Should restaurants be able to do takesi backsies?

[Childs]

What stupid American thinking. Yay needless food waste.

Hey man, you ever hear of ebola? I dont know what it is, but I aint taking any chances!

 

[pcgeek11]

many states have food service laws where an item if touched by a person cant be served to someone else.

that is unless its a buffet where your eating other peoples snot.

Any place that abides by any sanitation rules will not serve anything that has been served previously at another table.

If anything they would or should just trash them. I would have just let them be eaten.

 

[DrPizza]

Those 2 pancakes probably cost 10 cents. SHould have left them.

OP should have said something first.

Weird. At the good restaurants around here that serve breakfasts, when you get a good breakfast (2 pancakes, 2 eggs, 6oz sirloin steak), they'll bring you all the pancakes you want - and with real maple syrup, not that flavored high fructose corn syrup crap that the OP probably had.

So, the real question - why did the OP order pancakes at a crappy restaurant that doesn't use real maple syrup. And why would a restaurant really give a shit about accidentally giving someone a couple extra pancakes that as mcveigh points out, probably cost 10 cents?

 

[runzwithsizorz]

More often then not, at least with regards as to what I have observed, the wait staff will call out each order as it is delivered. Who had this, and who ordered that,----

 

[QueBert]

Just for GP, I'd take back something even if they were suppose to have it if a person used the term takesi backsies

 

[Craig234]

that is unless its a buffet where your eating other peoples snot.

I've seen people in buffets pick up food and put it back. It's disgusting.

But then I've also seen people at supermarkets and Costco open containers of fruit and take part and eat it, and leave the rest of the package for someone to buy.

I've seen similar things at Whole Foods. The stores say they can't do anything usually.

 

[tortillasoup]

That's really idiotic of that restaurant because they can't use that food anymore and must trash it once it has touched your plate.

 

[1sikbITCH]

Starving kids in Africa reading this ....

Should sell their computer and buy some food.

 

[Rakehellion]

many states have food service laws where an item if touched by a person cant be served to someone else.

Like all states?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I think the restaurant should just let the table eat it but make sure they realize it's a mistake just so they don't expect it next time. "last time I ordered this dish I also got that" It's better than it going to waste, and if it's been touched they probably should not serve it to someone else, though I'd rather see that happen than it going to waste.

I hate this general idea of wastefulness these days though, so much food goes to waste for stupid reasons. For food that is not really fit to be served as fresh I really think there should be a law that it goes to a homeless shelter or something. Like for example grocery store food that's about to expire. A lot of it just goes in the trash, it's terrible. All liability bullshit. The whole concept of liability in general creates a really idiotic society of waste.