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Taking food from a hotel breakfast buffet- cheeky??

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Nannyogg134 · 15/08/2024 19:56

Was chatting with Brother and SIL about their upcoming holiday. They've got a long drive with 2 young DCs, so they've booked a chain hotel with free buffet breakfast part way along (to break up the drive.) DM said "Oh good, don't forget to make sandwiches for the drive later.".
This led to a whole family breakdown of what it is/isn't cheeky to do at a breakfast buffet 😂...

  • DM would happily take tupperware with her and fill up because 'it's been paid for' (I don't think she does take tupperware, I think it was a figure of speech!)
  • DH said he's too embarrassed to take anything more than a banana for later.
  • DSIL confessed that she can't resist taking pots of jam

I just wondered what everyone thought- Is it unreasonable to take from the buffet breakfast for 'later'?

OP posts:
Tagyoureit · 15/08/2024 20:04

I would take some extra fruit and a crossiant but making sandwiches is taking the piss.

HeddaGarbled · 15/08/2024 20:02

My parents were demons for this sort of thing to my great embarrassment (also, who wants to eat a soggy warm roll hours later?) so I won’t do it. When I emptied mum’s house after she went into care, she had a drawer full of tea-stained sugar sachets she’d filched from cafes. Sad, cheap and obsessive, IMO.

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Nannyogg134 · 15/08/2024 20:02

Parkmybentley · 15/08/2024 20:00

My mum continually does this. I find it embarrassing. Just buy lunch on the way or go to the supermarket for supplies, it's not hard.

I said this! They've got a long drive but it's not like it's through the wasteland, glad to see I'm not on my own haha.

OP posts:
MumChp · 15/08/2024 20:01

Cheeky.
I have seen staff stop it at hotels we have stayed at.

ErrolTheDragon · 15/08/2024 20:01

Sethera · 15/08/2024 19:59

Yes, of course it's cheeky. The result if this is done en masse is that the hotel will have to provide more food and increase prices. You have paid for breakfast - not lunch and snacks throughout the day.

Yes. Maybe it's ok to take some fruit or a pastry if you're not a big eater at breakfast time but taking a lunch isn't on.

BitOutOfPractice · 15/08/2024 20:01

It makes me cringe a bit. But then so do people who pile up their multiple plates because “they’ve paid for it” and then leave loads and loads of food to waste.

Flibflobflibflob · 15/08/2024 20:01

I went to an all inclusive this year and someone had actually bought tupperware on holiday and was filling it up. I did think it was brazen but tbh the food is going to end up in the bin if it’s not eaten so meh. Kind of admired his balls.

Mrsphilmiller · 15/08/2024 20:00

I once paid for a buffet for myself and my 4 young kids and I made them sandwiches to eat later because they we had a long journey home.

Parkmybentley · 15/08/2024 20:00

My mum continually does this. I find it embarrassing. Just buy lunch on the way or go to the supermarket for supplies, it's not hard.

Sethera · 15/08/2024 19:59

Yes, of course it's cheeky. The result if this is done en masse is that the hotel will have to provide more food and increase prices. You have paid for breakfast - not lunch and snacks throughout the day.

llamajohn · 15/08/2024 19:59

Taking anything out is cheeky tbh.
But I know loads of people do it.

It's not the same as ordering a pizza, eating half and taking the rest home.

lyingonthebeach · 15/08/2024 19:58

It's a bit naff, tbh

edwinbear · 15/08/2024 19:58

I’m with your DH, I’d happily take a piece of fruit and maybe a pastry/muffin. I wouldn’t walk out with a full packed lunch!