No-Carb Eating Couple Booted From Buffet for Eating Too Much Beef (Chuck-A-Rama incident)

AP ^ | april 23,2004

[nuconvert]

No-Carb Eating Couple Booted From Buffet for Eating Too Much Beef

Apr 23, 2004

The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A couple on a low-carb diet were kicked out of a buffet restaurant after the manager said they'd eaten too much roast beef. Sui Amaama, who along with his wife have been on the Atkins Diet for two weeks, was "It's so embarrassing actually," said Isabelle Leota, Amaama's wife. "We went in to have dinner, we were under the impression Chuck-A-Rama was an all-you-can-eat establishment."

Not so, said Jack Johanson, the restaurant chain's district manager.

"We've never claimed to be an all-you-can-eat establishment," said Johanson. "Our understanding is a buffet is just a style of eating."

The general manager who was carving the meat Tuesday became concerned about having enough for other patrons and asked Amaama to stop, Johanson said.

Offended, the couple asked for a refund. The manager refused and called police when they would not leave.

The couple said they have eaten at Chuck-A-Rama's $8.99 buffet at least twice a week, but did not plan to return.

[nuconvert]

So, you're the guy!
I hear they stopped looking for you last year.

LOL

[Petronski]

In the east, we have "Old Country Buffet," where very very large people line up in sweat clothes to pay $8.50 to eat as much as they like in a cafeteria-like setting.


Be afraid...be very afraid.

[White Eagle]

Sui Amaama, who along with his wife...

OK, I'll get both comments into one post, and get it over with.

"It's not easy being a body named Sui!!"

With a name like Sui, shouldn't he be on a pork diet, not beef?

OK, I feel better now.

[Petronski]

Oh, I love that guy. I heard him on XMRadio and almost wrecked my car.

Ever see "The Critic?" The corpulent Jay Sherman approaches a Chinese buffet and we hear from inside:

[Chinese accent] Oh! It is the beast with many mouths! Lock the door!

[scott7278]

http://www.johnpinette.com/clips/chinesebuffet.wma

Here's an audio link from his official site. He's even funnier when you see him, though.

[Pontiac]

I was trying to put on 20 pounds in 30 days so that I could play varsity football in my freshman year.

Did you succeed?

[NonValueAdded]

12th slice ... gee, I wonder why they were on the Atkins diet? Why don't they just stop eating so much? Now they are probably heading over to the trough at the court house. </obvious>

[FreedomCalls]

They should have tried for the "Big Texan" challenge in Amarillo! It's 72 oz of Texas' finest sirloin. It's free if you can finish it.

[ladyinred]

ROTFL!

You can't make this stuff up folks!

Or just stuffed period or something, stuffing, stuffed, you get the idea!

[Arkinsaw]

I"m with you,they should sue,and I usually hate frivolous lawsuits.

A complaint to the BBB and the State Attorney General is probably sufficient. The bad press the restaraunt got is probably punishment enough and they probably will get a few phone calls. The place probably lost a whole lot of business with the Atkins people.

[sharktrager]

your post lost some of the article somehow

[FreedomCalls]

[scott7278]

http://www.johnpinette.com/clips/ozbuffet.wma

[ladyinred]

Bingo! Especially at the salad bar where they think piling tons of cheese and salad dressing on the lettuce, corn, peas, sprouts, carrots, beets, mushrooms, croutons, etc is low cal! I avoid buffet's like the plague!

[FreedomCalls]

[yooper]

Anyone remember the fat glutton puker who exploded in Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life?"

An image of the guy would be most appropriate for this thread.

[aft_lizard]

This is funny, its kind of like the Simpsons episode where Homer was kicked out of a all you can eat restaraunt.

[Bronzewound]

Reminds me of Flip Wilson's routine about running a lemonade stand with the slogan "All You Can Drink for A Dime!

Then, when the customer requested a second glass, Flip would say, "You had one glass, right? Well, that's all you can drink for a dime!"

[tubebender]

Don't invite this couple to your BBQ this weekend...

[aft_lizard]

Its all you can eat. Not you can eat all!