoul of that?). He explained that she was loading up on all of the expensive items in the lid of her dish so she only had to buy a head of lettuce to have salad all week at our expense.
People do abuse a good deal.
If they don’t really mean “all you can eat”, then they shouldn’t advertise “all you can eat”. It’s the English language. Those words mean something.
If they want to say “2 plates full of all you can eat,” then say that.” If they mean “all you can eat in 1 hour maximum, then say that.”
But, like you say, for every one of these over-eaters, there are lots of tiny women who will nibble and pick at very little food.
But, like my wife says: “Everyone always sneezes, coughs all over, or handles the food in those ‘all you can eat restaurants.’”
They really do. I’ve watched.
ROFL! One of my favorite episodes...and I forgot that line!
Aaaaa help yourself sir.
In the early 50s I used to go to Rands Roundup in Glendale California about 10:30 and have all you can eat prime rib and at 12:00 they would shift over to breakfast and we would eat that until 2:00+ for $2.25.
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