Buffet restaurants - SC's without any manners

[greensinestro]

I don't know what it is about buffet restaurants, but I've noticed over half of the patrons that eat there have no manners whatsoever. Places like The Golden Corral have signs that mention "We have a clean plate policy", yet you see some of the same people go up there time and again with a plate with their uneaten salad dressing, or uneaten lettuce still on it. Or, I've seen times where you don't want to eat what you just saw someone else touch with their nasty bare hands. I saw a guy one time who took a helping of bourbon chicken, grabbed a few pieces with his hands, put the pieces in his mouth, licked his fingers, then put the serving spoon back with the hand he just licked! Yuck!

Last night, my family and I went to Cici's, which is a pizza buffet. It was quiet when about twenty minutes later, a group of loud teenagers with two grown ups came in, raising hell with everyone around (mainly it was loud talking, but I digress). These people again had no regard for the "clean plate policy", let alone taking their rightful places in line. To these people, rightful means cutting ahead of others. On top of that, this other woman came along with a pizza box and was scooping up slices of pizza to take home! When was that allowed? Most buffet restaurants around here do not allow doggie bags, but I guess this place allowed doggie boxes.

Buffet restaurants are pretty much doing badly these days anyway, and it's these type of people that are hurting them. They're probably the same people who caused the economy to get where it is as well.

[JoitheArtist]

If those twatwaffles make CiCi's go out of business, I will personally track them down and make them EAT the pizza boxes!!

I love CiCi's, but they don't have a restaurant in California...

[Andrew B.]

IIRC, most places like CiCi's and Pizza Street charge extra if you take anything extra home with you. But it's been a while since I've been to either.

[depechemodefan]

OH, for fucks sake, I really hate going to buffets. I was standing in line to pay for my Chinese buffet and this bitch comes up and stands next to me. I smile at her but she ignores me. She then proceeds to leap frog to the front of the line. I go up and put my box next to her box at the counter but she gets all defensive. Then I noticed a person from her table gets in line behind me and the woman standing behind me starts complaing to me that the restaurant sells idols (little buddas and stuff) and it's against Jesus to believe in idols and I told her her friend cut in line, maybe she should explain to her friend not to cut in front of people.

For almost a year my mom had no appitite (happens to be part kidney failure and part diabetes, but see how long it took the doctors to diagnosis that...granted, I blame Medicare for probably limiting what doctors can test for) and one day we go to CiCis. I get my buffet and eat and mom doesn't eat a bite. I asked the manager could we take her food home, and he gave her a box. She didn't even eat it at home. Boy, I love CiCis. I love the spinish pizza, yum.

[greensinestro]

and one day we go to CiCis. I get my buffet and eat and mom doesn't eat a bite. I asked the manager could we take her food home, and he gave her a box. She didn't even eat it at home. Boy, I love CiCis. I love the spinish pizza, yum.

See, that's different than what I saw. Your mom got a box to take home what she already had on her plate. This woman was there with this box, loading up on as many slices as she could to take home. Usually, when I've been there, it's been you either eat the buffet, or you order a pizza that they'll make you and you can take home. It's never been a case of "we allow doggie boxes". Now the rich snobbish retirees have a new way around the doggie bag policy.

[Caffienated_Caramel]

Duuude I can't stand messy people at GC (golden corral)! Especially when they splatter the food contents everywhere onto other food.

I work in the salad section of GC so I normally pay attention to what happens in my neck of the woods.

And I will so join you with that JoiTheArtist

[edible_hat]

"Buffet" is derived from the French word for pig trough. (Not really but it would explain a lot)

[unholypet]

IBuffet restaurants are pretty much doing badly these days anyway, and it's these type of people that are hurting them.

I'm at a pizza buffet n more resteraunt, and I can't say we're hurting.

The past four years there have taught me, the more prices go up, the more people eat at buffets. When gas hit $4 last year, we had an insane amount of deliveries, and instead of just randomly meeting for lunch, groups of people met and ate with us several times a day.

