Charged for an empty plate?!

😂😂

now who did that in a tv programme

was it Gavin and Stacey

Op has already paid if its on her plate, places are charging what they bloody like just to try and cover the extra costs the government have charged them. All they are is greedy.

Sorry but this is the third thread in the last two or three days where I have seen the word “snook”. What fuckery is this?!

She wanted for free? Rules don't apply to her? All CF behaviour, or are you answering all the people that think she is at it?

I went to a pub in Cornwall that also charged for an extra plate, think it was about £2 - perhaps to charge for washing up? First time I'd seen it.
It would wasn't a carvery thou, you just ordered from a menu at the bar.
If its a eat all you can type affair I can see why they would be reluctant to give out an extra plate, but they probably could have got you a small side plate or even a saucer for your 10 month old. Having said that I would have probably just fed them off my own plate, particularly if they were charging!

Because when I worked at a buffet people would ask for an extra plate for a baby then send another member of the party up with said plate so they'd get a full meal for free. Eventually we had to say if a baby eats from your plate it's free, if you ask for an extra plate - you pay!

maybe the next time I go to a buffet I just buy for myself and ask for plates for the DC to transfer my food to those plates so they can eat for free. after all, they are only eating off my plate. seriously, this is bonkers.

I think it’s reasonable to make a small charge. It’s not so much the cost of the food but the service aspect, providing the plate, clearing it away, washing it etc. Service doesn’t cost nothing!

that is silly. There are 6'4 men filling up their plates, and then there are mothers with a moderate plate and a baby under 1. But sure, over charge the mother.

Nah - why leave it at that? I suggest an empty Tupperware container or two to pack up some 'leftovers' to see you through a few more mini meals. It only costs them pence

Fucking hell! How is taking of her plate and placing onto a plate for her DC in any way being a CF. Get a grip FFS

My local carvery does a baby plate for £3.99. I suppose if they didn't charge you'll get all the stingy people overfilling their plates to avoid paying for their children. People would make a food tower inches high to avoid paying. It would be different if it was just a meal you've bought but a carvery you plate your own.

But surely feeding a baby food off your plate or transferring bits to a separate plate is the same thing? How does asking for an extra plate mean that the carvery is giving away extra food?
Op, I'm with you.

@Northquit perhaps the baby identifies as a cat and will only lap the breastmilk from a small saucer?

No but what are you doing with the plate whilst breastfeeding?

I don't see the issue at all - surely it's just the case that you ascertain their policy in advance or ask on arrival - they tell you what their policy is e.g. £2 baby bowl (Greene King owns Toby Carvery by the way) and either that is acceptable to you and on you crack, or it's not and you go and find somewhere else to eat that aligns with your ideas on what it is reasonable to pay for a baby to eat... I mean that's it isn't it. It's not complicated. Nothing to do with empty plates or taking your own Tupperware - ask for their policy, work out if it is acceptable to you and, if not, then go somewhere else!

If it's only a couple of spoonfuls then a plate isn't needed anyway.

I think some people are also thinking of what their children were eating at 10 months, mine were past just a few spoonfuls by then and were eating small meals.

@Bjorkdiditi am considering a carvery tour, I am sad that there is no garden centre based carvery; that could be perfect. The target audience for both would have a mighty cross over (me).

Next time @sandwichh take a spare plastic bowl with you

Toby’s you can go up for extra roast /veggies. Not meat

Yeah but she wanted more than a spoonful of mash & a few peas, hence asking for another plate.

why could she just do the decent thing & pay for the 'baby bowl' (usually &2)??

if I had the misfortune to run a carvery, I would have 'baby bowls' for £1 if the carvery could afford to & wouldn't care about younger babies being fed off the parents plate. But if they requested a separate plate it's not unreasonable to ask for the baby bowl surcharge. 🤷🏻‍♀️ only CFs would expect it FIC IMO.

At SOME point, they have to draw a line and say that this person can/ can't eat for free. Someone will always be the one who "loses out", wherever they decide that line should be. Some are saying "under 3's" should be the line but is a 3 yr really going to eat any more than a 2 year and 11 month old? The fact is that the majority of the costs incurred by a restaurant is not in the food itself. Its the staffing, the rent, the rates, the cleaning products, the electricity and all the other overheads. The plate used by your baby, takes just as much "cleaning" as the one that you use for yourself. Not to mention that a baby with their own plate, tends to make much more mess (and work) than a baby being fed from an adults plate. You are much less likely to allow them to put their hands in it/ throw it on the floor/ wipe it all over the seats/ tray etc, smash the plate itself; all of which are a "cost" to the business as "staffing time".

Ive never been to a carvery where you cant return to get more vegetables. If youre in the UK I suspect that you just never knew this.

I eat way more when I go than I do at home - single and never have Yorkshires or the vast choice of veg so I load up and have a second plate!
to be fair it’s mostly veg but I do go a bit mad on the Yorkshires

I'd say this thread has definitely inspired me to go for a carvery in the next week or so. I usually get gammon and lamb or pork if they have it, beef if not. I rarely want turkey.

I did think there was a new chain in town, Greenhouse, that I thought might be in a garden centre, but it seems that was an auto correct. Although I am now trying to decide whether I go for a Greene King, Stonehouse or one of those which has 'Farm' in the name as I don't think I've been to any of those. I usually go to Toby but last time it was a Beefeater, which wasn't great.

But despite this thread going on for a bit, Mumsnet generally doesn't seem to like a carvery.