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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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Lovemusic82 · 14/10/2024 20:03

Can’t believe how big this thread is.

I went to five guys the other week with my DD, the prices there are crazy, I wasn’t very thirsty so I had a few sips of my daughters (endless refill drink), does that make me a bad person? Five guys was dead and no one told me off 😬.

Pizza hut makes a fortune from their buffet…..I mean how many 5 year olds are going to eat £10’s worth of pizza? Most will only eat 2 slices especially at a party when they want to be playing with their friends? I know I can’t eat £15’s worth, after 3 slices I’m done.

Anyway, it will probably work out less money just to buy one pizza to share? But if you’ve got enough guts to eat your daughters leftovers when she’s taken a bite out of several slices of pizza I’m sure no one would say anything.

Ramblomatic · 14/10/2024 20:03

Petition to rename this website ScruffNet

dementedmummy · 14/10/2024 20:02

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 17:55

Steal pizza ?? Jesus Christ 😂

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But if everyone went and said oh I will just have a slice of pizza off my kids share, it's then into a couple of full size pizzas over the course of the day and therefore it's theft because your child is putting more on their plate so you can have a slice - its not like you are just eating the crusts. Just order a pizza between you and your child and be done with it or suck it up and pay for a buffet for you and your child or an individual pizza for you and a buffet for your child if she's desperate for the buffet.

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 20:02

@Ufcears oh my goodness.. can you actually not go to a Pizza Hut as, say - a couple and buy one regular sized pizza between you ??
This gets worse and worse 🤣

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dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 20:01

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 20:00

@Tink3rbell30 I think you'll be waiting a while for that answer 🤣

I do too 🤣

Crunchymum · 14/10/2024 20:00

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What???? You can't share a pizza?

Now I'm outraged. This is insane.

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 20:00

@Tink3rbell30 I think you'll be waiting a while for that answer 🤣

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Moveornot2 · 14/10/2024 20:00

That’s honestly what I’d do (but I don’t like pizza , so wouldn’t spend £16 , and I can afford it too 😆)

Moveornot2 · 14/10/2024 19:59

Just get your daughter the buffet so she can enjoy with her friends , and have a coffee yourself

Tink3rbell30 · 14/10/2024 19:59

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 19:56

@zeitweilig

We haven't. The question posed by @Tink3rbell30 was:

So if the child doesn't eat all of the pizza slices she picked up despite trying to tell her not to take too many.. can OP eat the spare slice or will she be criminally charged?

The answer to that isn't take one slice at a time, is it? We don't have time machines. The question was, what happens when, despite attempting to control your child's portions, they still cannot finish their plate of pizza? Can OP eat this, or must she surrender it to the bin?

I'll wait patiently again 😂

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:59

@zeitweilig oh I am very well aware of the Gestapo. I was just wondering why the comment was so bad to you.
Considering it was a joke, and all.

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zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 19:57

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 19:56

@zeitweilig

We haven't. The question posed by @Tink3rbell30 was:

So if the child doesn't eat all of the pizza slices she picked up despite trying to tell her not to take too many.. can OP eat the spare slice or will she be criminally charged?

The answer to that isn't take one slice at a time, is it? We don't have time machines. The question was, what happens when, despite attempting to control your child's portions, they still cannot finish their plate of pizza? Can OP eat this, or must she surrender it to the bin?

Yes, the answer is to make sure the child doesn't take more than they can eat and/or ensure it's a flavour they want. This is not rocket science.

Crunchymum · 14/10/2024 19:56

In all seriousness you'll probably be 'flagged' as soon as they realise not everyone is ordering.

I remember years ago (over a decade ago) taking my niece and nephew for the buffet. I was in the throes of early pregnancy / all day sickness and couldn't face more than fizzy water. The staff watched us like absolute hawks as soon as they knew just the kids were eating. I think they'd have noticed if I'd tried to sneak so much as a crust (and judging by how diligently they were watching me I suspect they'd have snatched it out of my hand!!)

I think sharing a pizza is the best option.

You may be going with friends but no-one wants to be made to look like a cheapskate if you do get pulled up on it.

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 19:56

@zeitweilig

We haven't. The question posed by @Tink3rbell30 was:

So if the child doesn't eat all of the pizza slices she picked up despite trying to tell her not to take too many.. can OP eat the spare slice or will she be criminally charged?

The answer to that isn't take one slice at a time, is it? We don't have time machines. The question was, what happens when, despite attempting to control your child's portions, they still cannot finish their plate of pizza? Can OP eat this, or must she surrender it to the bin?

Ufcears · 14/10/2024 19:55

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zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 19:55

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:52

@zeitweilig
Consider self reporting this horrible comment please.
Why was that a horrible comment ??

If you don't know then I suggest some reading up on German history 1930s onward. It's an awful reference.

Plainer · 14/10/2024 19:54

IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:49

@Plainer oh my friend this is not my first rodeo. I have had and seen plenty of threads.. some even over a year old crop up again. Even when the OP has waved her white flag of defeat and retreated into the hole she crawled out of to ask an innocent question... people will come back just to tell her how worthless she really is for giving her 2 year old Nutella on toast.
I will be sticking around.
This was not even a goady post, but I have my popcorn now. May as well enjoy it and have a laugh.

😂🍿

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:53

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As long as you have different straws... right ?

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:53

@dreamer24 @Tink3rbell30 ... if there is no answer given, then we must form our own morally correct answer 😂

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wordler · 14/10/2024 19:52

Is it the kids that really want the buffet? Why don't you all get the kids the buffet and then the parents share a large pizza between you - that would seem much more reasonable in terms of cost.

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:52

@zeitweilig
Consider self reporting this horrible comment please.
Why was that a horrible comment ??

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zeitweilig · 14/10/2024 19:52

dreamer24 · 14/10/2024 19:45

We have not yet had an answer to this 😬🤣

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We have.
Take.one.slice.at.a.time.

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IAKnowyou · 14/10/2024 19:51

Differentstarts · 14/10/2024 19:46

Have you spent much time with the other mums. I couldn't imagine going out with someone and them doing this. I wouldn't be going out with them again

Yes, I wouldn't be embarrassed by this at all. And if somebody I knew did this in front of me, I 1.) wouldn't be bothered in the slightest and 2.) would just have a laugh with them if anybody said anything.
No point ringing the bell of shame is there ?

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