350-pound man calls police after all-you-can-eat restaurant cuts him off
An unusually large man in Wisconsin called the police recently after an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant decided he’d had enough fried fish and cut him off at 20 pieces.
Standing 6-foot-6 and weighing 350 pounds, Bill Wisth certainly looks like trouble for any buffet restaurant. Chuck’s Place in Thiensville, Wisconsin recently learned this the hard way, according to Wisconsin news station Today’s TMJ4.
After watching Wisth devour 12 individual pieces of fried fish on Friday, May 11, the management decided that was quite enough. They intervened, explaining the restaurant was running out of fish and simply could not allow him to stay any longer.
Giving him eight more pieces as a courtesy, for a total of 20, the restaurant’s management sent Wisth on his way in hopes that the costly episode was behind them. That hope, however, was severely misplaced.
According to reporter Annie Scholtz, Wisth left the restaurant incensed, then he called the police. He returned two days later with a protest sign, and the television cameras were soon to follow.
“It’s false advertising,” he explained in a local news segment broadcast Monday night. “I think people have to stand up for consumers.”
A waitress at the restaurant told Scholtz that Wisth has been a problem customer before, and that he’s even been allowed to carry a tab with them that remains unpaid.
Despite their prior generosity, Wisth said he still plans to picket the restaurant every Sunday until his demand for a truly endless supply of food is met.
This video is from Today’s TMJ4 in Wisconsin, broadcast Monday, May 14, 2012.
Should there be limits at all you can eat buffets?
"It is what it is". The world's biggest cop-out line when people just don't have an answer. JSMH
Quoting mommasbabies77:
lol..I'm mobile. I am not trying to prove anything. It is what it is
Quoting specialwingz:You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.
Quoting specialwingz:Unless the restaurant has a sign posted that they reserve the right to place limitations, the customer is right. This is the risk an all-you-can-eat restaurant takes. In all honesty, they make a TON of money off the normal every day customer who rarely goes back for 2nds. They don't complain about that. But, then a customer comes along who eats a LOT and the sh#t hits the fan. Rather a double standard if you ask me.
Quoting specialwingz:"It is what it is". The world's biggest cop-out line when people just don't have an answer. JSMH
Quoting mommasbabies77:
lol..I'm mobile. I am not trying to prove anything. It is what it is
Quoting specialwingz:You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.
Quoting specialwingz:Unless the restaurant has a sign posted that they reserve the right to place limitations, the customer is right. This is the risk an all-you-can-eat restaurant takes. In all honesty, they make a TON of money off the normal every day customer who rarely goes back for 2nds. They don't complain about that. But, then a customer comes along who eats a LOT and the sh#t hits the fan. Rather a double standard if you ask me.
If it is a private business they do reserve the right to refuse service to him. Not sure if they could "legally" cut him off, at least not without refunding his money, but they could opt to never serve him again.
Quoting specialwingz:
You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:
"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.
Unless they show limits on signage, somewhere, they are in the wrong. All you can eat is just that, all you can eat. Someone like me goes in and I barely take a plate. I guess I should ask for half price, then... smh
Quoting TruthSeeker.:If it is a private business they do reserve the right to refuse service to him. Not sure if they could "legally" cut him off, at least not without refunding his money, but they could opt to never serve him again.
Quoting specialwingz:
You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:
"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.
Had he already paid, in advance? Anyone know?
Quoting Aislinn:
Quoting TruthSeeker.:
If it is a private business they do reserve the right to refuse service to him. Not sure if they could "legally" cut him off, at least not without refunding his money, but they could opt to never serve him again.
Quoting specialwingz:
You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:
"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.Had he already paid, in advance? Anyone know?
No idea, but don't you usually pay first at the all you can eat places? I've only been to a few. Once in Vegas and once at a Chinese place and both required payment first.
He didn't pay in advance. He has a running tab that he hasn't paid. The guy has been a problem with this restaurant for awhile.
Quoting Aislinn:
Quoting TruthSeeker.:If it is a private business they do reserve the right to refuse service to him. Not sure if they could "legally" cut him off, at least not without refunding his money, but they could opt to never serve him again.
Quoting specialwingz:
You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:
"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.Had he already paid, in advance? Anyone know?
Uh yeah. They are only all you can eat because restaurants expect that after a certain amount most people would be done. Even a stoned person would eat less then that. What a fatso, disgusting!
Quoting TruthSeeker.:
Quoting Aislinn:
Quoting TruthSeeker.:
If it is a private business they do reserve the right to refuse service to him. Not sure if they could "legally" cut him off, at least not without refunding his money, but they could opt to never serve him again.
Quoting specialwingz:
You seem to be the one who feels the need to prove that point. YOU look it up and post if for all of us to see.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
Even if it's not written anywhere..it is their legal right. Like it or love it. Look it up
Quoting specialwingz:
"Every" is rather an extreme generalization, I'd say. Maybe "every" resaurant in your area has a sign like that. But, in all the states I've lived in, bars are the only place I've seen something like that. Meaning they reserve the right to tell you when you've had enough liquor, go home.
Quoting mommasbabies77:
actually every restuarant does say that..We reserve the right to refuse service. That's exactly what they did.Had he already paid, in advance? Anyone know?
No idea, but don't you usually pay first at the all you can eat places? I've only been to a few. Once in Vegas and once at a Chinese place and both required payment first.
I think Country Buffet does... I really do not know. I stopped going to buffets after I got food poisoning, six times, in one year...lol So, since we do not know, lets get hypothetical. If he already paid for "all you can eat" and was not informed of any possible limits, the restaurant was in the wrong. If he had NOT paid yet, the restaurant has the right to refuse further service, IMO. I think I am covered, now...lol
Who would you save?
- _Kissy_
on May. 16, 2012 at 9:58 PM