Re:Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can...
by telegraph on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @08:31PM
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For the same reason that all you can eat buffets have small plates.
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Re:Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can...
by paulgb on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @08:46PM
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Some also charge for uneaten food, which is a more direct equivalent to the $100 charge.
Re:Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can...
by zackattack on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @11:22PM
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I've never heard of an all you can eat buffet charging for uneaten food. Example?
Re:Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can...
by JimmyL on Thursday August 13, 2009 @01:40AM
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Often happens at all-you-can-eat sushi places; personally I know of three or four in Montreal/Toronto where this is done.
They're the kind of places where you order small dishes off the menu, and you can just keep ordering them until you're done. No limit on the number you can order simultaneously, but if you call for the bill when there are uneaten plates they'll charge you some nominal per-plate fee for each one (this isn't for leaving one or two pieces behind - it's for when you order a plate of ten pieces of sashimi and eat two).
Re:Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can...
by SwellJoe on Thursday August 13, 2009 @12:12AM
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I've seen signage to that effect at buffets before. At least one of the Chinese buffets in Houston (of which there are about a billion) has such a sign, though I don't remember which one. I don't know that it's enforced...just a not-so-subtle way to say, "Don't waste food!"
Re:Be a roaming hacker this fall: JetBlue offers all-you-can...
by hrabago on Thursday August 13, 2009 @12:47AM
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These are how buffets are where I grew up. When I moved to the US, I was surprised that buffets here allowed me to leave food on the plate while I went to get another plate of food.