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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No no no, not starvation, not even close. A calorie deficit simply puts the body into fat burning mode. Body Fat is 4000 calories per pound, so it takes a little while. About 1.5 to 2 pounds a week, every ten days, is reasonable and sustainable.
The first thing anybody does when they get serious about weight loss is start looking at the food value in nutrients and calories on the Nutrition Facts label. The second thing is get a gram scale and start weighing stuff out.
It actually takes very little food to maintain a healthy weight is what it comes down to, it’s astonishing really.
I came to the reasoned conclusion some years back, if suddenly somehow everyone started eating sensibly overnight it would cause a total collapse in the restaurant and junk food industry. I’m not kidding.
We’re going to see a lot more of this in the very near future.
“Are you sure you want to purchase $35.00 in fuel? You’ve already purchased $35.00 in fuel within the last nine days. How about walking or riding a bike?”
I definitely see electronic ration cards in our future.
I think they were talking about that meal, not the whole day.
Since Dec 2025 when the stent was placed, I have gained weight back to 146.3 today. If I eat less than 2000 calories, my weight drops. It takes about 2400 calories to make any gains. That includes augmentation with the Apex Labs "Muscle Defense" and "Muscle Defense Ultra" to rebuild muscle mass lost from atrophy in a hospital bed for months.
The point is that the correct amount of daily calories is very dependent on your physical size and health. Having the checkout application scrutinizing your calories...especially at an "all you can eat" venue is ridiculous.
Tell them to take a hike. The calorie intake of a person is not based upon a flat number. This is like the misnomer of everyone being 98.6.
A person who works at a desk without exercise could very well be over the calorie intake they might want at 2000. But a ditch digger is not. They demand more calories to balance their use.
This thinking of a one size fits all intake is not only stupid, but bringing it publicly and individually to a person’s awareness is insulting. And to add to the stupidity they are an all you can eat restaurant. If you are going to sell it in bulk, it isn’t real wise to insult your customers publicly by flashing they are using your services they way you provide it.
Since they don’t know what they are talking about, chasing out business is going to turn it into a clothing store when they close. They don’t get my business.
wy69
We had a Golden Corral in town that went out of business after COVID. Before COVID, they were teetering with a dining room full of fatties making multiple rounds.
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You scare my wife!
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“think they were talking about that meal, not the whole day”
That is not what they wrote, however, it just makes a flat declaration of fact. It is hard to read it any other way.
Oh, I believe you.
I’ve lost about 60 pounds in the past few years. My wife and I literally eat half of what we used to eat. We eat better, we aren’t hungry, and we spend a lot less on groceries. But what we get is top shelf stuff.
If we have sweets…I make them. They still aren’t “good” for us, but they don’t have High Fructose Corn Syrup. Ha Ha.
Serving drinks to drunks is different as victims of DUI have sued bars into oblivion.
As to calories, I also could not care less about this ...... “warning”. The numbers are all wrong except, possibly, for an 80# dwarf.
But, nagging to encourage less food being consumed at an ‘all you can eat” situation makes sense. Business sense.
this is a buffet so maybe thats the idea
Probably, because it didn’t happen. Some redditor AI generated the warning and went to Reddit to get attention and validation.
We eat better, we aren’t hungry, and we spend a lot less on groceries. But what we get is top shelf stuff.
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Yes! I arrived at the same place. I take much more care with selecting good foods and take care to prep it right. I don’t eat a lot, but when I do I know what’s in it. If I’m gonna “sin” it better taste good or what’s the point.
Good thing Homer Simpson didn’t go there.
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