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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2017-07-24 5:48 PM, wrote:
>> On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3:26:28 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> > wrote in message
>>>
>>>> I agree. Who the hell cares what is on someone else's plate?
>>>> They paid for it and if it bothers you two so much, take a book
>>>> with you. Better yet, TALK to your dining companion instead of
>>>> monitoring what someone is eating and how much.
>>>
>>> But it IS the dining companion who is eating the huge amount of food.
>>> And
>>> *I'm* paying for it.
>>>
>>>

>> Why do I feel like you're lying as always?

>
> Perhaps you are relying too much on past experiences.
>
>
>> Buffets are one price
>> and one price only. Whether they ate one plate or ten plates of
>> food the price is the same.

>
> Perhaps what she means is that the operators jack up their prices because
> they know that some people will make pigs of themselves.
> There is no doubt that some people do. That is why they set them out to
> encourage people to go for the cheap filler like salads and pasta salads
> on the way to the more expensive meat dishes.


Here's the link again.

http://www.cattlemens.com/

This is not a buffet place. I have checked recently. The only place anywhere
even close to here that has a buffet that is not specifically Thai, Indian
or Asian is in Marysville. We haven't been there in years. My husband
dislikes buffets. So even when we did live near them, we didn't go very
often. Fine by me because overall, steam table food doesn't impress me.
>
>
>>You were probably offended because
>> they chose to eat something that most normal people eat but you
>> wanted to get ****y with an 'ewwwwwwwwww' because all you eat is
>> fart pellets, aka beans.

>
> I can see some advantages to her family going there. Between their
> collective food aversions there should be something that they can eat.


That part is true and they do have salad bars. Daughter and I eat mostly
that anyway. But there are none here so that's a moot point.
>
> Personally, I avoid all you can eat buffets. I would rather have a small
> amount of good food than all I can eat crap. On the rare occasion that I
> go to a buffet I skip the cheap filler. I go right past the salads, pasta,
> rice and potatoes and search out shrimp, crab and lobster.


This is why buffets are a waste of money for me. Not that most of them have
seafood and if they do, there is usually an extra charge. I probably eat
$2-3 of food at the most. Only advantage is if the salad bar is very good.
And by very good, I mean loaded with all kinds of veggies and toppings.
Because to get that variety of things at home does cost a lot and creates
waste.