Taking food from a hotel breakfast buffet- cheeky??

Your husband wasn’t ‘possibly’ a CF, he was!

If I understand correctly, a hotel you are non-resident in kindly let you use their facilities and your husband repaid this consideration and good will by stealing from them. Nice. Actually, I changed my mind. Your husband wasn’t a CF, he was just a thief.

People who say it is naff etc are also saying unless it is just a pastry or a fruit. That is all most ppl take anyway. clearing whole trays is not the norm and is selfish. We are just saying, take whatever is left in your plate, it’s not a big deal and it isn’t theft!

Depends where I am.

In the UK staff take buffet leftovers at big chains so I have yet to stay somewhere that tolerates it. Even high end places don’t like continental breakfasts taken away.

In Europe it depends where you are. At cheaper places where it’s all cold supermarket items they don’t end to mind. But higher end including cooked food items are expensive & European resorts prefer to reuse leftovers for lunch and dinner - som 4 star and above resorts in Spain even view it as stealing lol.

Asia /Middle East / American hotels are more relaxed about things but you are expected to tip. If you don’t you’ll only be able to do it once lol

I think it's naff and embarrassing - maybe a croissant and piece of fruit is ok tho. We recently took PILs to a nice hotel. MIL, who very much likes value for money went crazy at the breakfast buffet - umpteen courses- we watched mesmerised that one person could/would eat so much. She wanted to take a glass of bircher oats and fruit away and DH stopped her. She was a bit huffy but then ate it too.

We also like to have lunch ashore when in port if we aren’t doing an excursion; part of the fun of exploring. And helps the local economy a bit.

That's very different though as a FB customer has already paid for lunch, so I would say it's up to them if they want to take it in the format of sandwiches, rather than coming back to the boat.

I would also say that they have paid for all their meals, so it's not particularly strange that they would want to eat them, rather than paying to eat elsewhere. It's one of the reasons I would struggle with a cruise, as - like you - finding places to eat and enjoying local cuisine is a large part of the holiday to me.

I suppose it was a bit like a recent ladies ski holiday. We were HB but food wasn't particularly good, or to be more accurate to our taste. Some people were keen for us to go out for a number of evening meals, whereas as the holiday was already expensive, I was more prepared to grin and bear it as I wasn't there for a gourmet experience and would rather not spend an additional 50 euros each evening for something I had already paid for.

I've no personal qualms about taking a piece of fruit, and wrapping up a pastry to take for later.

When I stayed in Ostend there was a notice asking people not to take food out of the dining room and saying that the staff would be happy to direct guests to the local bakery and shop.

I was going to say the same thing! Our ski hotel in Austria provides bags. It’s great for my mum as they have a good gluten free selection and some of the restaurants don’t have many options for her.

I once watched a mum load up the basket under her pushchair from the breakfast buffet - I think it was the Holiday Inn in Middlesborough. At the time it seemed a natural thing for her to do.

I like to take a muffin to eat for later, but wouldn't make a packed lunch.

I once worked as a nanny for a very wealth family who owned several houses around the world, so they never stayed in hotels. We once went somewhere for the day, and had access to a hotel suite, complete with a selection of mini jams. The DM was so taken with the mini jams she made me put them all in my bag and carry them around for the rest of the day. The bag was bloody heavy

24/7*

Some people have food insecurity.

Not everyone has the same childhood, with a plentiful fridge and well-stocked cupboard available 25/7.

The feeling of worry, the emotion of guilt for leaving food behind, well, I refuse to judge people coping with that.

Definite CF behaviour but I do enjoy watching people make up their cheese and ham sandwiches and grab a yoghurt pot and fruit.

I’ve never done it myself but it happens a lot skiing because the mountain restaurants are so pricey.

Me too , small stature and a bit of a grazer so egg and toast is the most I can eat in one go 😆 I take banana and a small pastry for later

I did this as a broke teenager when inter-railing.

I wouldn't do it now. Or maybe just an apple.

We usually have self catering holidays but we had a delayed flight once and had to spend the night at a Holiday Inn Express.
I watched people pile plates high and go back for more .
i can’t eat like that , I had juice , coffee , eggs on toast but took a banana , a muffin and as I was leaving I noticed people were taking coffee to go in the takeaway cups provided so I also took a coffee from the machine in a takeaway cup to have in our room .
i draw the line at making up sandwiches 🥪😆

When we've stayed in Norway we booked what they called 3/4 board, which was the hotel providing paper bags to make up sandwiches from the breakfast buffet - it was a really outdoorsy place and the expectation was that no one would be back for lunch, but we did pay extra above half-board for that. Maybe that's what they were doing?

Norway seems like such a sensible country, that's a very good idea.

It's been a while since I've been to a hotel with all inclusive breakfast, but now I know why breakfast is so expensive. They account for this sort of behaviour.

I think if the hotel are only with people taking extra for later, then no one has any business to judge.

This thread has been very amusing.

The only ones with real problems are those who call people greedy pigs for eating a hotel breakfast.

I suspect this is why they would rather steal food and eat it alone later when no other people might be watching.

I just spoke to some one about this last week, we were talking about cruises and I said I like to try restaurants in ports, he was shocked at why I would pay for food on an all inclusive cruise. Apparently he either takes lunch from the breakfast buffet or makes sure they are back by lunch time.

Nothing to add really, beyond when I worked in a youth hostel we left out brown paper bags for people to make up butties as they would have anyway...

But this is the most entertaining thread on such an innocuous subject!

And I rather admire the European looking husband swiping Prosecco while his wife used the facilities...

@Nannyogg134 scummy behaviour. Low level looting.

A greedy pig? For eating a hotel breakfast?
You should honestly be ashamed of yourself for talking like that.

Yes.....happy now?

@xxSideshowAuntSallyxx is it really necessary to try and justify yourself by calling those who actually eat breakfast at breakfast time "greedy pigs"?

No wonder people end up with eating disorders if they grow up with messages like this.

It's not just this poster, you can see it throughout the thread, some posters disgusted with the concept that people can dare ti enjoy a hearty breakfast, probably because of their own internal dialogue on the matter.