35 Of The Nastiest Things That Have Actually Happened At Different All-You-Can-Eat Buffets
Bon appétit is now Bye appetite
Working in the food service industry is not a job for everyone. Workers often do not earn enough wages to deal with everything they face on a daily basis.
Reading some of the horror stories shared online has been truly eye-opening. Just when we think we can't go any lower, we prove ourselves wrong.
People in the food service industry do not deserve the kind of treatment they receive from the rest of us. They are only trying to make a living, yet some of us treat them worse than the gum we stick underneath the table.
They get yelled at and must rely on tips to afford basic necessities. Some customers expect them to bend over backward to accommodate every silly request they can think of.
The cliché that customers are always right needs to be retired and forgotten. It only contributes to the lifetime's worth of horror stories food service workers are capable of sharing.
Some of these stories came to light in a Reddit forum. Someone asked all-you-can-eat buffet workers to reveal some of the worst things they have seen other people do at their restaurants.
If you think eating dry cereal and then chugging milk to wash it down is barbaric, then these stories will change your mind. Guess what people will do to chocolate fountains when given free rein over them?
Here is the question that launched what can only be described as the Sloppy Horror Show:
Tristanmemes1231. An amateur competitive eater determined to get banned from all buffets in his area
Odogogod2. If you think double-dipping is bad, then we fervently hope you never come across this person
ndkjr70
3. Were they green, had turtle shells, and were named after famous painters?
mysticbooka
4. Eat until you have no stomach acid left. What a bargain!
obeyyourbrain
5. Those cinnamon rolls must have been really good
NightMgr
6. This can't be good
Leigh_Lemon
Ah, the Andy Dwyer method
Leigh_Lemon
7. That's the best part!
allhailkircules
8. Mean Girls prequel
lovelyyyrose1993
9. Don't worry, dear; she just had her nails done
TACObracommander
10. The Mystery Meat on Tuesday is no longer unidentified
Vismungcg
11. We finally found the cost-cutting solution that allows them to offer a lot of fried 'chicken'
eridalus
12. The pastry section seems relatively calm
natlach
The steak section isn't doing much cooking, and the salad bar is a one-way ticket to the ER
natlach
13. People loooooove their crab legs...
blooberries1
... so much so that they're willing to literally flip a table when it runs out
blooberries1
14. Can you do the math on how many pizzas it took before his guts went nuclear?
[deleted]
15. I found a new fear
EmmyTheSweet
16. People who overestimate how much food they can take and use 'sneaky' ways to cover up their food waste
sixpackshaker
17. We only take Visa or Mastercard. Also, kids.
Valkrine10
18. So far, nothing unusual...
which_spartacus
... and that is just disgusting
which_spartacus
19. That place is nice unless you mind a little spit in your soup
Saberus_Terras
20. Did the plate not offer enough surface area for his chicken wings?
RoxyFurious
21. That's where all the flavor lives
lognostic
22. Did the old man eat all of the 'guacamole'?
baddidea
23. Red Lobster shrimp-induced heart attack
PorkRollAndEggs
PorkRollAndEggs
24. So, so fresh
littleone103
25. Don't know which is better: trash salad or moldy fruit bowl?
BoornClue
26. That's a move that will land you your own cooking show
filthy_lucre
27. Eureka! An all-ranch restaurant! A mix of random food and unlimited ranch on tap!
nerovox
28. That pony behaved better than the other half of the people on this list
hodgepodge21
29. Should be glad the baby wasn't drenched in ranch yet
Coelacanth1938
30. Maybe he was his mom's food tester
ArchmageDirty
31. That's why they call him Mash Mouth back in high school
gabreu129
32. It's the only way to ensure the entire strawberry is covered in chocolate
Lester04
33. Breaking news: we are now fasting for a whole week
Jay_1327
34. Don't worry, you can still have all of the meat. I'm only eating the skin. I am that selfless. You're welcome.
RnJibbajabba
35. That's what we call sh*t and run
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Suffice it to say, we are not planning to eat at any buffet in the foreseeable future. This disgusting list could also potentially stop us from eating ever again.
I feel a little better about myself knowing that I am none of the people mentioned above. Don't eat at any sketchy buffets and do a perimeter check; if you see a guy scooping out chicken wings and using his shirt as a plate, run away as fast as you can.
