primitives discuss Las Vegas Leviathan wannabe

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018116745

Oh my.

The professionally "handicapped" primitive:

Odin2005 (43,119 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

350-pound man calls police after all-you-can-eat restaurant cuts him off

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/16/350-pound-man-calls-police-after-all-you-can-eat-restaurant-cuts-him-off/

An unusually large man in Wisconsin called the police recently after an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant decided he’d had enough fried fish and cut him off at 20 pieces.

Standing 6-foot-6 and weighing 350 pounds, Bill Wisth certainly looks like trouble for any buffet restaurant. Chuck’s Place in Thiensville, Wisconsin recently learned this the hard way, according to Wisconsin news station Today’s TMJ4.

After watching Wisth devour 12 individual pieces of fried fish on Friday, May 11, the management decided that was quite enough. They intervened, explaining the restaurant were running out of fish and simply could not allow him to stay any longer.

Giving him eight more pieces as a courtesy, for a total of 20, the restaurant’s management sent Wisth on his way in hopes that the costly episode was behind them. That hope, however, was severely misplaced.

Jesus, I weigh 300lbs and I can't eat even close to that much! And this guy is a perfect example of "unhealthy fat", I am only 5' 9" and yet a look much thinner than he does!

MiddleFingerMom (16,638 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

1. I'm a big guy (tho folks are AMAZED when I tell them how much I weigh -- I carry it pretty well)

I DO think that a buffet restaurant SHOULD honor its "all-you-can-eat" promotion (the same way I believe Intertubes providers who offer - and charge for - unlimited data allowances should not be allowed to "throttle" down heavy bandwidth users.

I can see a buffet restaurant setting TIME limits (say two hours), but not (sorry) cheese out with their amended "all-you-can-eat" BS.

Warren DeMontague (34,858 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

2. Sorry, but if you advertise it as "all you can eat"

You need to be prepared that someone is gonna take you seriously.

Major Nikon (3,591 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

5. They did

They told him that's "all you can eat".

Honeycombe8 (10,377 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

36. I think implicit in "all you can eat" is "all an avg person can REASONABLY eat."

Anyone who goes to an "all you can eat" knows that there is a limit to the total amount of food in the place and that there are other customers.

To expect to have 2 or 3 times what others are having is one thing. It could be argued that the business should have planned for such a customer. But to eat 12 times what others eat is unreasonable, selfish, and narcissistic.

Warren DeMontague (34,858 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

38. I disagree.

If you want people to be reasonable, don't call it all you can eat. I'm not defending the behavior, or not defending it. I'm only saying, if they want the rules, they should set them. You can't make the speed limit 120 on the freeway and then be surprised when someone doesn't drive 55.

Major Nikon (3,591 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

7. Some buddies and I ate an "all you can eat" place out of business and we weren't the least bit fat

This was many years ago in my early 20's when I weighed next to nothing and could eat everything in sight without gaining a pound. Three of my buddies were just like me. A local fish restaurant had an "all you can eat" special every Friday. At first, they had crab legs on the buffet. We would get there early and eat nothing but crab legs until they ran out. The waitresses couldn't keep up with the empty plates and shells. After a few weeks of this, the restaurant took crab legs off the buffet, and a few weeks after that they went out of business. I'm not exactly sure if we actually ate them out of business, but I don't think we helped any and it makes for a good story.

Cal33 (3,108 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

9. I wonder if he knows he's eating himself to an early grave. It is a form of self-destruct. I wish he'll come to his senses.

harmonicon (9,367 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

15. Yeah, most people should live like you want them to.

JI7 (35,458 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

22. maybe he thinks it's healthy because it's Fish

cliffordu (26,880 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

10. Shit. That guy is WAY over 350 if he's actually 6'6"...

One of my best friends is 6'2" and just over 350 and is MUCH smaller than that fish eaten' fool.

Major Nikon (3,591 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

11. Maybe that's just where his scale maxes out

Odin2005 (43,119 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

20. I'm 300 and 5' 9", and I'm a LOT thinner than this guy.

He must be at least 400.

^^^the professionally "handicapped" primitive is 300 pounds because he's too lazy to work, preferring instead to sit in the parlor car of the disability gravy-train, his first-class ticket paid for by the rest of us.

Chan790 (12,182 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

13. This has motivated me to go for a walk.

I mean I'm big and I'm tall and I was 335# at half that size and wearing a 46" waist. Got to a 38", now up to a 42"...so I'm going to go for a walk and see if I can see 36" before November.

Chan790 (12,182 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

17. The Chinese buffet near me recently had to invest in "special" chairs for "our more-grand guests"

I'm astounded. I'd never considered the necessity of dining furniture weight-rated to a half-ton before.

Other buffet diners scare me. I'll settle for my salad bar and a water at Ruby Tuesday TYVM.

bigwillq (58,062 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

26. All you can eat means ALL you can EAT whether it's 6 pieces of whatever or 600.

Whether he's fat or unhealthy or whatever you want to call him, the restaurant is in the wrong, imo.They need to post signs or alert patrons of when an item is running out. Even then, I guess he should've been allowed to eat the remainder of the fish in stock. He did pay for it.

