HA! So what my mother always said is true. There are starving Chinese people who would be happy to have that food!
I can't blame the restaurant manager, though. If they really do pile their plates and then only eat a tiny bit, that's wasteful. If you know you're only going to eat a little bit, then only get a little bit.
I'm somehow not surprised to find that's here in the midwest. People here are astoundingly wasteful, especially considering a large portion of us are descended from farmers and farm workers.
I think the issue with the Chinese buffets I've visited is that there's a wide variety of food. It's hard to predict what will actually be good, though most of the stuff out there probably won't be. So I can sort of guess why the woman took that approach, though it is pretty wasteful. That's one of the reasons I try to stay away from buffets, the other being that they're conducive to overeating.
When Alan was little we'd go to Hometown Buffet and he'd drop a lot on the floor in trying everything. We did leave a good tip, but no one complained. (He was under 2 and free then anyway!)
Wow I live in a suburb just outside Des Moines. I had no idea. I was at a Mongolian restaurant last weekend in Des Moines and they actually TOLD me to just leave my plate and go up for more if I didn't like the concoction I had. (You go up and pick a bunch of raw foods including sauces, and chefs cook it right there). Asians are usually soooo quiet and demure. Intersting.
I've heard of this....I am always careful not to take more than I can eat at an Asian buffet...Tom and I used to go to buffets alot, it was fun...but I started putting on too much weight - this was like 5 or 6 years ago...it was so bad we both knew not to drink that last glass of water before leaving because it would expand the tummy and hurt like heck...a few times we even grumbled to eachother about who was driving home we were both so full!!!
I put my foot down when it got to be like twice every week at some buffet and I was only ever wearing sweat pants around!!
I still love the buffets, but I go only once in a while now...I'm big on the tons of deserts, people always look at me funny when I carry like 6 pastries and cakes back to the table!!! And, the buffets are good for kids too because they can have whatever they like, this and that.
If they really were that wasteful, and were doing it on a regular basis as the article states, I can't say as I blame the restaurant. If they've never been there before and make some selections they end up not liking, I can understand that. But if they eat their regularly and know what they have, there is no excuse.
I saw a more detailed story someplace else. What they were doing was putting several of the same items on one plate, like 5 crab ragoon, 3 egg rolls and a couple spoonfuls of sweet and sour. Then they would take a couple of bites of one piece and then go back and get more of the same. They did it over and over again each visit, so the owners started to recognize them. It was blatant wastefulness for no other reason then because they could. (If they thought the food they got was 'bad' that often, they should have started going to a different restaurant.)
With that information, I don't blame the restaurant owners at all. And as a potential customer, I'd prefer they kick folks like that out then raise the prices.
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I can't blame the restaurant manager, though. If they really do pile their plates and then only eat a tiny bit, that's wasteful. If you know you're only going to eat a little bit, then only get a little bit.
I'm somehow not surprised to find that's here in the midwest. People here are astoundingly wasteful, especially considering a large portion of us are descended from farmers and farm workers.
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When Alan was little we'd go to Hometown Buffet and he'd drop a lot on the floor in trying everything. We did leave a good tip, but no one complained. (He was under 2 and free then anyway!)
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I put my foot down when it got to be like twice every week at some buffet and I was only ever wearing sweat pants around!!
I still love the buffets, but I go only once in a while now...I'm big on the tons of deserts, people always look at me funny when I carry like 6 pastries and cakes back to the table!!! And, the buffets are good for kids too because they can have whatever they like, this and that.
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I couldn't find it, but
With that information, I don't blame the restaurant owners at all. And as a potential customer, I'd prefer they kick folks like that out then raise the prices.
Tada!
I think this is the article (or very similar to) the one I saw before.