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Sushi restaurant drama

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Cwazycupcake · 27/11/2024 07:35

After reading another similar post I had to get opinions on if I was unreasonable.

I was at a sushi train a few weeks ago with DH and kids. It was close to closing time so there wasn’t a huge selection left. At the booth next to us were four kids, their parents ( four adults) were at the booth opposite the kids. My kids were loudly calling out what they wanted, and as the food went past the table of kids before us they took everything my kids wanted. Despite telling my kids to stop calling out what they wanted, it continued. The kids at the next table had quite a bit of half eaten sushi piled up, the parents hadn’t noticed. I know I should have told the parents their kids were being silly, but due to being a little hangry I said I wanted octopus balls, it was the most expensive plate colour and there were a few, and this is when the parents realised what was happening. They were not pleased, one of the men picked up the plates and put them on our table and said we were paying for it. I grabbed the couple of plates we had actually eaten from and went to the checkout and explained what happened. I only paid what I should have.
A couple of friends said I should have paid for at least some of it.
Was I in the wrong?

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Peclet · 27/11/2024 15:40

Nothing but respect for you and your giant lady octopus balls

samarrange · 27/11/2024 15:36

OP, not only YANBU, but also, this was a genius move to get the little CFs' DPs to understand the need to keep an eye on their kids. 👏👏👏

Anuta77 · 27/11/2024 15:36

CRbear · 27/11/2024 07:41

whats with the childish humour?

no one laughs at “chicken balls” from the Chinese? And she would get millions of “what’s takoyaki?” if she had said that…

I understood that these were balls made from octopus meat...just like chicken balls are not testicles (I think).

MzHz · 27/11/2024 15:33

You paid for what you took off the conveyor

fuck that dumb ass family. Maybe they’ll pay attention to their kids in future

Grabyourpassportandmyhand · 27/11/2024 15:30

My kids love sushi conveyer belts.

Id love to know how much the obnoxious kids and equally obnoxious parents bill was!

On what grounds do your friends think you should have paid in part for their kids eating your first choice of sushi?

Lollypop701 · 27/11/2024 15:17

Can I go to a sushi train with your friend op… think she will pay for me if I let her have a taste of all the food I get😂…and I’m definitely trying the octopus balls

Thatdontimpressmemuchh · 27/11/2024 15:15

To be fair though you were allowing your children to shout across the restaurant which enables poor manners. The other children were closer so to be fair they had first dibs. The parents should have supervised their children better. If you were at yo sushi, it's a massive rip off anyway, you're better off going to an independent with table service. Cheaper and far better quality.

HarrietBond · 27/11/2024 15:09

I don’t think anyone was shouting orders. I think OP’s kids were watching the belt and calling out things like ‘I want the salmon’, and the other kids were hearing and taking it first.

BunnyLake · 27/11/2024 15:07

I’m quite confused by the whole set up. I’ve never been to a sushi place where you shout your order, sounds very loud and chaotic.

BunnyLake · 27/11/2024 15:04

I can’t eat octopus anymore since finding out they are very intelligent and affectionate creatures.

Can’t really work out what was happening but you weren’t those kids babysitters so I don’t see why you should pay.

Who leaves their kids unsupervised at a sushi conveyor belt?

Bollindger · 27/11/2024 14:58

I have too laugh as 15 years ago I found out next door was just like those children...
But my 6 year old was playing your part.
I keep asking her what she wanted for Christmas and she laughed so hard and admitted she had cost the mum a fortune.
She also snopped and knew she had the hamsters and told next door and cost the mum as an £8 toy was going for £80, plus all the bits £200 in total.
She is still proud of it to this day.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 27/11/2024 14:58

YANBU in the slightest, OP.

I hope the lazy negligent parents had to pay for all the expensive food their selfish, petty children took purely because they thought you wanted it.