Odin2005 (43,119 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

27. So gluttonous pigs have a right to drive small business out of business?

Anyone who takes "all you can eat" absolutely literally needs to learn some common sense, because common sense says that "all you can eat" implies a normal appetite.

of course, I bet that this pig knows that, he's just a selfish glutton who doesn't give a damn about everyone else. [Gluttony is considered on of the 7 deadly sins for a reason.

^^^so is laziness, living off other people.

bigwillq (58,062 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

31. Then don't call the joint "All you can eat"

have signs posted with limits on the amount you can eat. Simple.

I totally see your point, and I agree with it, but I really believe it's false advertising by the restaurant and I support this "pig" in this case.

NickB79 (7,714 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

28. On the plus side, all that picketting is bound to burn off some calories.

derby378 (26,739 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

30. I'm 350 pounds, and I'd like to weigh a little LESS than 350 pounds

This guy is doing it wrong.

Taverner (48,993 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

42. "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone"

That about sums it up.

davsand (11,497 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

46. Why didn't they just stop refilling the fish on the buffet?

They could have substituted something like liver and onions or anything else they wanted to. It could very easily have ended up that he left chock full of mashed potatoes, salad, or dessert items that have a lower food cost.

Don't get me wrong--I'd hate to see a customer like that gobble down an entire week's profits in one binge--but they DID advertise all you can eat. A deal is a deal even IF it is costing you more than you bargained for.

On edit: I just watched the news report on the website, and this guy owes the restaurant for an unpaid tab! Screw him!

You know, franksolich has been in these "all you can eat" places before, but only rarely, and I don't go into one if I don't have to.

It's too expensive; better to dine at a regular restaurant, where one pays for what one orders.

I mean, the last time I went into one of these "all you can eat" places, the price was $5.99, but despite my best efforts to eat at least $5.99's worth of food, it didn't happen.  If I recall correctly, I had mashed potatoes and gravy, apple pie, and a cup of coffee.

I'm not sure, but I believe appetite diminishes with age.

When franksolich was in college, for example, 18, 19, 20 years old, there were a few occasions I actually managed to put down a whole entire 8" Valentino's pepperoni pizza all by myself.

Nowadays, I barely get down a single slice of convenience store pizza, and I'm satiated.

The last time I went to McDonald's, I got the children's mini dinner.....

[USA4ME]

Reminds me of the Louie Anderson routine where he talks about getting kicked out of a Chinese Buffet.

"Yoooooooooooou eat too much."

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[Traveshamockery]

"You go now!"

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjC0TpBjMdI[/youtube]

[obumazombie]

Maybe they should set up an obstacle course to get to the buffet.

[franksolich]

Maybe they should set up an obstacle course to get to the buffet.

I don't think that would deter the Las Vegas Leviathan wannabes, though.

Damn, those people are sharks when they go into one of those "all you can eat" places.

[GOBUCKS]

Anyone who wants to feel slender should have dinner at a Golden Corral buffet, and compare themselves to the rest of the clientele.

It's amazing.

[Chris_]

I had a neighbor that loved the GC.  I could barely make it home before running for the throne.

I never did like that place.

[Evil_Conservative]

Anyone who wants to feel slender should have dinner at a Golden Corral buffet, and compare themselves to the rest of the clientele.

It's amazing.

You don't even have to go to a buffet.  Whenever we go out to a buffet, there are rarely any obese people there.  Overweight, yes, but not disgusting or anything. 

Walmart is the place I go to feel better about myself.

[diesel driver]

You don't even have to go to a buffet.  Whenever we go out to a buffet, there are rarely any obese people there.  Overweight, yes, but not disgusting or anything. 

Walmart is the place I go to feel better about myself.

If you want to feel REALLY good about yourself, try working there. 

Overnights are the best times.

[miskie]

Aside :

Anybody else notice that nearly every strip mall that has a buffet also has a Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers or Curves right next door ?

Its like opening a bar right across the street from the local AA meeting hall.

[whiffleball]

I had a neighbor that loved the GC.  I could barely make it home before running for the throne.

I never did like that place.

The last time, and I do mean the last, I went to a GC the same thing happened to me.  The food was nasty.  The floors were nasty.  Patrons acting like they'd never eaten and would never eat again.  People were manhandling rolls and pieces of pizza.  Kids dipping their fingers into stuff.  What I could choke down while there came right back as soon as I hit home.  Never again!

[franksolich]

The last time, and I do mean the last, I went to a GC the same thing happened to me.  The food was nasty.  The floors were nasty.  Patrons acting like they'd never eaten and would never eat again.  People were manhandling rolls and pieces of pizza.  Kids dipping their fingers into stuff.  What I could choke down while there came right back as soon as I hit home.  Never again!

That's why the last time I went to one of those sorts of places, all I had was mashed potatoes and gravy, apple pie, and a cup of coffee.

