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- Ramanisky2
'Hearty Eaters' Say Buffet Banned Them
HOUMA, La. (AP) - A 6-foot-3, 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet line, then banned him and a relative because they're hearty eaters. A spokesman for the restaurant denies the claim.
Ricky Labit, a disabled offshore worker, said he had been a regular for eight months at the Manchuria Restaurant in Houma, eating there as often as three times a week.
On his most recent visit, he said, a waitress gave him and his wife's cousin, 44-year-old 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, adding that a waitress told him he looked like he a had a "baby in the belly."
Houma accountant Thomas Campo 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," said Campo, who spoke for owner Li Shang, whose English is limited. "We don't discriminate."
Labit denied ever being told he would be asked to pay more than the standard adult price.
The argument grew heated, and police were called.
The police report states, "The incident was settled when the management advised that the bill was a mistake and, to appease Ricky, 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, he said.
"Food is for eating, not toys for your child," reads a sign posted on a wall in typewritten text. A handwritten addition reads "Or 20% added."
- Point50
That buffet did the right thing. They limited their losses and slapped those gluttonous idiots into reality.
- sikma0
"We don't discriminate."
They should. Fat slobs who eat like pigs at a buffet should be told to leave or pay more.
- harlequino0
LOL @ "hearty eater"
- Ramanisky20
LOL @ She said, 'Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much,'"
- mrdobolina0
all you can eat means what then?
- madirish0
i fucking despise buffets to no end. so disgusting.
- czawada0
All you can eat, is all you can eat... plain and simple.
Some people can eat more than others.
- mrdobolina0
All yall can eat unless yalls fat
- _eh_0
Wasn't this a simpsons episode.
- chossy0
Who knows what went down loads of food no doubt, all you can eat if it's what they offered on the buffet should have been honoured by the restraunt if it's only a regular buffet that isn't all you can eat then those tubby bitches better get there appology on and or get a throat ring fitted, shame though as they say they ate there 3 times a week I bet they really liked the restraunt as well they are probably quite upset :( how big is 277 anyway and what measurement is it?.
- 277 isn't THAT heavy for someone 6'3". I'm 6'1" and I weigh a healthy 210.czawada
- I'm about the same, Chris.mrdobolina
- Llyod0
"I ain't that fat, I only weigh 277"
- onewhoslaps0
holy shiate.
- alla0