Gotta love the story behind this headline:
She says, 'Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much'
The basics of the story come down to this info:
HOUMA, La. - A 6-foot-3, 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet line, then banned him and a relative because they're hearty eaters. A spokesman for the restaurant denies the claim.
Ricky Labit, a disabled offshore worker, said he had been a regular for eight months at the Manchuria Restaurant in Houma, eating there as often as three times a week.
On his most recent visit, he said, a waitress gave him and his wife's cousin, 44-year-old Michael Borrelli, a bill for $46.40, roughly double the buffet price for two adults.
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Labit and Borrelli said they felt discriminated against because of their size. "I was stunned, that somebody would say something like that. I ain't that fat, I only weigh 277," Borrelli said, adding that a waitress told him he looked like he a had a "baby in the belly."
Houma accountant Thomas Campo said the men were charged an extra $10 each on Dec. 21 because they made a habit of dining exclusively on the more expensive seafood dishes, including crab legs and frog legs.
'We don't discriminate'
"We have a lot of big people there," said Campo, who spoke for owner Li Shang, whose English is limited. "We don't discriminate."
Labit denied ever being told he would be asked to pay more than the standard adult price.
... more at linked article.
I have to apologize for snickering at the story, but I just find this too funny not to laugh.
"Y'all fat, and y'all eat too much". That is funny, I tell you what.
Unfortunately the eaters in this case are likely to laugh all the way to the bank over a discrimination lawsuit here. If the restaurant hasn't made it clear that they reserve the right to charge extra for heavy eaters, then they are going to be slammed pretty hard for this event, and probably deservedly so.
Reminds me a bit of the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to the all you can eat seafood buffet and gets chased away...