If you watch the stock market, the "poorer" America gets, the higher that McD's stocks raise.

High prices = cheaper eating out.

For the customer suckiness, in my experience, if the employees don't bother to clean or clear it up, there's something wrong with their system, or they're slackers. Someone touches a piece of pizza with their hand? That sucker's going in th garbage, and we throw a new one in the oven. Licking hands and on the spatulas? Again, garbage and new one.

I complain a lot about people doing that, but its really not that hard to remedy.

[Jbball]

I went to this Chinese buffet for the first time ever (the business, not the buffet in general). My god. It was the nastiest food I've ever had. The rice was cooked in these rusting home rice cookers that looked like they were about to explod (and the fried rice was just yellow rice, nothing to it. Just yellow rice). The food was tasted old and the drinks were flat. We would've walked if we hadn't already eaten some of the food (we're big on paying for out mistakes).

We get our bill (2 buffets/2 drinks) and it came out to $25!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost fucking hung myself right there. $10/buffet and $2~ish/drink.

Never again will I even drive near that place. I've told my family that lives close to avoid.

[taxguykarl]

I don't know what it is about buffet restaurants, but I've noticed over half of the patrons that eat there have no manners whatsoever. Places like The Golden Corral have signs that mention "We have a clean plate policy", yet you see some of the same people go up there time and again with a plate with their uneaten salad dressing, or uneaten lettuce still on it.
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Buffet restaurants are pretty much doing badly these days anyway, and it's these type of people that are hurting them. They're probably the same people who caused the economy to get where it is as well.

Here in Illinois, health regulations require a clean plate each trip.

Our local Iron Skillet seems to be doing fine, but then that's a truck stop and we always need stuff and people to haul it.

[Dark-Star]

If those twatwaffles make CiCi's go out of business, I will personally track them down and make them EAT the pizza boxes!!

I love CiCi's, but they don't have a restaurant in California...

My brother works at a local Cici's right here...or at least he used to. They don't wanna fire him because he busts his butt working, but business is so lousy they can't give him any hours.

[Dreamstalker]

All buffets I've ever eaten at require clean plates each trip (health regs).

A casino outside Santa Fe will actually enforce that; when I was there with my dad I saw someone go up with a dirty plate, a waitress said something but he ignored her, he gets up to the carving station and is refused service due to the dirty plate. I didn't know buffet staff could do that but I guess a privately-held resort can.

[Antisocial_Worker]

Sometimes you don't even need a plate!

There's an organic supermarket just up the road from my house. They have a salad bar and a little buffet with hot food too. I ate there for lunch last week and saw a father get all excited about the spaghetti and meatballs they were offering that day.

"Try this!" he kept telling his son, who looked to be about seven or eight. "Try this! Look! It's spaghetti!"

The kid was having none of it, which is a good thing in my opinion because... The father was waving a big serving spoon full of the stuff in the kid's face, near his mouth.

Finally he gave up, and the kid saw me staring at all of this with disgust. The father never noticed. Honestly -- usually you see something when you're out and about and you think to yourself, some people's children... This time it was a case of some people's parents.

[unholypet]

I saw someone go up with a dirty plate, a waitress said something but he ignored her, he gets up to the carving station and is refused service due to the dirty plate. I didn't know buffet staff could do that but I guess a privately-held resort can.

Yeah, if you have it posted, you can refuse anyone service for any reason.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I about snoogied my diet pepsi when I read the OP's comment about Golden Corral having a "clean plate" policy.

My entire ass, they have a "clean plate policy". You know why I don't go on there anymore? Because last time I did, I couldn't find a clean plate to eat off of.

Seriously, the three plates they gave me when I came in? Dirty. So I brought this to the server's attention. She apologized, and ran off to get me some more plates. The ones she brought me? Dirty.

Yuck. I just left after that, and never went back. Yuck!