Large Louisiana men claim restaurant banned them for eating too much

[sparks19]

While this isn't mentioned in the article....

there is a possibility the restaurant is also covering it's own behind... heck people are trying to sue fast food restaurants for making them overweight.... why not an all you can eat restaurant? if he cut them off I suppose he isn't liable Just a thought.

[Catty1]

joyce, I agree. I spent 12 years in a 12 step program for overeaters. I KNOW the mindset.....just blind eating. Blank mind.

With drinking, companies usually have to use the "get help or be fired" approach, and can even recommend places. I think this eating addiction has to be treated the same way. Both booze and food addictions (and others) cost companies money, as well as affecting crew morale.

I hope management will see this and bring the hammer down.

[Laura's Babies]

laura, have you or the captian or HR for the company tried telling the problem guy to settle back abit and let the others eat too? i bet you have, but maybe written statements as part of company program about amounts of food to be bought at ship out, blah, blah ?

The only thing the company addresses it the amount of the budget allowed per person. $15 a day, per man. What the men fail to realize it what the cost of food IS! The mark up out there is staggering but they have to go get the food, box it up, keep it cold/frozen and bring it out there to us so the mark up is very understandable.One, 2 week supply is a easy $2000 and you have to cook enough to feed EVERYBODY, EVERY meal, rather they eat or not because they might eat. One guy may only eat one meal a day so he thinks he is entitled to eat as much as he wants that one meal. The attitude of some of them is "the more you eat, the more you make". They also fail to realize, the boat stores do not package up their meats in a varity of sizes. You have the choice of pork chops, 8 to a pack or 12 to a pack. Roasts are all close around 5# and you can't order a 8# roast for the guy who wants to eat 3 pounds of it by himself. I have to keep reminding them we ONLY have so much freezer space and that is all... so we have a limitted budget and limitted freezer space. I can not order $4000 worth of groceries even if the company allowed it! It is like they don't know how to see and think or figure things out for themselves.