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Originally Posted by Descant
At a buffet, I can take a small sample and if I like it, come back for more. Ordering A La Carte, I have to pay for a full serving of something I might not want much of. Breakfast menus often have combinations e.g. sausage, eggs toast and hash browns. If I don't want hash browns, that's OK, but they don't reduce the price for a #3 breakfast. They add $ if you want extra sausage. At a buffet, everybody in your party can eat right away, everything is ready. A La Carte we all have to wait for the one who ordered whatever takes the longest to prepare. The list goes on. They are two different experiences.
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when I was young I like buffets because you could eat a ton, now I like them because of the variety. I can have one shrimp, one wing, three meatballs and a single table spoon of potato salad if I want. Of course it's not a fine dining experience but seems like a way for places to solve some of the staff shortage problems. On the other hand, since people seem to be devolving by the day I have witnessed a lot of selfish entitled jerks going out of their way to trash the line and waste a bunch of food deliberately which of course impacts food costs