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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?

OP posts:
Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 27/11/2024 11:39

Well, this thread has been educational. I've never eaten in a sushi place and always wondered how the conveyor belt thing worked and how the charging is done. Now I know. If I ever go myself I will make sure to sit a long way from any unsupervised brats children.

Pelagi · 27/11/2024 11:38

The man on the other table was 100% the unreasonable one. What kind of idiot takes their children to a self-service place and doesn’t pay attention what they are taking??

JingsMahBucket · 27/11/2024 11:35

wafflesmochi · 27/11/2024 11:27

That man was a prick with awful kids. Of course you shouldn't have paid.

@wafflesmochi love your user name 😊

Sushi restaurant drama
Dollybantree · 27/11/2024 11:31

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.

No wonder he has entitled, obnoxious children. I've experienced this kind of behaviour from kids and the parents always turn out to be massive bellends too.

Dollybantree · 27/11/2024 11:28

Haha, brilliant OP - I like your how your mind works 👿

Im also amused at the fact your children carried on calling out what they wanted despite seeing what the bratty table were doing - are they only small or were they enjoying the carnage?

GoldenLegend · 27/11/2024 11:27

Cattery · 27/11/2024 11:21

Calm yourself. Why would anyone choose to sit in one of those places with food exposed and kids shouting trying to outdo each other 🤷‍♀️

The food is not exposed. You’ve clearly never eaten in one so what makes you think you can criticise people who have?

CowTown · 27/11/2024 11:27

Cattery · 27/11/2024 11:21

Calm yourself. Why would anyone choose to sit in one of those places with food exposed and kids shouting trying to outdo each other 🤷‍♀️

The plates on the belt have plastic domes over the tops.

wafflesmochi · 27/11/2024 11:27

That man was a prick with awful kids. Of course you shouldn't have paid.

BumpyaDaisyevna · 27/11/2024 11:21

The parents must be loaded!

My poor kids are not allowed to even move their hand an inch in the direction of of a plate on the train until my nod!

Cattery · 27/11/2024 11:21

Isatis · 27/11/2024 09:23

Given that it was all explained to those in doubt by @ThanksItHasPockets over an hour before you posted, I would hope you have more than an idea.

Calm yourself. Why would anyone choose to sit in one of those places with food exposed and kids shouting trying to outdo each other 🤷‍♀️

timenowplease · 27/11/2024 11:19

ThanksItHasPockets · 27/11/2024 07:45

OP was at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant like Yo Sushi. You take your chosen plates from the belt and pay for what you have eaten. They are colour coded to correspond to the prices.

The obnoxious children at the next table were closer to the entry point of the food. They listened to OP’s children saying what they wanted and deliberately took it off the belt before it reached OP and family. Irritated by this, OP loudly said that she wanted one of the most expensive dishes on the menu. The obnoxious children duly took it and their parents only noticed once their children’s behaviour got expensive.

YANBU and the other adults should have supervised their children.

Excellent precis! You should get a job at Mumsnet Towers as official narrator.

IDontHateRainbows · 27/11/2024 11:16

GoldenPineapple15 · 27/11/2024 07:39

I always heard their testicles are delicious !

I always thought they had tentacles but now realise I must have been saying it wrong.

Atishooo · 27/11/2024 11:14

So you played them at their own game and they lost. Of course you shouldn’t have paid.

7ft1garysson · 27/11/2024 11:14

Haha, love it. Hope they enjoyed their octopus balls 😂

Noshowlomo · 27/11/2024 11:13

Nah, genius. What little shits! I hope you enjoy what you did have

oakleaffy · 27/11/2024 11:11

sweetpickle2 · 27/11/2024 11:00

Give over, do you think most of Japan is walking around with tapeworm?

Thousands are diagnosed annually in Japan with parasites from raw fish.
Fish carry parasites- much safer cooked.

MerlotMisery · 27/11/2024 11:11

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.

Mad. The correct response here is to say "why is it my responsibility, I have no idea what you're talking about".

evtheria · 27/11/2024 11:04

NewDaye · 27/11/2024 11:01

Also how does payment work at the sushi place, like would they have been able to leave without making payment?

Most places I've been will come round and quickly tally up how many you've had of each colour of plates, as you should have a small (or large) stack on your table. EG 4 blue, 3 yellow etc. and that's your bill.
Then some are bill at table and some are go pay at the counter, like other restaurants.

Ohthedaffodils · 27/11/2024 11:03

I think what you did was genius OP.

evtheria · 27/11/2024 11:02

Yanbu - the fact he clocked the expensive plate and expected you to pay for it meant he was fully aware of what their kids had been doing until then.

NewDaye · 27/11/2024 11:01

Also how does payment work at the sushi place, like would they have been able to leave without making payment?

ThanksItHasPockets · 27/11/2024 11:01

oakleaffy · 27/11/2024 10:57

It sounds hellish.
Shouting kids and raw fish
The parasites caught from raw fish are horrid-
Tapeworm especially.

Cooking it at least kills the encysted worms.

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.

sweetpickle2 · 27/11/2024 11:00

oakleaffy · 27/11/2024 10:57

It sounds hellish.
Shouting kids and raw fish
The parasites caught from raw fish are horrid-
Tapeworm especially.

Cooking it at least kills the encysted worms.

Give over, do you think most of Japan is walking around with tapeworm?

Jaq27 · 27/11/2024 11:00

Damnloginpopup · 27/11/2024 07:41

Actually, I have now googled about octopi testicles. Quite fascinating.

Octopussy less so.

Oh wow. I literally just went down the octopus rabbit hole ...

mysadoldarse · 27/11/2024 10:59

@Cwazycupcake I think I would have done exactly the same as you!!!
Did he just plonk the octopus on your table or try and dump other stuff too? Whatever he did, it's entirely his fault and I really hope that the restaurant made him pay.

Out of interest, how old were the annoying kids?

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