All you can eat sushi lawsuit?

[bassrique]

This would have made a great Seinfeld episode. The deal for the all you can eat meal was $28, but the catch is you have to eat the rice and not just dissect the fish from the sushi. A patron with diabetes skipped the filling rice and just ate the fish. He kept ordering more than a person eating the whole thing. Said patron claims he can't eat rice due to his condition.



Here is the LA Times writer's take:

That said, I'm with Oh on this one.

If it's Oh's policy that you eat everything you're served if you want the all-you-can-eat price, then that's the policy. If you don't like it, don't go there again. Or pay the a la carte price and eat whatever you want. Or order the sashimi for goodness' sake and don't make such a fuss.

"The rice is part of the all-you-can-eat sushi," Oh said. "If you only eat the fish, I would go broke."

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-la...6087649.column

I really could see George Costanza arguing with a restaurant owner over this and Kramer advising him to get a lawyer.

[Linas]

I hope the sushi chef counter sues this dingus.

[Ziltoid]

Oh Oh Oh, (ok not funny)...

I get the idea, but due to his condition I'd just shut the hell up, I've worked with customers a bit and this man seems like an exception, I wouldn't loose my reputation (customer service wise) over this, that's if he had any good one tho. Now if a whole lot of people would do it I'd make things clear.

disclosure: I've only read the post, not the articles and stuff.

edit: Every once in a while in a shop you lose money, be it clearance, misadvertisement, etc it's just part of the deal.

[bassrique]

I'd like to know where the rules were posted. Also, is such a rule implied since sushi is sooo expensive?

I've picked away at expensive stuff at all you can eat buffets and even didn't finish the cheaper stuff before going to the premium items. i suppose a buffet is different and sushi even more so.

[sandmangeck]

hmmm...a diabetic at an all you can eat buffet. perhaps this could have been the problem in the begining

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by sandmangeck

hmmm...a diabetic at an all you can eat buffet. perhaps this could have been the problem in the begining

Not a buffet. It's table service where the servers are ordered to examine the patrons plates I assume.

Did I read it wrong? Was it a buffet? If so, that's an insane business move.

[Linas]

Originally Posted by bassrique

Not a buffet. It's table service where the servers are ordered to examine the patrons plates I assume.

Did I read it wrong? Was it a buffet? If so, that's an insane business move.

I dont think its a buffer. I have been to a place like this before, you cant order more unless your last plate was finished. I think thats a fair rule.

[bassrique]

Originally Posted by Linas

I dont think its a buffer. I have been to a place like this before, you cant order more unless your last plate was finished. I think thats a fair rule.

So the plaintiff is more likely a jerk than not?

Here's a comment from the article:

Computer Forensics Expert at 6:39 PM February 24, 2011

Mr. Martin, it's all you can eat sushi, not all you can eat sashimi. LEARN TO READ or sue the college that gave you your education. Diabetes and stupidity or ignorance isn't linked, leastwise until now.

I wonder if David Martin is related to the clown who is an administrative judge who sued his cleaners for a million dollars, in DC, a few years ago.

This case needs to be dismissed and costs awarded to Mr. Jay Oh.

CASE CLOSED!!!!

I was hoping some TBers would jump on the side of the diabetic victim here

[Ziltoid]

^ I did But I'm young idealistic and the last shop I worked in had an awesome manager that cared very much about the customers.

[MakiSupaStar]

Didn't Homer Simpson win a lawsuit like this?

[LiquidMidnight]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Didn't Homer Simpson win a lawsuit like this?

Yeah, it was against the sea captain. Also, I think it was the episode Bart had a crush on his babysitter, voiced by Melissa Gilbert.

[baba]

I actually watched this happen in DC a few years ago. The guy was just mowing down the fish and throwing out everything else and returning to the buffet. They confronted him and it was a huge scene. He bailed without paying.

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

If you want just the fish, order sashimi.

[MJ5150]

Rice, along with potatoes, is a filler food common in some form or another at AYCE offerings.

-Mike

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by Linas

I dont think its a buffer. I have been to a place like this before, you cant order more unless your last plate was finished. I think thats a fair rule.

Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC)

If you want just the fish, order sashimi.

Yup. The guy was being a jerk IMO. I hate customers like that. They take "The customer is always right" to mean "I can do whatever in tarnation I want"

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by macaroni tony

Yup. The guy was being a jerk IMO. I hate customers like that. They take "The customer is always right" to mean "I can do whatever in tarnation I want"

Absolutely. It seems like the guy thought it was reasonable to be able to eat $80 of food for $28 in a business that he's only able to visit because it exists so that people can earn a living. Dumb.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by macaroni tony

"I can do whatever in tarnation I want"

Hi Chase....I see you are picking up the white language rapidly.

-Mike

[macaroni tony]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Hi Chase....I see you are picking up the white language rapidly.

-Mike

Dude, it's so friggin bonkers out here, bro you don't even know!