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"HOUMA, La. - 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 don't discriminate' "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.""

what kills me is when she said...

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"I ain't that fat, I only weigh 277"

lol

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22477703/from/ET/?gt1=10755

[Edited on January 3, 2008 at 3:19 AM. Reason : ...]

1/3/2008 3:18:35 AM

1/3/2008 3:20:23 AM

that aint fat..

1/3/2008 3:21:31 AM

just big boned

1/3/2008 3:21:50 AM

i dont see the problem here

1/3/2008 3:21:58 AM

I'd kick someone in the nuts if they tried to charge me double for buffet.

1/3/2008 3:22:34 AM

YES

THE BEST KIND OF DISCRIMINATION




there are few things worse than watching fat people eat, anyway

1/3/2008 3:22:38 AM

cicis didnt go up in price til i started eating there at least every 10 days

1/3/2008 3:23:01 AM

Bottomless Pete; a remorseless eatin machine

1/3/2008 3:31:57 AM

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"I'd kick someone in the nuts if they tried to charge me double for buffet."

That plan fails because you'd have to get your fat leg higher than 1 foot to hit most people in the nuts.

1/3/2008 3:34:45 AM

no way man, I'm limber for a fat guy.

1/3/2008 3:35:18 AM

i'm not going to lie. i think i just pulled something trying to do a side kick above my waist

1/3/2008 3:41:43 AM

takethatFATTIES...

1/3/2008 4:58:26 AM

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"just big boned"

I ain't never seen a fat skeleton

1/3/2008 6:48:58 AM

when did Britney Spears become a waitress?

1/3/2008 7:48:52 AM

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"there are few things worse than watching fat people eat, anyway"

1/3/2008 7:50:45 AM

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"The argument grew heated, and police were called."

Yeah just threaten to sit on the tiny asian owner.

1/3/2008 9:18:04 AM

wow man - ima get fat as fuck just to eat that guy out of business.
not really, but it sounded good

1/3/2008 9:23:36 AM

does this sound like a man who had had all he could eat?

1/3/2008 9:27:06 AM

1/3/2008 9:30:45 AM

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

LAWLZ

1/3/2008 10:00:15 AM

^I was just about to post that exact same thing

1/3/2008 10:01:52 AM

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"a waitress told him he looked like he a had a "baby in the belly." "

1/3/2008 10:07:46 AM

I hope Crazy fire doesn't catch wind of this

I've been known to clear out their stock of shrimp and steak and garlic oil

1/3/2008 10:14:41 AM

The owners and managers at CF have their heads too far up their asses to do anything.
And the waitstaff doesn't give a flying fuck.

1/3/2008 10:17:09 AM

I expected them to be bigger. 277 isn't huge for a dude (esp at 6'-3")

1/3/2008 10:24:49 AM

man I kind of want to go out for chinese buffet for lunch
but the quality is never that great around here

I'd be better off going to Oriental Pavillion and ordering a lunch special

1/3/2008 10:38:20 AM

Why not? It's a privately owned business. Fuck PC fat loving people.

1/3/2008 12:30:50 PM

if you get the buffet at a restaurant 3 times a week for 8 months you deserve to be banned from that restaurant

1/3/2008 12:35:59 PM

Thats about the size of some football players. They wouldn't tell a football player to pay double. Or someone in there practicing for one of those eating contests.

1/3/2008 12:36:49 PM

this guy probably eats 15 pounds of crab legs a week for $30

course maybe you shouldnt run a restaurant with a buffet if you're worried about losing money...or change some pricing or policy or somethin

1/3/2008 12:39:07 PM

true.

1/3/2008 12:40:55 PM

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"I expected them to be bigger. 277 isn't huge for a dude (esp at 6'-3")"

and

lol azns

1/3/2008 12:43:43 PM

Yeah, 277 isn't quite an enormous porker for a guy over 6'3. Josh is 6'6" and weighs just at 300 and he's just soft, not extra super squishy.

1/3/2008 3:16:38 PM

Some dudes just have enormous gastric capacity, myself included

Im a buck 65 and I could probably out eat 95 percent of the population

1/3/2008 3:18:15 PM

1/3/2008 3:20:53 PM

If we could ban fatties and non-tippers then working in a restaurant would be awesome.

1/3/2008 3:21:04 PM

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"man I kind of want to go out for chinese buffet for lunch but the quality is never that great around here I'd be better off going to Oriental Pavillion and ordering a lunch special"

If you're in Raleigh, Crystal Palace off of capital blvd is the shit.

1/3/2008 3:43:04 PM

they got the best hog troughs on US-1

1/3/2008 3:44:16 PM

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"If we could ban fatties and non-tippers then working in a restaurant would be awesome."

Fuckin' A! I quit precisely because of those two groups. and black people[no racist].

1/3/2008 3:46:48 PM

How would a fat person be detrimental to working in a non-buffet restraunt?

I'd think it would be a good thing, since they order more food and thus have a higher bill, therefore a higher tip

1/3/2008 3:48:15 PM

the tip doesn't always get bigger...some people think $5 is a good tip on $60, and think it's fine to tip the same amount on a $100 bill as well.

1/3/2008 3:52:00 PM

well yeah that would suck

but based on a 20 percent tip regardless of the bill size, a fat person ordering more food would be beneficial

1/3/2008 3:52:54 PM

am i the only person on tdub who's never worked in a restaurant before?

1/3/2008 3:53:19 PM

^ I haven't either.

1/3/2008 3:54:04 PM

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"am i the only person on tdub who's never worked in a restaurant before? "

you should try it - it builds character, and a better understanding of how to communicate with the public...all things you lack

1/3/2008 4:01:53 PM

working in a restaurant for a year reinforced my belief that all humans need to be destroyed

1/3/2008 4:04:11 PM

that too

1/3/2008 4:04:56 PM

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"How would a fat person be detrimental to working in a non-buffet restraunt? I'd think it would be a good thing, since they order more food and thus have a higher bill, therefore a higher tip"

Have you ever watched a fat person eat? Slather on spoonfuls of mayo and cover their food in ranch? Leave piles of chicken bones and nasty napkins all over the table? It's beyond disgusting.

1/3/2008 4:05:49 PM

meh, i started working when i was 14 making 150% minimum wage, was a salaried manager for a restaurant franchise (IT, but still) at 19 while they paid for school and i now pull a well-above-average living straight out of undergrad while the taxpayers pay for my masters

nah, i think i'm good...maybe when i retire at 40 i'll give the restaurant job a try for giggles

1/3/2008 4:07:34 PM