While eating at CiCi’s Buffet the other day, I decided to finish off my meal with a cinnamon roll. Since there were not any out on the buffet at the moment, I waited patiently, knowing that they were probably in the process of preparing more. Lowe and behold, a few minutes later, a fresh pile of delicious rolls was added to the buffet.
Before they had even put the tongs back on the buffet, a line of people had formed, waiting to get their fresh dessert. Not being a fan of crowds, lines, or people in general, I again waited for the line to dissipate. To my horror, when the crowd was gone, so were the rolls! Looking at the plates of the people walking back to their tables, I saw no less than 6 cinnamon rolls on each plate.
WTF
Haven’t these people heard of diabetes? Forget their health, that’s their problem. What ever happened to common courtesy? If there is a line of people there, waiting to get some why would you overindulge like that? It was downright rude. I don’t know if all the people who were even in line got a piece, much less myself, who was calmly waiting my turn. Instead of enjoying my dessert, I had to sit there and wait–staring longingly at the empty serving plate–for like 8 minutes, a long time to just sit there and stare at nothing.
Determined not to be deterred next time, I joined the line of people waiting when the next batch was near readiness. I took two rolls. Some of the same people went back up to the buffet, and came away again with large piles of diabetes; no wonder type 2 diabetes has quadrupled in the last decade (https://www.caremark.com/wps/portal/HEALTH_RESOURCES?topic=type2kids).
Health concerns aside, at least have some common courtesy when you visit a buffet. If there is an item in demand on the buffet, don’t take them all for yourself. It is not a race, and I promise that a new batch will be ready again before you know it.
