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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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Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:39

I'll ask a Joey Tribiani question - what if, someone on the next table left the restaurant and I ate some of their left over food? 🤔😆

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:39

TattedBarley · 14/10/2024 21:37

Okay yes, but they didn’t. The restaurant was near empty, the staff saw me do it and cleared the extra plates without a word. I don’t think it’s a big a deal as it’s being made out to be 🤷🏼‍♀️

The staff ignoring theft doesn't make it not theft. They're probably not paid enough to deal with disrespective customers.

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:38

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:36

You really think I'm being serious don't you 😃

Some folk, such as OP, are following that line seriously. By this latest comment I presume you're not.

TattedBarley · 14/10/2024 21:37

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:34

They would have been within their rights to charge you.

Okay yes, but they didn’t. The restaurant was near empty, the staff saw me do it and cleared the extra plates without a word. I don’t think it’s a big a deal as it’s being made out to be 🤷🏼‍♀️

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:37

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:33

So, what I saud happened did happen, yet apparently I shouldn't point it out.
😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

No. It was more just the 35th attempt to stop the cycle of your posts saying the same thing. It failed.

ThornVampire · 14/10/2024 21:37

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:03

The op asked the question, everyone said yabu, op realised OK and decided to make humour from her proposed cheekiness.

Where was the humour?

Feels too forced

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:36

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:35

She's not paying for herself though.

You really think I'm being serious don't you 😃

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:36

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:35

Yep, she did. It wasn't the four page confession you want, but it was an acceptance that she was wrong.

You're being really strange about all this.

If pointing out exactly what OP did is strange then so be it.

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 21:36

notprincehamlet · 14/10/2024 21:33

Just skip breakfast, wear your stretchiest pants, pack your big plate and buffet like a pro

😂😂

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:35

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:33

She's still paying though 🤪

She's not paying for herself though.

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:35

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:32

She didn't.

Yep, she did. It wasn't the four page confession you want, but it was an acceptance that she was wrong.

You're being really strange about all this.

Ufcears · 14/10/2024 21:34

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zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:34

TattedBarley · 14/10/2024 21:33

Some people on this website are so judgemental it’s insane. OP I went to Pizza Hut with my family about a month ago, my sister wanted to try some buffet pizza but had ordered from the main menu - so I took some extra slices on my buffet plate and shared them with her. I also took some pasta and fed it to my two year old. No staff members told us off or charged us extra and nobody was arrested for the crime of ‘stealing pizza’ 🤣 but on another note, I remember the pizza being significantly nicer in my younger years than it is now. Can’t put my finger on what’s changed but it’s just a bit ‘meh’ now.

They would have been within their rights to charge you.

Ufcears · 14/10/2024 21:34

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zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:33

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:29

Seriously, so what?

So, what I saud happened did happen, yet apparently I shouldn't point it out.
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notprincehamlet · 14/10/2024 21:33

Just skip breakfast, wear your stretchiest pants, pack your big plate and buffet like a pro

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TattedBarley · 14/10/2024 21:33

Some people on this website are so judgemental it’s insane. OP I went to Pizza Hut with my family about a month ago, my sister wanted to try some buffet pizza but had ordered from the main menu - so I took some extra slices on my buffet plate and shared them with her. I also took some pasta and fed it to my two year old. No staff members told us off or charged us extra and nobody was arrested for the crime of ‘stealing pizza’ 🤣 but on another note, I remember the pizza being significantly nicer in my younger years than it is now. Can’t put my finger on what’s changed but it’s just a bit ‘meh’ now.

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:33

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:32

To be pedantic, she's paying for a child buffet and she's an adult.

She's still paying though 🤪

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:32

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:31

She did. PP just flagged it.

She didn't.

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:32

Healingsfall · 14/10/2024 21:30

To be pedantic technically the op is paying... unless she's sending her dd into the kitchen to washup to pay her way 🙈

To be pedantic, she's paying for a child buffet and she's an adult.

Ufcears · 14/10/2024 21:31

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Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:31

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:30

Well if you start a thread asking a question you should probably update in response to replies surely?

She did. PP just flagged it.

Mumandcarer80 · 14/10/2024 21:31

Our local pizza hut closed so not been for years. But don't they do the salad bar anymore? They also have pasta on the menu if you don't have to have the buffet option could you get something off the pasta menu instead?

zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 21:31

Plainer · 14/10/2024 21:29

Seriously, so what?

People are saying she has changed her view. She hasn't.
It's all there.

LittleMousewithcloggson · 14/10/2024 21:31

LittleMousewithcloggson · 14/10/2024 19:49

Legally they could still charge as she didn’t eat it therefore it wasn’t covered by payment. Payment covered everything eaten.
It stays as Pizza Huts property and whilst they will throw it away it is legally their property to do what they want with - not the child’s.

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@Tink3rbell30 @dreamer24 I answered your question just before 8pm
I am not saying they will enforce it but that’s the situation
(worked as a commercial contract lawyer becoming specialising in employment law)