Management was Right!

Family Kicked Out Of Buffet Restaurant For Wasting Food

POSTED: 6:50 am EDT May 5, 2006
UPDATED: 7:07 am EDT May 5, 2006

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Wendy Dershem may think twice before leaving that egg roll on her plate at her next Chinese buffet.

The Des Moines woman, her boyfriend and her two children were kicked out of a restaurant last week after management accused her of leaving too much food on her plate.

"They told us we are not welcome there anymore," said Dershem, a repeat customer at the Dragon House buffet. "We waste too much food. But the buffet is all you can eat. And you know kids. They won't always eat everything and they want something else."

Dershem said she paid her $5.95 fee but was abruptly told to leave after eating one plate of food.

"They just take one bite and throw it away," said cashier Lin Huyen. "They take four egg rolls and crab rangoon, take one bite of egg roll and throw the whole plate. That is wasting food."

There is a difference between all you can eat and all your kids can waste. This woman should have been supervising her kids behavior. There is no excuse for repeated bad behavior. Too many parent these days ignore their kids and tolerate rude and appalling behavior because they are too lazy or disinterested to pay attention.

If the child had taken one egg roll and decided it didn't like it, that would be different, but there is no excuse for the behavior described above. If Ms. Dershem doesn't like her treatment, then maybe she should pay more attention to what her kids are doing.

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