There was stuff like chicken and ham and steaks laid out, but the way primitives were manhandling it, I didn't have the stomach to have any of it.

Also, a lot of the other stuff looked like what I refer to as "glop," and I don't eat glop.

[Evil_Conservative]

The last time, and I do mean the last, I went to a GC the same thing happened to me.  The food was nasty.  The floors were nasty.  Patrons acting like they'd never eaten and would never eat again.  People were manhandling rolls and pieces of pizza.  Kids dipping their fingers into stuff.  What I could choke down while there came right back as soon as I hit home.  Never again!

That is so disgusting!  I would have demanded my money back and left to have dinner elsewhere.  We always go to one of the buffets in a local casino.  I will sometimes get buy 1, get 1 free coupons for the buffet.  So our dinner will cost us $10 for all three of us to enjoy a nice buffet.  I have never been inside a GC.  I disliked Old Country Buffet.  Ponderosa was my favorite buffet growing up.

[dixierose]

I knew someone who worked at GC. She told me stories about families that would come in at 11 or 12, eat, then stay until 6pm or so. One person from the table would go to the buffet and get a little something every once in a while so that they could say they were still eating. They'd get lunch AND dinner. I couldn't do that. I don't eat at buffets anyway...I question their sanitation.

[obumazombie]

I knew someone who worked at GC. She told me stories about families that would come in at 11 or 12, eat, then stay until 6pm or so. One person from the table would go to the buffet and get a little something every once in a while so that they could say they were still eating. They'd get lunch AND dinner. I couldn't do that. I don't eat at buffets anyway...I question their sanitation.

I avoid them myself. The last time I made the mistake of going to one, was a fish buffet we got roped into by the suggestion by another couple we know. When we walked in the carpet was squishy, and sticky.

[GOBUCKS]

This could turn into an Olive Garden thread (you gotta be a pretentious wine snob to dislike Olive Garden - now I'll duck).

I've been to Golden Corral probably three or four times.

Once, on a Saturday evening, it was bad. Crowded, loud, very unpleasant.

The other times I liked it a lot. No matter what you like, you can find it there.

The food was fresh, and the place was as well-kept as the amount of customer traffic would allow.

Especially if you're taking a bunch of kids, it's a great place and the prices are very reasonable.

There are some unsavory-looking customers, but even in fine restaurants these days you see men wearing sandals and louts in ballcaps.

[BlueStateSaint]

This could turn into an Olive Garden thread (you gotta be a pretentious wine snob to dislike Olive Garden - now I'll duck).

I've been to Golden Corral probably three or four times.

Once, on a Saturday evening, it was bad. Crowded, loud, very unpleasant.

The other times I liked it a lot. No matter what you like, you can find it there.

The food was fresh, and the place was as well-kept as the amount of customer traffic would allow.

Especially if you're taking a bunch of kids, it's a great place and the prices are very reasonable.

There are some unsavory-looking customers, but even in fine restaurants these days you see men wearing sandals and louts in ballcaps.

There's an Olive Garden opening, within a week, a half-mile from me.  My wife said that her parents will drive up from their city (10 miles away) to eat there.  I get along with them, so I'm not really broke up about it.

[Evil_Conservative]

Olive Garden isn't that good.  You need to go to a mom and pop's Italian restaurant for a real Italian dinner.  

I don't order wine at any restaurant, because they serve you wine from a $12 bottle from the store (but charge $25 for a glass)... no thank you.  

[Chris_]

I've never been to Olive Garden.  Ever.  I'm not sure why but I've never made it there.

I'm going for sushi for dinner tonight.  Maybe I should go to the OG instead.

[GOBUCKS]

I've never been to Olive Garden.  Ever.  I'm not sure why but I've never made it there.

I'm going for sushi for dinner tonight.  Maybe I should go to the OG instead.

Miyako. Better than Olive Garden, but also two or three times the price.

[Chris_]

Toyama is really good and they're in my neighborhood.

[BlueStateSaint]

Toyama is really good and they're in my neighborhood.

Sounds like a plan, Chris.  Wear the Vera Wangs.

There's a bunch of good Italian restaurants around here.  OG is mass-produced, so I have to agree with Jess, but just north of OG, on the other side of the NYS route that runs through here, is a new Italian place that has, in the ownership of the place, a guy who graduated from the CIA down the Hudson.  We'll go sometime soon.

[GOBUCKS]

Sounds like a plan, Chris.  Wear the Vera Wangs.

Speaking of snobby stuff, I thought Toyama was a hibachi place.

No one in Japan has ever seen one of those places where the chef puts on a sideshow.

When they visit here, they think it's hilarious that we would call that a Japanese restaurant.

[Evil_Conservative]

I've never been to Olive Garden.  Ever.  I'm not sure why but I've never made it there.

I'm going for sushi for dinner tonight.  Maybe I should go to the OG instead.

They have some really good bread sticks.

[Chris_]

Oh boy, that sushi was really good.

Stuffed full.