Taking food from a hotel breakfast buffet- cheeky??

I don’t make him! We agree to it. He gets to shower, and pack for us, in peace, and gets a free breakfast! Winner winner rolls for dinner!

But not if you are petite

😂😂😂😂😂 are you sure about that@assumethatIcan ?

Yup, I do this. I once had a roll of foil waiting in my room ready to wrap the sandwiches up in 🤣🤣🤣 couple of bananas too and lunch sorted

Eh no it’s Tupperware

Because it’s more honest- I’m saying that I’m a greedy person and I’m okay with that. Whereas the latter is walking around in a shifty and guilty way, which gives you the air of a thief. The former is more dignified. It gives the message that I am entitled to eat a bit extra on holiday and I’ve paid for it. No one can argue with that.

It's similar to taking all the shower gels and tea an coffee sachets from the room

It’s called Tuppaware though. ^^ 😂

Hotel buffets bring out a very unattractive side of human nature. I’ve realised that one of the reasons I love self-catering is that I avoid having to be around gimlet-eyed, sharp-elbowed fellow guests in the morning. I don’t want to deal with rude strangers on my holiday. No more AI after trying it once and being jostled by people who couldn’t wait to grab food.

This is more of the same - greedy. Although I agree with posters saying if you’ve not piled your plate high, taking a small item or two to eat later is fine.

I also appreciate hotels that offer breakfasts off a menu - much more pleasant and I assume they don’t have much waste.

Hotel abroad last year. Every morning a British family sat down and ate a massive breakfast. Then the mum proceeded to fill their insulated bottles full of fresh fruit juice and filled 2 large Tupperware boxes with bread, cheese, fruit etc. in full sight. Saw them tucking into their nice lunch on the beach one day. Even if they’d gone for the all inclusive option it’s super tacky. If half board it’s just theft, isn’t it?

I also think fruit or a pot of yoghurt is reasonable but I we stayed at a hotel last year where the staff brought take away containers for the kids. They had a kids breakfast corner which included treat you wouldn't really give your kids for breakfast but they urged us to help ourselves.

So I guess it depends

Not cheap in the Norwegian hotel another poster mentioned earlier.

I guess it depends on the setup but I always take fruit to eat mid-morning as I wouldn't have an apple/banana during breakfast. It's there, so why not. Also balances out my ridiculously small breakfast I would consume as I'm not hungry in the mornings.

Whenever I go to an all inclusive I always take at least two piece of fruit with me for later and don't feel in the least bit guilty. They're more than covered as I don't touch the freely available alcohol, fizzy drinks and a lot of other stuff I wouldn't consume anyway.

I can’t really get worked up by someone taking a bread roll and some fruit or a pastry. I wouldn’t take a 3 course meal for a family of 6 but a small snack type lunch or just some snacks for the kids is fine.

@Pebbles16 Imagine if everyone with a chronic condition considered it an acceptable excuse to start stealing. Your husband can just as easily wait in a cafe and buy a drink, even carry a book. Such a strange attitude.

I stayed in a hotel close to Disneyland Paris recently and guests weren’t allowed to take bags into the breakfast room, not even handbags. I don’t really enjoy breakfast so I stayed in bed but my DH took the kids down and said they were turning people with bags away and making them leave them back in their bedrooms!

I am very unclenched and can afford to pay for our holidays. No need to steal. You do you. Being CF’s and blaming it on you having a disease.

If the amount of food is the same, then what difference does it make to the hotel whether you have it all at once or save some of it for later?

I work in a hotel with a ver posh breakfast buffet - if you're coming down near the end of service, take the damned food. We are going to bin it otherwise, things like cheeses and meats and pastries we simply can't put in the fridge and set out again tomorrow because it's a cross-contamination/temperature of storage thing.

Don't do it at the beginning of service though and please don't nick the little jams in jars.

Ask and we'll usually wrap it for you also. 😁

I’d rather eat a hearty breakfast at the hotel and skip lunch than eat moderately at breakfast and pack a moderate sandwich for later. It’s more socially acceptable to overeat than to try and trick the system.

Have taken the odd item of food away when in a hurry, have also filled my coffee flask for the drive /train journey too. Meh, I think loading up boxes is a step too far, but saw this at an all inclusive in Egypt (was Egyptian families doing this) then they had an afternoon long picnic by the pool. No idea it was seen as acceptable or they were just CFs

It's tacky. You pay for breakfast, not lunch too. It's like when people to to those "as much as you can eat" buffets and stuff their fat faces.

I'm in Team DH. Take out a piece of fruit for later (feeling like a criminal and expecting to be challenged if spotted by a member of staff) but there's no way I'd take a full packed lunch. It hasn't been paid for - the prices would have to go up considerably if everyone stocked up for the full day ahead.

Well you do you and we'll do us. I will say no more except... UNCLENCH

It all goes to waste the leftovers anyway, better to be eaten.

Not all heroes wear capes! :)

but seriously, good on you and good point about food waste.