A woman took to TikTok to tell her story after a restaurant charged her double for eating too much at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Then she refused to pay…
Woman gets charged twice at all-you-can-eat buffet for ‘eating too much’
False advertising? That’s what set one woman off on TikTok who goes by the handle Poppy who took her story to the social media platform to share an all-you-can-eat restaurant charging her double for eating too much.
Or at least they tried.
“I once went to an all-you-can-eat buffet, and when the bill came, I noticed they’d charged me twice,” the woman said in a TikTok video. “I questioned it and asked why, and they said I’d eaten too much.”
The woman refused to pay twice.
Other users share similar stories
Responding to Poppy’s ordeal were comments by other users who shared their experiences of being fat-shamed, the Daily Mail and LADBible shared.
“Patient asking me when the baby was due,” one woman said. “I said it’s just cake, he was mortified, hopefully it taught him you never ask, not until the baby’s comin’ out.”
“I had a similar thing at a hotel once,” another woman wrote. “It was a buffet breakfast and a lady was telling me off. It was a normal amount of food!”
“I had a holiday booked to go to Istanbul,” one user said. “My mum’s best friend said to me ‘oh, to get weight loss surgery?’ And when I said no, he goes ‘why not?'”
Overeating: A look at both sides
Here is a look at both sides of the issue when it comes to overeating and being overweight, the issues of gluttony, health, and fat-shaming.
Are we excusing unhealthy behavior and gluttony for fear of fat-shaming?
Some people believe that excusing unhealthy behavior, such as overeating, gluttony, excessive consumption of junk food, lack of exercise, and all the factors that lead people to be overweight does more harm than good. Some critics are also unhappy that beauty standards are being re-imagined in order to not exclude overweight people.
Recently, psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sparked social media outrage when he spoke out about this year’s Sports Illustrated 2022 Swimsuit Issue which featured an overweight model on the cover.
“Sorry. Not beautiful,” Peterson tweeted. “And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.”
Medical studies on fat-shaming
In the last decade and a half, there has been a movement toward trying to stop the so-called habit of “fat shaming,” where people are judged to be overweight and are criticized, mocked, or humiliated about their size and eating habits.
According to a number of studies, fat shaming isn’t helpful. Overweight people tend to eat more when they face discrimination, Healthline reported.
Fat shaming also leads to further eating disorders, reduces self-esteem, and increases the risk of depression and other mental problems, according to some experts.
