Hotel breakfast buffet conundrum

[Liar]

I get up from the table for 30 seconds to get a glass of juice, or an extra piece of toast, or a napkin... and somebody has cleared my table, including my full cup of coffee and my half finished omelet.

Happens every damn time.

Do I need to write a note or something?

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[someoneyouknow]

I get up from the table for 30 seconds to get a glass of juice, or an extra piece of toast, or a napkin... and somebody has cleared my table, including my full cup of coffee and my half finished omelet.

Happens every damn time.

Do I need to write a note or something?

Then hotel staff hasn't been properly trained. From my experience, if there is still food on the plate, such as your half-finished omelet, they shouldn't touch it, and most certainly not your cup of coffee.

 

[Liar]

Take a man bag to breakfast with you, or take a sweater or similar to leave at your chair.

Note to self, bring props.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[oggbashan]

Do I go to Travelodge and pay extra for my breakfast with a larger choice; or go to Premier Inn and get free breakfast with a smaller choice of items?

Whichever is closest to where I want to be - I think.

 

[Tryharder62]

I'm with Elle. Bring a man purse or a coat.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

The busperson grabbed my plate while I was busy with creaming the coffee, asking, "are you done with this?" , greasy thumb aplate.


I looked at him and firmly replied, "no!," and he dropped it.


"You've touched it. Take it!" so he did.


I think some of these folks are poorly trained.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[NOIRTRASH]

I summon the manager.

Polite or not it often unleashes Hell. Managers offer excuses, and I offer tutorials for improved service.

WTF is WAITSTAFF? Is server out already? Do like me, I use ASSHOLE, its a term that fits all and is usually correct.

 

[phrodeau]

Oh yes, we all love to listen to profanity while we're enjoying our fresh baked waffles.

 

[Lancecastor]

It's a buffet.

Get another plate and relax.

 

[hashtag46]

It's funny that whenever breakfast as in bouffet is included, the restaurant is choker otherwise you see fewer people.

People are always in for a freebee, even if it's just illusory.

 

[pointless]

Note to self, bring props.

it' good advice. just make sure your chosen prop isn't something you'd be sad to lose because that fucking sucks.

fucking cunts stealing my fucking library book. that shit aint free you know. i gotta pay them back for that shit, you selfish asshole.

 

[phrodeau]

If you wad your napkin up and put it on the plate, that means you are done.

If you spread your napkin out neatly over the plate, that means you're keeping off the flies until you return.

 

[hashtag46]

Most sensible and obvious advice lol.
How come nobody thought about it and they came up with complicated strategies?

 

[EternalFantasy]

I get up from the table for 30 seconds to get a glass of juice, or an extra piece of toast, or a napkin... and somebody has cleared my table, including my full cup of coffee and my half finished omelet.

Happens every damn time.

Do I need to write a note or something?

Did you ever tell them about it?

 

[Liar]

Did you ever tell them about it?

I have at times. Never got any sort of "Oh, you so-and-so with the fork. That's the sign for I'm Done in the tradition of our peoples" explanation, if that's what you're asking.

 

[Pookie]

I've always had someone with me when eating breakfast buffets in a hotel. You should buddy up with someone so you can cover each other. There should be an app for that.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Pookie]

Urgh, talking to people at breakfast to be polite is the worst lots of times. If they are friends find, but random matches in a hotel....

Still, g and I met a great couple the other week, g and he have been emailing lots, its sweet

I'm not a breakfast talker. Pillow talker, yeah. But breakfast is not the time for chatting. And with a random person? Nuh uh.

Pookie's "Tinder Bacon" app would specify that the relationship is purely for table sitting as a couple. "Conversation" would be a costly premium option.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Otoh, my husband at a buffet is embarrassing. How he is slim is beyond me.

Inefficient metabolism and small fat cells.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[thør]

I made fennel cured bacon, fried eggs, and potatoes this morning. A much better breakfast than I've had in most domestic hotel buffets. Scandinavian buffets have been the best. Only in Russia did someone clean up my place setting while I got more coffee.

I don't mind traveling alone, but I dislike eating in a restaurant alone unless I'm in a hurry.

 

[Bookishleigh]

Note to self, bring props.

Perhaps a nice cardboard cut-out of yourself would work. You could even make the mouth interchangeable with velcro pieces to express your mood that day.

I'm not a breakfast talker. Pillow talker, yeah. But breakfast is not the time for chatting. And with a random person? Nuh uh.

Pookie's "Tinder Bacon" app would specify that the relationship is purely for table sitting as a couple. "Conversation" would be a costly premium option.

I'd be afraid I was looking for someone to guard my plate and would instead meet someone who was into sex with pigs. That's how it works for me though.