Pizza Hut Buffet

[IAKnowyou]

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 !

People can only go by what OP says. If she says she can afford it but just doesn’t fancy paying because she doesn’t think it’s worth it, that’s what people are going to go on.

Especially on AIBU when the vast majority of people know how it works.

Maybe OP was going to pay all along and just fancied a laugh and some attention. Is that enough imagination?

At the buffet, a child could load up their plate and then realise they were full and leave three slices of pizza go to waste. By your reckoning, if a parent swoops in and eats one of those, they are stealing. Net result to PH - the exact same. Only difference is less food is wasted and someone who doesn’t necessarily have £15 to spare gets to eat something.
So that’s what I meant by getting the upper hand for once. Sure, PH wants you to pay £15 to eat that leftover pizza. But that’s them being dicks.

Jesus, what is so difficult to understand here? It is NOT ABOUT eating leftovers. It’s about someone not paying AT ALL. The net result ISN’T the same, as someone isn’t paying. It isn’t about the amount of pizza - as you point out yourself, the cost covers an unlimited amount. But it is a cost per person. It’s not “Turn up, eat what you want and then we’ll tot up the cost of the food you ate and then charge accordingly”.

This is how All You Can Eat works. It will always be better value for some than others. If you want to go somewhere where you can pay according to the value of your particular portion, there are buffet type places that give you the option of different size plates or boxes. Go to one of those. As for “not necessarily having £15 to spare” - tough luck. If you can’t afford something, you can’t have it.

I. Know.

Jeez. As I’ve said repeatedly. I literally said that you and your crew are technically correct. The lengths some posters will go to to legitimise an attack on an OP!

This is how I see it:
My position
The rules of the buffet are the rules. It’s annoying if you’re sort of being railroaded into it but won’t eat much. You can kind of see what OP means and she certainly won’t leave PH out of pocket in any real sense.

Your position
OP is WRONG and must expect page after page of abuse because she’s WRONG and you are also wrong. And it’s fine to laugh at her and call her poor, which she may or may not be.

There’s being right and then there’s being, well, something else.

@BernardBlacksBreakfastWine
FWIW, I for one completely follow your logic and I agree with your position.

Jeez. As I’ve said repeatedly. I literally said that you and your crew are technically correct. The lengths some posters will go to to legitimise an attack on an OP!

I don’t have a “crew” and I certainly haven’t attacked the OP.

And it’s fine to laugh at her and call her poor, which she may or may not be.

You’ll have to take that up with someone who has done either of those things. I certainly haven’t.

Okayyyy. But I have a feeling you quoted me before I quoted you? I only ever entered the discussion to comment on the ridiculous way people had attacked OP… If you weren’t a part of that, I guess we have nothing to discuss?

I only veered into the ‘well, it’s not quite the same as stealing from Tesco’ area because some poster or other was pretending they thought it was exactly the same. Most sane people can see that it’s ever so slightly different.

Anyway, I’m sure OP is fine.

No one has “attacked” the OP. It’s ridiculous.

You know I still don't understand that UK or US thing. When we invite someone for a party, we pay for everything, nobody who is invited is paying so, I find this so weird.

You don’t have to order from the buffet. They do a kids meal which is fairly decent. Or share a pizza as others have suggested.

Agreed.

Well, I guess you’re used to different levels of communication. In the very first page someone said You clearly can’t afford to eat out. Don’t embarrass yourself as you’ll get caught out and someone else was deleted for their nasty comment. I don’t see the need to be rude. Maybe you talk to people like this in real life though 🤷‍♀️

No one has “attacked” the OP. It’s ridiculous.

Agreed.

@BernardBlacksBreakfastWine have you seen how rude OP has been to some posters?

It would be embarrassing if she was caught out. That isn’t attacking OP. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wow rude response.

Used to go to Pizza Hut buffet on a Tuesday when I was a student. It was £4 at the time. They were taken to the cleaners by the male rowers who used to turn up and eat like complete beasts! 20 year olds who were like 6 ft 6 machines who were burning millions of calories on the river and in the gym - wild. Haven’t thought about that for years - thanks for the prompt!

Just pay the £27. You sound incredibly tight.

I'm not in incredibly tight but no way would I pay that for the small amount of food that would be eaten. Lucky you if you don't need to worry about your budget

It’s fine to not want to pay £27 for eating a small amount. But the alternative is to not go - not to go and try to con your way to getting two meals for the price of one (child’s).

Exactly.
Why can't people accept that if two people
eat, both have to pay.

£15.99? Jaysus, I remember when it was £7.99 and that really wasn’t that long ago!!!! 😱

Your reputation is going to be tarnished, and it cost you £15.99

Still not ok.

I'm sure you wouldn't have to buy the buffet, as they still serve the normal menu alongside it. You could just purchase a pizza to share between you from the menu. The buffet is all you can eat, therefore if you were caught taking from your daughter's plate, they'd charge you.

The buffet is rubbish anyway! Its always deep pan pizzas and they never taste fresh.

Yes OP it's stealing if you don't pay for it

You would be unreasonable to eat pizza from for the buffer and not pay but you could just buy something from the menu. You don't have to order the buffet option if you think it's not worth it for you.

Well, I don’t think you need to worry. There’s no way anyone is going to actually get one over Pizza Hut; they probably police it pretty strictly (but they possibly don’t take quite such offence at people trying to sneak a slice of pizza as some posters on here have).

This is the thing: the big, multinational company will make a huge profit out of the scheme. Of course they will. It is a massive rip-off for most people of normal appetite. I get that that still doesn’t actually give anyone the right to flout the rules (before another keyboard warrior descends), but some people were carrying on as if OP was planning on robbing a little old lady. And then pretending that it’s all the same because ‘stealing is stealing’. Anyone with half a brain can see that sneaking a slice of pizza in an all-you-can-eat scenario is very different from actually lifting stuff from someone’s bag. But they pretend not to be able to so they can look down on someone else and be ‘right’ to do so.

There’s just no need to get all upset on PH’s behalf. They’ll be fine.