Question of the Day - 08 October 2025

Somehow that doesn't surprise me, so many in our society fixated busy stuffing their faces to notice anything else. Or fixated on their phones at the buffet. Stuff and/or phone stare, double deluxe!

Still amazed at people piling their plate inches tall with fried food only to top it off with a little broccoli.  Amazed anyone would eat broccoli from a buffet.  I’ve never been that intoxicated.

More stuffing, this time of the purse.  

Three hour bus trip to the regional casino, $5 free play and lunch buffet included in the price.  Two senior females along with big purses ready, not for winnings but to stuff with fried chicken, cookies, other 'stuffables' from the buffet.

After several such happenings, the tour director got notified of cancellation by the casino.  Not enough gambling (they could track it), too much 'pilfering' from the buffet.  

A cookie or doughnut wrapped in a napking OK, but dinner for three?  Nope.

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The top tier restaurant called the 10 at Rivers casino in Des Plaines Illinois doesn’t allow doggy bags to take home leftovers.  Good idea.  I remember eating at a buffet in Caesars/ Vegas ,  people were throwing crab leg shells on the floor and having to walk on them. The workers would bring out a tub of legs and they would be gone in seconds.

there was a group of 3 there-2 women and a man. the women were dresssed in Indian(from India)dresses.one of the women took a spoonful of veggies,decided there was too much,and pushed some back with her finger!i called her on it and looked at the man, who just gave me a look like he couldn't say anything. don't put your finger on the food! dump it all back and try again, or take too much food and just leave it on the plate, but don't touch the food!geez!

Was sitting at the buffet eating and I noticed an older couple across from me and the wife. The lady was stuffing hot dogs (no buns) into her jacket. She saw that I had noticed and felt compelled to tell me that she was "taking them home for her dog". 

So waiting on the long buffet line the guy in-front of me stated proudly, "I got this comped" and "I'm going to eat $ 300 of their food even if it kills me!  Then we will be even!"

At a professional medical conference, there
was a very nice buffet lunch. At the section
with large platters of cheese, cold cuts and
crackers, there were clearly decorative
displays of large wedges of cheese, like
quarter wheels of parmesan, cheddar, etc, 
above and behind the platters.
A woman with a large bag helped herself
and stuffed them into her bag.

I local friend used to attend Station Casinos' buffets regularly. He had a special jacket with lots of pockets to take home food for his dogs. He got away with it for years. 

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I've seen some pretty strange things like people piling a plate just with bacon, like 2-3 pounds of it, and people being criminally wasteful.  But my favorite was my first real trip to Vegas back in 1985-86 with my girlfriend (now wife of 38 years).  We were having breakfast at the Dunes buffet which I remember was a temporary setup in a ballroom due to some remodeling going on.  An older/retired couple was a couple tables away from us and after making the normal trips to the troughs she went up and came back with a plate or two piled high with 15-20 pastries, donuts, etc.  We were quite amazed at their eating capacity and had a laugh.  A couple minutes later we looked over and saw the plate(s) completely empty and she was setting her tote bag back down on the floor.  We had another laugh and guessed she must be hosting coffee club tomorrow!

We watch a guy stuff shrimp into a shopping bag during the ONLY trip to Atlantic City.It wasn't that big a deal until security showed up......

It wasn't in Vegas, but my family once saw something amazing in a local Old Country Buffet. We were eating and saw a fellow walk past our table with a big plate of... whole kernel corn. Nothing else, just corn!. We muttered comments about his food selection and noticed he was chowing down on corn and plain water. When he finished, he went back to the serving area and we looked to see what he have next. My God, he loaded up another plate of whole kernel corn and settled down to consume it. After that we couldn't take our eyes off him and saw he had those two really huge plates of corn then left. I've heard of vegetarians, but he was a corn-atarian!

I've seen some strange behavior over time, like someone loading up a huge pile of french fries, pretty much emptying the whole pan, or eating only crab legs, like 3 or 4 plates full of them and nothing else.

I understand stuffing yourself with expensive items like seafood  and beef, but if you only eat potatoes or pizza there are a lot of cheaper places to get those.

One of the oddest things I witnessed was a woman at a nearby table returning with an entire plate full of fortune cookies and putting them all into her purse. Hope she got some luck from those.

We were enjoying brunch at the Bacchanal Buffet and when returned to our table, someone else was sitting there! It's an easy mistake if you're not paying attention, but she insisted this was her table. We had to find the hostess who sat us to tell her this was our table. She picked up her food and then appeared to wonder around looking for another empty table. It wasn't long before we saw her being escorted out of the buffet. 

Strangest thing at a buffet? Sitting next to Richard Simmons at Caesars Bacchanal Buffet several years ago. He was eating with an assistant/secretary. But no one was noticing him. He got pretty upset...and walked over to where the food was being served and announced he was there! Loudly complementing the cooks on their large sausages. He was hilarious. I asked for his photo. 
 "Honey...let's do this right."... he grabbed my arms and put them around his neck.. THEN asked my husband to take the picture.
  A memorable Vegas moment...RIP Richard. I'd add the photo if this would let me!

I always hand my tip to the server at a buffet. If they’ve stealing vegetables I’m sure they’ll take cash off a table.

A curse on the heads of everyone who abused the buffets by stealing food to take home. 

Observed woman at GVR buffet. Brought two plates of desserts and thought she brought to share with the table; out came the Tupperware.  Staff called them PACKERS. 

Sitting at a bar outside Rio? buffet several years ago. Looked up to see a lady walking out of the buffet spewing straight at us, luckily about 50 feet away. Thank goodness I wasn't closer to her with a full stomach or I would have gotten sick too.