No idea WTF your friend is thinking, saying you should have paid for food their horrible children took (but you didn't take or eat).

oakleaffy · 27/11/2024 14:55

ThanksItHasPockets · 27/11/2024 11:01

With the exception of some farmed species, the law requires that fish served as sushi or sashimi has to have been flash-frozen for this very reason.

Except some encysted worms do still get through- hence the people getting infected.
With the seal population expanding, there are more of these worms than ever before.

{Only became aware of them after news articles on them}

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39882381

Onlycoffee · 27/11/2024 14:53

Cwazycupcake · 27/11/2024 10:38

They looked over at the kids table as I possibly a little too loudly said I wanted octopus balls and saw the kids taking it. Then saw all the plates on the table. He said I’m not paying that and dumped it all on our table.

There's no way I would want to eat food that has been handled by their kids, left sitting on their kids table then handled again the parents.

YANBU, they should have been supervising their kids.

Annabella92 · 27/11/2024 14:44

Cwazycupcake · 27/11/2024 10:24

Thanks all. My friend felt I should pay as I had goaded the kids into grabbing four expensive plates of food they wouldn’t eat.

I do promise to be more adventurous next time I get sushi.

Your friend is mental. You didn't goad those little toerags

GoldenLegend · 27/11/2024 14:42

NineDaysQueen · 27/11/2024 14:28

I'm starting gently by just going to the foot of our stairs

I admit, I'd never heard it described as a train. I thought it was a carousel. For the people who've never tried it, sushi restaurants like this are good fun, but AHEM keep an eye on how much you're spending because it's easy to get carried away!

GoldenLegend · 27/11/2024 14:40

Rachie1973 · 27/11/2024 13:07

I think it’s genius!

I also think it's a genius way to ensure those particular parents supervise their kids in future.

Additionally, I feel a visit to Yo! Sushi coming on.

HuckleberryBlackcurrant · 27/11/2024 14:40

I think you gave them just what they deserved. They should have been paying closer attention to their brats.

And I'm not sure why some many people on here lack reading comprehension (maybe because they're too busy snickering because someone said the word 'balls' tee hee) but I thought your post made perfect sense.

GoldenLegend · 27/11/2024 14:37

Cattery · 27/11/2024 12:01

Why the aggression? My point was, why would you persist in sitting in that atmosphere with two tables of kids shouting then try to trump the other kids by “tricking” them into choosing the most expensive food item. What I was getting at when I said “horrific” was the childishness of the parents. Is that really how adults spend their time?

I asked you a perfectly reasonable question: you haven't eaten in one of the restaurants so why criticise people who do?

You haven't answered that.

Cattyisbatty · 27/11/2024 14:34

Did they want you to pay for all the trays their kids had ' stolen' from your kids choices - of course you shouldn't have to pay. That's insane. Parents had money to burn to let their kids pick what they want.
I have only been to Yo Sushi once, as my then young teen was desperate to go - never again as it was extortionate even 10 years ago.

RubyMentor · 27/11/2024 14:33

I applaud your ingenious action.

The parent was definitely a CF to suggest you should pay for the dishes his little darlings had taken.

NineDaysQueen · 27/11/2024 14:28

CoffeeCantata · 27/11/2024 14:18

Ha ha!

I thought I was the only person completely foxed by this scenario. I've never been to a sushi restaurant and the whole incident sounds surreal...

I must try to get out more...😅

I'm starting gently by just going to the foot of our stairs

Giggorata · 27/11/2024 14:27

Excellent response, OP.

As for the rest of the thread, I am entertained by how it has developed into the usual wonderful Mumsnet chaos, with musings about octopuses, anatomy and behaviours, some sexual bits, vague squabbling about children's behaviour and parenting, the usual bit of incomprehension and the ethical and health considerations of sushi.😀

NineDaysQueen · 27/11/2024 14:26

CheesecakeTheCapybara · 27/11/2024 13:12

Maybe they have brains in the balls in the arms. Like some human blokes except for the arm thing!

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😂😂

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