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What? It's a buffet, of course you can eat as much as you want. The point is stopping people from wasting food though. Surely you don't mean you'll fill two pla
by streetfighter64 6mo ago
What? It's a buffet, of course you can eat as much as you want. The point is stopping people from wasting food though. Surely you don't mean you'll fill two plates just out of spite and not eat everything you took?
Honestly I'm very confused why this is even a problem. If people in general had even a modicum of rationality buffets would be the least wasteful way of serving food, compared to fixed-size portions.
- ggm 6mo agoThe "if" sentence explains why this isn't true. People in general behave highly irrationally faced with an excess of food choices. I barely need 2 rashers of bacon, I take six is not a moral failing, it's millions of years of feast and famine reaction expressed into the present day. Aside from which bain Marie are basically bioreactors and whatever you may think about your handbasin behaviour I can assure you a lot of people don't, and also pick their nose.
- streetfighter64 6mo agoI doubt it's millions of years of behavior, rather it's just a culture of overconsumption in the present day. If you want to blame something other than the people making the decisions, then blame advertising, not stone age biology. > The worldwide prevalence of obesity has more than tripled between 1975 and 2022. Anyway, what's bacteria in the food got to do with anything? Shouldn't that make you less inclined to take too much food, or what? I'm aware I'm better at hygiene than the average person, but I also eat from breakfast buffets without worrying because I think all of the germaphobia is way overrated in most cases.