'All-you-can-eat' buffet being sued for not sticking to their slogan
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
United States
February 17, 2016 11:32am CST
The Golden Corral is a buffet restaurant, their claim to fame is you can eat all you want. We have eaten at several Golden Corral locations over the 15 years we lived in the south. We have gone back for seconds, but never thirds, fourths or more.
A man in Massachusetts, 51 years old and very overweight from his photo (see photo in the link) is suing the Corral for 2 million dollars. He claims they didn't let him eat all he wanted. They didn't mention his weight, but from the photo he appears to be at least 500 or more pounds.
I can't stop laughing - this man was at the restaurant for more than 7 hours and they estimate that he ate somewhere between 50 and 70 pounds of food. Can you imagine? How can one person eat that much food in 7 hours? I wonder if this is some kind of joke.
Golden Corral wanted to settle with him but being the 'greedy' person he is he rather go to court where he thinks he'll get a better deal.
All I can say is see you in court - I don't think this guy has a leg to stand on.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
17 Feb 16
Ew I cannot imagine eating that much food in one day! I would be extremely sick. I don't think he has a chance of winning either. People are so sue happy these days it is insane.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
He is going to make a fool out of himself in court.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Feb 16
It may seem an outrageous claim against the company, but he is right that they have broken the agreement. The restaurant made the claim in their slogan, so they should be obliged to stand by it and consider such instances to be unfortunate.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill Their defence should be that they were becoming concerned that he may not be able to get through the door when they were due to close.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill He does not look as though he should have been able to walk to the restaurant in the first place. I wonder how he got there?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@Asylum LOL, It might have been a tight squeeze in or out!
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Feb 16
They probably thought he ate the table.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill it says " all you can eat " no specific mention of food hahaha... they should sue the one who made the slogan
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@louievill This company has been in business for years, this guy isn't going to win.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
There is no rule people have to make fools of themselves, we go to buffets and we don't.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@akalinus Even salad is high calorie if you load it with a ton of salad dressing. He wasn't too concerned about calorie - how could he be eating 70 pounds of food.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Feb 16
going to start making restaurants limit people to like 2 hours on buffets or something
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
They need to set some kind of limit just to protect themselves from people like this guy.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
18 Feb 16
I'm sure there are people who stuff themselves so much at these buffets that they eat until they get sick
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@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 16
That's a good idea
Eat all you want but with a time limit
Eat all you want but with a time limit1 person likes this
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
17 Feb 16
He's suing as he wasn't allowed to eat all he wanted.
If he was allowed to do so and had a heart attack I expect his family would sue them for letting him eat all he wanted
He is right in a way and maybe they should do what some unlimited internet companies do and put in a fair usage disclaimer
He is right in a way and maybe they should do what some unlimited internet companies do and put in a fair usage disclaimer3 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Feb 16
Yes, @Mike197602 - you know they would sue the rest. if that happened. He could bump into someone in the line and kill them...so many things could have happened.
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Feb 16
Goodness. And I thought I ate a lot. I bet he will be wishing he settled out of court.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Feb 16
When you think you eat a lot, think of this dude!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
18 Feb 16
Wow thats a lot of food to eat in 7 hours. But then again, its the buffets fault for not putting a time limit. Now they will learn their lesson and it's all you can eat in X amount of hours.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Feb 16
Well, if you owned such a restaurant would you in your wildest imagination assume that some customer would eat that much ever???
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
18 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill Nope! But now they learned
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
A 'normal' person can't eat that much - they would throw up long before they finished 70 pounds.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I think they better amend it to say all-you-can-eat up to 50 pounds a day.
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@MarshaMusselman (38652)
• Midland, Michigan
18 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill Or, twenty pounds or five trips or some stipulation for those wanting to push for more.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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18 Feb 16
Seven hours? Surely they could have asked him to leave at some point. I can't imagine sitting in a restaurant for seven hours, just eating. He does sound a little mentally unhinged, which makes me feel a bit sorry for him.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Feb 16
I would be embarrassed to sit in a rest that long stuffing my face.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Feb 16
@Poppylicious Yes he does even if he doesn't know it.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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20 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill Exactly. I think any sane person would. The man needs help.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Feb 16
He must have needed a lot of help to get out the door.
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@JudyEv (325755)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill It would just about need to be a double door for him to fit through.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
19 Feb 16
No - no money but maybe a lecture.
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@mamwahyu4 (1)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
18 Feb 16
Wow very fat, the recipe may help reduce fat intake by drinking boiled parsley water every day then the fat in the body will gradually fade...
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@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Feb 16
Someone that fat, like he is, wont live long.
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@LeaPea2417 (36438)
• Toccoa, Georgia
18 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill Wow, he is my exact same age of 51. That is so sad that he has abused his body.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Feb 16
@LeaPea2417 Do you watch 'My 600 pound life'...some of them are close to 800 pounds, very scary.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
17 Feb 16
What a crazy world we live in!!! I can't even begin to imagine how someone can eat that much food at one sitting (even if he was there for hours).
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
18 Feb 16
that meant he had to eat 10 pounds of food an hour...ugh, it gives me the chills.
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@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
18 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill sounds almost impossible even if for someone his size to consume that much food (approx 10 lbs an hr) without his stomach exploding
@akalinus (40440)
• United States
18 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill I think that the servers discreetly monitor how much the diners are eating. They don't have a problem with extra helpings but I think they would report someone like that guy to the manager.
@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
20 Feb 16
Oh my is it true or they are exaggerating about the 50 pounds of food. I cannot imagine eating straight for 7 hours.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Feb 16
It says between 50-70 pounds of food...I believe them. they now exactly how much of each item they put out.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
20 Feb 16
@nottoooldtowrite It is hard to imagine is't it.
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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
20 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill oh my.. how can one eat all of that? And still would want more.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb 16
Does anyone remember The Simpsons when Homer ate everything at the all you can eat fish buffet and kicked out then sued? Lionel Hutz asks the court Does this look like a man who got all he wanted to eat?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
17 Feb 16
I can honestly say I don't remember since I never watched that show, but I think this guy is going to be a carnival act in court.
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@Kboy26 (143)
• Columbia, South Carolina
19 Feb 16
@AbbyGreenhill I hope they both can keep this out of court.
