Charged for an empty plate?!

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I recently went to a greene king pub for a carvery. After plating up my dinner, I asked for a plate for my 10 month old, not to take any extra food but to take it off my plate to give to him. They wanted to charge me for it! Never had this issue before, AIBU?

It's on their website that a baby bowl for their carvery is 2.49.

In future carry a paper plate or failing that DON'T go back 😃

YANBU to not want to pay full price for a plate for a baby who will eat a few mouthfuls.

YABU to ask for a plate for him instead of just feeding him off your plate.

It's not unreasonable of them to assume that if you ask for your child to have their own plate, they are likely to eat a full meal which should be paid for.

🤣🤣🤣 yourself

as others have said, lots of 10 month olds eat a fair bit, if she needed a plate for him, clearly he was feeding himself or eating a fair bit. Not just a spoonful of mash.

Im not comparing an Adult male & a 10 month old baby🤣I'm saying the principle is the same. The OP paid for one adult to eat. She could have got a 'baby bowl' for her baby instead of taking the piss.

Carvery's aren't 'fair' but they all have their own rules. Either play by them or go elsewhere!

No, it's like a husband and wife sharing one plate at an all you can eat dessert buffet.

I know - but my point is that they don’t really care about her intentions. If she takes another plate there’s nothing stopping her from going and filling it up to the brim - hence why she was charged for it.

I think that’s okay if it’s an all you can eat situation. Not a full meal for a 10 month old but a few £ seems fine. I suppose it’s because technically I could go in with 4 kids, pay for 1 adults meal and ask for a few extra plates.

You made it obvious!

My 10mo eats hardly anything. And they wanted to charge you for a full adult portion?

To be fair I just would’ve fed DC a few bites off my plate without saying anything!

I've re-read all OP's posts and can't see where she said what venue she went to, only that it was a Greene King carvery.

And a quick google finds me a Greene King carvery that says "Here, the veggies are unlimited, the gravy flows freely, and we're always happy to see you."

So, unless the person that "confirmed it" was sufficiently invested to PM the OP, then, no, we don't know what sort of carvery it was.

The answer is take a small picnic plate with you (or one of those collapsible bowls) and decant some of your food onto it for baby. Wonder if the staff will pounce and say that's not allowed? The trouble is some customers take the piss so it's one rule fits all. How much did they charge for the extra plate?

Haven’t RTFT but yanbu! At Disneyland Paris (which is generally very expensive!) they allow under 3s to eat free at all you can eat buffets, and also give out free baby food. The amount a 10 month old can eat is negligible compared to the wastage at these places.

Have you never asked for an extra plate in a restaurant so you can share a dessert or a pizza. It's very common and restaurants never charge.
The baby was going to have some of OPs dinner she wasn't going to have a full roast dinner to herself!
OP if there is a next time take your own baby plate

Out of curiosity OP, do you think they should give you an extra plate free of charge if your child was 18 months old, 3 years old, 7 years old? Do you feel there should be a cut off point? Personally I don't think they should charge if restaurant was not one where you could have unlimited amounts of food. If you were served a set meal and wanted to let your baby have some of yours, then to my mind it should be ok to ask for a second plate, but for an unlimited buffet or help yourself carvery, I think that they should feel free to charge for a separate plate for a baby, even if a token amount of say £1.50.

Ugh this thread is such an example of how stupid people are or entitled. Some people are both!

It is so depressing that so many people on this thread can't grasp the simple concepts of a per-person carvery and feel utterly entitled to request service, plates and free food for their non-paying family members. It does not matter AT ALL that the person is 10months old. The OP took EXTRA food from the sides to feed her baby, not just what she wanted for herself as the person paying.

I could not work in hospitality. I'd be yelling at people all day.

Of course the age of the person matters @KitsyWitsy. That’s why most places do baby bowls and children’s menus. I’m not sure of the set-up in this restaurant, but it’s daft to expect to pay the same for a 10 month old as for an adult.

Anyone who uses the term "plating up" is unreasonable in my book. Yes you are a CF. They must have people trying their luck regularly to weasel their way into having an extra plate of food for free.

Yeah, I looked on the website and can't see 'baby bowls' listed or anything like it. I agree the price should be different. The OP doesn't say how much she was charged. Maybe they did just charge her a couple of quid, we don't know. I'm just saying, she shouldn't expect it for free.

I am on Mounjaro and frequently eat barely anything. I often eat just bits off my partner's plate but not at places like carveries or all you can eat places. We just went to an all you can eat place the other day and it was a massive waste for me but we paid it because I was there and I did eat something.

I think I will have to go get a carvery today now!

Next time stick a napkin onto the table and put the food on it for the baby. They don't need a plate.

It's also the cost of cleaning up a space where a baby was eating. When my dc was that age, I spent ages cleaning up after they made a mess. So probably part of the pricing is the clean-up operation of a highchair and floor etc. Personally I think it's reasonable to charge a small amount for anyone eating as there are still overheads to cover too. Few quid is fine.

Sounds like the OP is a bit cheapskate.

I don’t quite understand where you went

If it’s a restaurant and you paid for a portion and he’s eating off your plate - yanbu
if it’s a buffet- yabu, that’s ridiculous, of course you pay!

Wait is this a buffet thing? If so they charge per plate but for a baby that’s crazy to me.

Presumably you could quite legitimately feed as many people from the food that you could physically fit on one plate.

Would you feel horrendously embarrassed throughout to pile up a veritable Kilimanjaro of food on one plate and then have two, three or more adults all sit around eating from that one plate (possibly also sharing one set of cutlery)? Yes, and rightly so.

Would you feel embarrassed to take an extra little dollop of mash and small spoon of peas as well as your own standard-sized meal and sit at the table feeding it to a baby? Not in the least; it's entirely normal for parents to feed babies in that way.

I went to a greenhouse carvery about 6 months ago

Did they give you a table next to the window?!