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> the restaurant still charged them for the full price of the plate At all-you-can-eat buffets, customers are charged a flat rate, not per plate. Obviously th

> the restaurant still charged them for the full price of the plate At all-you-can-eat buffets, customers are charged a flat rate, not per plate. Obviously this breaks down if people are taking plates of food and chucking them in the trash. EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro2_bQkaG5U&t=84s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro2_bQkaG5U&t=84s

burnished 3y ago
No this anecdote is about conveyor belt sushi, which in my experience is pay by the color coded plate
- lukev 3y ago
  No, in this case, it was a flat rate up front. Basically 100% a buffet except the table moves to you (which, to the point of the original article, waiting for your preferred sushi to come around probably slows down consumption and improves the economics) Obviously if people want to buy food and waste it that's on them. But this was a pretty clear abuse of the restaurant's business model as well.
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jjulius 3y ago
OP specifically specifies that this was a "conveyor-belt sushi" restaurant. Those are only "all you can eat" in the sense that you're welcome to pull as many plates as you'd like off of the belt, but each plate is usually priced at one of a few different levels, and you will be charged for the total value of the plates you removed from the belt. Eg, if yellow plates are $1, blue plates are $2, and orange plates are $3, and you pulled two orange plates, a blue plate and a yellow plate, your total would come out to $9 even if you didn't clear your plates.
- lukev 3y ago
  That's not how this place works, and clearly it would have been less offensive behavior if it was.
- paulddraper 3y ago
  So either that isn't all-you-can-eat, or I don't understand the definition of all-you-can-eat.
  - jjulius 3y ago
    The confusion, as clarified elsewhere between GP and I in this thread, lies in the fact that you don't usually see an actual "all you can eat conveyor belt sushi" restaurant - they traditionally charge by the plate but you're welcome to order as much as you want. In point of fact, the restaurant OP went to bucked that trend and was actually a flat-fee conveyor belt joint.
    - eru 3y ago
      As far as I can tell, most conveyor belt sushi places charge by plate. But most all-you-can-eat sushi places use a conveyor belt.
    - user_named 3y ago
      This will be amusing - how do you think conveyor sushi places charge if not by the plate?
      - jjulius 3y ago
        This will be amusing - how did you make it this far into this chain, past my first comment that contained my edit explaining how I made this mistake? Unless you're just being a dick for the sake of being a dick, of course...
        user_named 3y ago
        No, go ahead and answer the question. How does a kaiten sushi place charge for their food, Mr know it all?

burnished 3y ago

No this anecdote is about conveyor belt sushi, which in my experience is pay by the color coded plate

lukev 3y ago
No, in this case, it was a flat rate up front. Basically 100% a buffet except the table moves to you (which, to the point of the original article, waiting for your preferred sushi to come around probably slows down consumption and improves the economics) Obviously if people want to buy food and waste it that's on them. But this was a pretty clear abuse of the restaurant's business model as well.
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jjulius 3y ago

OP specifically specifies that this was a "conveyor-belt sushi" restaurant. Those are only "all you can eat" in the sense that you're welcome to pull as many plates as you'd like off of the belt, but each plate is usually priced at one of a few different levels, and you will be charged for the total value of the plates you removed from the belt. Eg, if yellow plates are $1, blue plates are $2, and orange plates are $3, and you pulled two orange plates, a blue plate and a yellow plate, your total would come out to $9 even if you didn't clear your plates.

lukev 3y ago
That's not how this place works, and clearly it would have been less offensive behavior if it was.
paulddraper 3y ago
So either that isn't all-you-can-eat, or I don't understand the definition of all-you-can-eat.
- jjulius 3y ago
  The confusion, as clarified elsewhere between GP and I in this thread, lies in the fact that you don't usually see an actual "all you can eat conveyor belt sushi" restaurant - they traditionally charge by the plate but you're welcome to order as much as you want. In point of fact, the restaurant OP went to bucked that trend and was actually a flat-fee conveyor belt joint.
  - eru 3y ago
    As far as I can tell, most conveyor belt sushi places charge by plate. But most all-you-can-eat sushi places use a conveyor belt.
  - user_named 3y ago
    This will be amusing - how do you think conveyor sushi places charge if not by the plate?
    - jjulius 3y ago
      This will be amusing - how did you make it this far into this chain, past my first comment that contained my edit explaining how I made this mistake? Unless you're just being a dick for the sake of being a dick, of course...
      - user_named 3y ago
        No, go ahead and answer the question. How does a kaiten sushi place charge for their food, Mr know it all?