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?

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

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?

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?!

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.

😂😂

now who did that in a tv programme

was it Gavin and Stacey

Omg anyone that says you're being unreasonable is what's wrong with the country..a few mouthfuls on a plate from the plate youve already paid for..stop it now..we do this all the time no one asks for a charge in Ireland..in future just bring your own saves the fisgust from these perfect mothers on here who by the way have all done it xx

Eh? She was just taking food from her own plate to put on her babies plate. There is no extra food.

At 10 months old, my DD would be sat in a high chair with a plate of her own eating a meal. An actual plate of food. A meal I would pay for.

The point isn't that the OP isn't a 6'4" rugby player who would eat a mountain so that makes it okay. By adding food to her plate for the child, she's already taking more than SHE needs. That costs. By adding in the need to 'service' that customer by cleaning up after their plate (and probable mess due to them being 10 months old), that also costs.

We all complain that costs are going up, wages aren't high enough, hospitality businesses are suffering/closing and so on but then justify what is ultimately trying to feed a child for free rather than paying for them a meal because it suits.

No thanks, I'll continue to pay for what I use and support business where I can

But it's a carvery, you choose how much food to put on your plate. So if you're planning on giving a kid some potato most people would pick up an extra one... It's not like a set amount comes out to you

You were charged for your child to eat, even if he wasn't going to eat much - you would put more food on your plate for him. If it wasn't a carvery, just a simple meal where you get a plate of food brought to your table, I would way you were not being unreasonable and they were - in fact under those circumstances, they probably wouldn't have charged you.

I see your point now 👍

I think the issue is that the OP requested an additional plate at all. If a child is going to eat so much food that they require their own plate, then of course it should be paid for. This is obviously just a small baby, but then if they are going to eat so little food, then they don't need their own plate do they? The restaurant needs to draw the line somewhere, so I guess this is it. I'm sure nobody would begrudge a tiny baby having a few mouthfuls of food, but I'm sure that anyone can see why handing out extra plates to non-paying customers at a carvery is problematic! OP, next time don't ask, and just feed your baby some little nibbles from your own plate.

Yes there is. If it was a normal pub meal it would be fine, but a carvery is different as you choose how much food you want. It would be a bit like asking for an additional plate for someone at all you can eat restsurant!

I’m not in the UK. Are carverys different there? Where I am a staff member carves and serves the meat and veg to the customer who’s queuing. So you don’t really serve yourself. You don’t pick up the potatoes etc yourself.

What does cf abbreviate? 🤔

Yes, completely concur with you 💚

In the pub carvery I go to, the meat is 'served' (although you can request more/less) but you select everything else yourself. I couldn't say if this is the same for the OP's one though!

In the UK they carve the meat and then give you the plate. You then fill the plate with the veg and extras and add gravy, etc. It's fairly common practice for people to come back with a small mountain on their plate. It's normally just called a roast if they bring it to you pre-portioned.

As stated down thread, it’s not so much the quantity, but the potential messiness, plus practicality if the baby is in a high chair rather than on Mum’s lap. A 10 month old is likely to eat more than a couple of mouths full, but probably not enough to justify a full child’s portion (or for the mum to necessarily miss the bits she’s sharing with her little girl).

I don’t know what the options at the carvery were - I probably wouldn’t have objected to paying a token couple of quid for a baby bowl, but not an older child’s plate.

The solution here is clearly to carry around a spare little plate in the changing bag!