Yar, he be more stomach than man...

[Big BosskMan]

A case of life imitating (Simpsons) art....

La. men claim buffet eatery banned them
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080103/ap_on_fe_st/odd_buffet_ban

A 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet, then banned him and a relative because of how much they consumed during their visits.

Ricky Labit, a 6-foot-3 disabled offshore worker, said he had been a regular at the Manchuria Restaurant, eating there as often as three times a week. But on his most recent visit, he said a waitress gave him and his wife's cousin, Michael Borrelli, a bill for $46.40, roughly double the buffet price for two adults.

"She says, 'Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much,'" Labit said.

Labit and Borrelli said they felt discriminated against because of their size.

"I was stunned, that somebody would say something like that. I ain't that fat, I only weigh 277," Borrelli said.

Accountant Thomas Campo, who spoke for the restaurant because the owner's English is limited, said the men were charged an extra $10 each on Dec. 21 because they made a habit of dining exclusively on the more expensive seafood dishes, including crab legs and frog legs.

"We have a lot of big people there," Campo said. "We don't discriminate."

The argument over the bill grew heated, and police were called. The police report states that the disagreement was settled when the restaurant said the bill was a mistake and, to appease Labit, the meal was complimentary.

Labit said he insisted on paying but was told not to come back. He complained that when seafood on the buffet line runs out, the restaurant only grudgingly cooks more. Campo said the proprietress tries to reduce waste of quality food.

[chibidiablo]

I've been to buffets where they dont bring f*** all out to replace what you've eaten until you're gone. Fortunately places like that usually have crappy tasting food that you wouldn't want any more of.

[Edison taps to the ARMBAR!]

LOL at "I ain't fat, I'm only 277!"

Jeez fatties. How can these people be eating everything (literally in this case) on the buffet THREE TIMES A WEEK? And it's not even that they can say they are good customers, cuz they eat more food than the place is profiting off of on them. I see an early death by cardiac arrest in these guy's futures.

[Throwback]

I got kicked out of the sizzler when I was a kid for eatting to much

[Next Level was WRONG]

I hope he sues the restaurant. (..and wins.)

[Edison taps to the ARMBAR!]

nextlevel said:

I hope he sues the restaurant. (..and wins.)

Disagree'd

[Doctor Tull-eus S. Venture]

"Nature's Cruelest Mistake!"

[Loki]

277 pounds =/= fat??? M'kay...

Anyway, if the two guys ate like pigs, taking advantage of the "buffet" rule, they fully deserve the overcharge.

I can go to a bar where they also have the appetizers buffet, and eat dinner with a 5$ drink, but it's quite dishonest... Where's the dignity?

[chibidiablo]

loki said:

277 pounds =/= fat??? M'kay...

Anyway, if the two guys ate like pigs, taking advantage of the "buffet" rule, they fully deserve the overcharge.

I can go to a bar where they also have the appetizers buffet, and eat dinner with a 5$ drink, but it's quite dishonest... Where's the dignity?

Its not what you make its what you save

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

"...but the sign said 'all you can eat'..."

[Insomniac]

This is the most blatant case of false advertising since my suit against the film "The Never-Ending Story''.

[Mozenrath]

A restaurant DOES retain the right still to refuse service to anyone, I believe, though I'm not sure if it pertains here, as he had already paid.

[Psy]

265 pounds is not necessarily fat. I'm not saying that he is or isn't, I haven't seen a picture of him or anything, not to mention it's not really the relevant issue IMO.

Also, the story doesn't mention if it was All You Can Eat or anything like that. Some restaraunts limit trips to the buffet, etc.

[Tim]

nextlevel said:

I hope he sues the restaurant. (..and wins.)

[Styx Cover Band]

Lionel Hutz: Now, Mrs. Simpson, tell the court in your own words what happened after you and your husband were ejected out of the restaurant.
Marge: Well, we pretty much went straight home.
Lionel Hutz: Mrs. Simpson, remember that you are under oath.
Marge: We drove around until three in the morning looking for another open all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant.
Lionel Hutz: And when you couldn't find one?
Marge: [crying] We... went... fishing.
Lionel Hutz: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, do these sound like the actions of a man who's had ALL he could eat?


For all of those people saying he should sue (and win) why? They were causing this restaurant to lose money stuffing their faces three times a week. And the owners have every (legal) right to refuse someone their services.

[Next Level was WRONG]

styxcoverbnd said:

For all of those people saying he should sue (and win) why? They were causing this restaurant to lose money stuffing their faces three times a week. And the owners have every (legal) right to refuse someone their services.

Because everybody loves an underdog?

[Edison taps to the ARMBAR!]

This guy overstepped the boundries of what is considered polite and appropriate behaviour in a restaurant. He was greedy, stuffing his face on only the stuff that costs the place the most money, and eating more than is appropriate. Those are the same kind of gluttons that take all the free samples, tons of free mints at eateries, waiting rooms etc.

[CJ Denton is Egon]

Dilbert's dad does not approve.

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edisoncarasio said:

This guy overstepped the boundries of what is considered polite and appropriate behaviour in a restaurant. He was greedy, stuffing his face on only the stuff that costs the place the most money, and eating more than is appropriate. Those are the same kind of gluttons that take all the free samples, tons of free mints at eateries, waiting rooms etc.

So not just fat people then... I'm in pretty decent shape and I take all the free samples, the free mints et al.

[Feyrhausen]

Many buffets I have been too post a notice that eating excessive amounts of food, or taking food and not eating it will result in extra charges. If the owners of this buffet had one of these notices posted then they are in the clear.