A few weeks ago, I posted about a restaurant in England that had imposed a fine
(donating all profits to charity) on people who took too much food at a buffet because the owners were sick about
the amount of wasted. Several commenters
thought that this was a great idea or knew of shops that did a similar thing in their neighborhoods. Perhaps more
buffets will take similar action now that a Des Moines family was kicked out of an all-you-can-eat
restaurant for wasting too much food.
The restaurant staff had been observing the family over the course of several visits to the restaurant. A Dragon House employee said "they just take one bite and throw it away. They take four egg rolls and crab rangoon, take one bite of egg roll and throw the whole plate. That is wasting food." The management reported that the family repeatedly took food, threw it out and then took more of the same food.
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5-06-2006 @ 11:26AM
Bestvnteas said...
I couldn't understand why anyone in the right mind would deliberately waste foods. There are many starving people all over the world.
My first reaction was that they might have had a grudge against the establishment. But there was absolutely no excuse for that kind of behavior.
Some people are just very sick and close-minded.
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5-06-2006 @ 5:23PM
Kat said...
You know, I agree with not wasting food. But I have a morbidly obese aunt who forced her children to always clean their plate, and the now-grown children are also morbidly obese - one of the girls is at 350 pounds. Perhaps a bit less focus on "clean your plate" and a bit more focus on education about portion sizes on the part of the parents? Teach them not to take so much - they can always go back for more!
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5-06-2006 @ 5:56PM
Janni402 said...
I can't believe all the ruckus this lady is making about being kicked out. The funny thing is she thought people would be on her side!! If she thought that, then why won't she show her face on TV? Wasting food is one of my pet peeves. It'll be there if you want to get more, that's why it's called a buffet!!
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5-07-2006 @ 9:56AM
Hawk said...
Here I am with devil's advocate... you should not get people to stop wasting by trotting out the starving children guilt trip.
If you fed a standard american meal to a starving child in africa, they'd probably throw up.
Instead, you should suggest that wasting food helps make your favorite restaurant go out of business faster, hire help that drips sweat and spit into your food, or ignore health concerns that will keep you from getting ill. If you're at home, you should suggest that food costs money, and without money, you won't have a home to live in.
The logical suggestion that your wasted food could somehow be used to help starving children is an excercise in flawed logic.
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