Posted on 07/07/2026 7:19:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A diner was shocked and appalled after allegedly getting calorie-shamed by a restaurant’s order screen, per a viral Reddit post.
According to the thread, shared to the forum’s “Mildly Infuriating” forum, the customer had ordered three lamb skewers at an undisclosed “all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant.”
This seemed standard enough, but when the patron went to check out digitally, they received an on-screen pop-up warning about their food intake.
“For your own health concern, an average adult’s intake should not exceed 1,000 calories,” the advisory read. “Your current calorie intake is 2,000 calories. Are you sure you want to proceed?”
In the bottom right corner, a calorie counter noted that their current lamb kebabs order totaled 240 calories while prior orders clocked in at 1,760 calories — an amount that they deemed “good to serve two people.”
They also noted that an extra fee may apply for “unfinished food.”
Many Redditors were taken aback that the customer would be flagged for their food intake at an alleged bottomless banquet.
“Hey fatty you sure you wanna be so fat?” snarked one, referencing the prompt’s alleged fat-shaming messaging. “Click yes to agree to fatness.”
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“This is very common at an all-you-can-eat, specifically at Asian restaurants,” claimed one defender. “It is to prevent excess food waste.”
Unfortunately, it’s not just customers who are wasting food.
“Worst part of working third shift at Buc-ee’s is throwing away all the food that you work so hard to make,” said one. “Throw away 50 [sandwiches] to make 150 more that night just to throw away 95 of those in 2 days.”
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And the math is wrong anyways. 2000 Cal/day is a way to lose weight. 1000/day = starvation.
I saw ZERO FAT ‘SHAMING’ in that notification. It was triggered by the calories and not by the custom’s body mass index. Just sayin’.
First of all 1000 calories a day for an adult is close to starvation for most people and especially men. There’s no diet that calls for that low of calorie intake unless you are on a strict diet for weight loss. And even then, it is for a certain period of time, not for life.
Maybe the computer had an AI with a camera!...................
Mmmmm... I love me a Buc-ee’s BBQ sandwich!!!
It is still not the restaurant’s place to post it on their check out board. It’s a great way to lose customers. It is just rude.
“All you can eat not mean all YOU can eat!” ~ some stand up comic
It is a public health awareness campaign encouraged by our govt.
If the screen message was the restaurant’s MO to reduce waste
(a very admirable goal on their part),
they should have said so right at the top of the screen.
I don’t much care about people’s social overreaction and the whole “fat shaming” crud. If you are fat, maybe someone should be looking out for you if you can’t look out for yourself, just like a bar shouldn’t be serving more drinks to someone who is falling down drunk.
However, I consider that blatant false advertising to call it “All you can eat” if you are going to make ridiculous consumption stipulations.
When I got my sugars under control the first thing that went out the window was the all you can eat Chinese buffet. I still eat Chinese, but fixed portions.
CC
If it didn’t do that, some fattie would sue the restaurant for over-feeding them and “making them fat”.
Some people need to be reminded they are gluttons.
Why are you getting lamb skewers at a sushi place? They should mock you for that.
“2000 Cal/day is a way to lose weight. 1000/day = starvation.”
Per meal.
“”they received”? Is the person so fat the system thought it was dealing with two people?
1000 calories a day?
Exactly. 1,000 calories? Ridiculous.
Whole thing smells like a hoax by an illiterate and innumerate hoaxer.
How would the POS system know how much this person is eating per day?
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