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Pizza Hut Buffet

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 17:46

Posting here to hopefully get some quick answers.

So I will be going to Pizza Hut for the buffet, at the weekend with my child for one of her friend's parties.
There's a few of us going, and I've had a look online and at weekends it is 15.99 per adult and 10.99 for children !
I am absolutely not going to eat 15.99 worth of pizza! And I doubt my child will eat £11 worth.
Would I be unreasonable to just pay for my child and maybe have a slice of pizza or 2?
I know they charge different per head to stop this. But how do they police this ??
It's not a huge deal, but I would definitely like to know before I go, and like to know if other people do this or not ?
Thanks !

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easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:19

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 22:14

Why did they show that ad before a film? 😅

I think you've just revealed your youth 😁
the original
referred to pirated films but it's since become a bit of a meme to replace 'film' with various ridiculous things

SpiggingBelgium · 14/10/2024 22:18

Mirrrors · 14/10/2024 22:08

What an entertaining thread. Personally can’t imagine getting even a little bit worked up over the idea of an absolutely enormous corporation possibly losing out on £15 due to ops’ dastardly criminal plan of pizza sharing, but as we can see, there’s all sorts of people in the world!

Because it’s not about £15 - it’s about the general attitude. Shoplifting, for example, has soared in recent years, and is a major factor in high street chains putting up their prices and closing stores. Then you will have thread after thread on here talking about how “Our high street is like a ghost town now 😞”.

Of course Pizza Hut isn’t going to go under if OP sneaks a few slices from her daughter’s plate. But if everyone has the attitude of “Why should I pay when they can afford it?”, prices go up to cover theft - and then everyone moans it’s too expensive to eat out!

easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:16

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 22:04

OP, I'd like to personally thank you for this thread this evening; it was unexpectedly entertaining. It has also inspired me to dine at my local Pizza Hut restaurant this weekend, where I shall be partaking in the buffet (and paying, obviously, just in case there was any doubt about that aspect of things...) 🍕😁

anyone who has been here a while will remember back in yonder days there used to be talk of a 'MN scarf' and/or 'MN haircut' which, together with a sage reference to 'pombears' or a perfectly elongated 'naiiiice' as a descriptor (ideally of ham but other foodstuffs or indeed nouns are acceptable) worked as a means of identifying other MN-ers in the wild

the 2024 version will consist of slightly knackered 40 year olds in sensible footwear sidling up to one another at a chain restaurant with a wink of recognition and murmuring 'tell me - have you paid for your buffet?'

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 22:14

Why did they show that ad before a film? 😅

GoldCat255 · 14/10/2024 22:14

Leech much?

Spudthespanner · 14/10/2024 22:13

easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:03

anyone remember these ads before a film?

😂😂😂

Close the thread here.

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 22:10

@IAKnowyou better get it printed on a t shirt, just to be on the safe side when you go this weekend. So they know for sure you're not a wrong 'un trying to nab a free crust.

Mirrrors · 14/10/2024 22:08

What an entertaining thread. Personally can’t imagine getting even a little bit worked up over the idea of an absolutely enormous corporation possibly losing out on £15 due to ops’ dastardly criminal plan of pizza sharing, but as we can see, there’s all sorts of people in the world!

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 22:06

easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:03

anyone remember these ads before a film?

Oh I love it , I might have this framed 😂😂

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Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 22:06

Yes this thread has been amusing this evening 😆

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 22:04

easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:03

anyone remember these ads before a film?

Fucking hell 🤣

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 22:04

OP, I'd like to personally thank you for this thread this evening; it was unexpectedly entertaining. It has also inspired me to dine at my local Pizza Hut restaurant this weekend, where I shall be partaking in the buffet (and paying, obviously, just in case there was any doubt about that aspect of things...) 🍕😁

Matronic6 · 14/10/2024 22:03

easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:03

anyone remember these ads before a film?

🤣

easylikeasundaymorn · 14/10/2024 22:03

anyone remember these ads before a film?

Pizza Hut Buffet
Spudthespanner · 14/10/2024 22:01

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 21:59

@Spudthespanner I just really don't want her to lose sleep over this

I picture her typing everything furiously from her seat at a Pizza Hut buffet.

Spudthespanner · 14/10/2024 22:00

@zeitweilig

Actually, I no longer care

Aw. All good things come to an end I suppose.

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 21:59

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 21:58

Actually, I no longer care

That's possibly music to OP's ears 😅

Rejoicing as we speak 😂

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 21:59

@Spudthespanner I just really don't want her to lose sleep over this

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dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 21:58

Actually, I no longer care

That's possibly music to OP's ears 😅

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 21:58

@Bogginsthe3rd I love that.. sounds like something my fiance would call me 🤣

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Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:57

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:55

So do you think stealing is ok or not? It's still not clear.
Actually, I no longer care.

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Thank God for that.

Bogginsthe3rd · 14/10/2024 21:57

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 17:56

@Itsmeamandaberry oh how awful for you to think of another person asking a harmless question.
I could never be friends with someone as judgemental as YOU.

Alright pizza gobbler. Calm down.

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:57

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:52

Could you link it please?
I cannot find it.
Edit - are you referring to the post where you said sharing a pizza was a better idea? That doesn't actually answer how you feel about the stealing pizza or cards.

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Good grief, zeitweiling! Your posts are getting slightly sinister!

makemeanoffericantrefuse · 14/10/2024 21:56

@TattedBarley
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Oh please 🤣 I work in a similar setting to Pizza Hut. Hand on heart - nobody cares. And nobody’s losing their job over a spoonful of pasta and two slices of pizza.
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The thread (have you read it?) is about whether two people can eat but only pay for one.
I'm sure the people running the business do care.

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:56

Spudthespanner · 14/10/2024 21:55

You've the patience of a saint

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Ha ha ha.