Pet Peeves - Breakfast Greed

[BroSCFischer]

Sorry, but when we travel and are getting ready to hit the road, we usually do fill up our travel mugs and take an apple for the road. Not a whole boatload of bacon, just an apple.

Taking one apple, or filling a travel mug (roughly 12-16oz) is not a problem. I'm talking about them taking 4 or 5 apples, and the HUGE 64 oz (at least) mugs that some truck drivers/construction workers bring in to fill.

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[Kristev]

I've filled big mugs before. But I paid money to do it.

[blas]

I hate when people do that with free breakfasts.

Anyone who hordes a bunch of the food, or walks around with it stuffed in their clothes, should be ashamed.

And where I work (granted, it's a factory), the janitors make free coffee for the employees for their breaks. It's a COURTESY that most of us appreciate very much so.

Until day shifters start coming in, and every one of the dirty bastards has a Big Buddy 64 oz mug that they fill at least twice in a matter of hours, so you go to go on your break and all the coffee is empty. I just wanted one little cup of coffee, FFS.

[RottenFruit]

Never, in all of my visits to a hotel, have I ever taken more than I could eat at one meal from the breakfast table. It never occurred to me to take extra bread for lunch, extra fruit for a snack, or extra juice for the car ride. Why? Because I'm not a #*$(ing cheapskate.

Also, aren't apples like, $3 for an entire bag? WHY WOULD THEY STEAL THOSE?

I have once taken two apples from the breakfast menu at the hotel I was staying at and then went without eating them there because I was running really late and wanted to have something to eat before running (not walking) off.

[Sonoma]

When we were out camping one year, my friend & I were cooking an entire Costco-sized pack of bacon on our camp stoves. Finally got it all done, shut the stoves down, and sat down to eat. EVERY STRIP OF BACON WAS GONE! The 3 kids with us had taken all of it. I was ready to kill. Finally the grandson of my friend gave up what he had left on his plate, but the other two (grandkids of one of the friends) just ignored all the goings-on.

Regarding hotel breakfasts, I've had hit & miss experiences. Had good experiences with a La Quinta in Sacramento, and then at our pre-cruise hotel, the Econo Lodge in Renton, WA. So-so at whatever hotel we stayed at in Bakersfield, CA for my sister's wedding. At least they had a Jack in the Box in the same parking lot.

[Moosenogger]

I have once taken two apples from the breakfast menu at the hotel I was staying at and then went without eating them there because I was running really late and wanted to have something to eat before running (not walking) off.

Were the apples the only things you took? Cause that would still count as your breakfast - you just didn't eat it there. Also, two apples is not going to break the bank.

My issue is with people who eat until bursting (possibly even eating enough for 2 people), then take even more food for later because they're too cheap and/or lazy to pack food for the trip. These are also the people who tend to bitch about room rates.

[RottenFruit]

Were the apples the only things you took? Cause that would still count as your breakfast - you just didn't eat it there. Also, two apples is not going to break the bank.

My issue is with people who eat until bursting (possibly even eating enough for 2 people), then take even more food for later because they're too cheap and/or lazy to pack food for the trip. These are also the people who tend to bitch about room rates.

I think I also had a slice of bread with some form of spread (mostly because I touched the bread already when I looked at the clock and realized how late I actually was*).

Still, the fact that they took apples made sense: they can be transported easily.

* it was a timezone issue...

[Moosenogger]

Still, the fact that they took apples made sense: they can be transported easily

Preferably via pants, apparently. I heard that's the best way to transport a Christmas ham, too.

[blas]

I'm not a big traveler, but there have been times we've passed on the free breakfast or breakfast buffet because we're out of Hicksville USA and in a civilized place that actually has like a Denny's or an IHOP, not one toothed Willie's pancake shack for once, so it's a treat

[hotelnpa]

Our breakfast hours are clearly posted and told to the guest when they check in. But doesn't stop some guests from coming down an hour or so before breakfast starts and crying because breakfast isn't out yet.

I love it when they sit in the breakfast and stare at me as I prepare the breakfast. I especially love it when they start grabbing food as I am putting it out. Extra bonus points if they are workers and leave mud and dirt all over the floor. Extra extra points if they leave a big mess at their table, spill coffee without telling us, and fill their 64 oz giant mugs with coffee, quickly depleting our supply. All of this happens before breakfast offically starts.

I also love it when they complain to the manager that we set out the food late (when we didn't) and the manager changed to the start time to an even earlier time. Of course we can't say anything to them because our manager thinks it's bad business. Oh well.....

[BroSCFischer]

Were the apples the only things you took? Cause that would still count as your breakfast - you just didn't eat it there. Also, two apples is not going to break the bank.

My issue is with people who eat until bursting (possibly even eating enough for 2 people), then take even more food for later because they're too cheap and/or lazy to pack food for the trip. These are also the people who tend to bitch about room rates.

Precisely. No problem if you grab something as you run out the door. I have even suggested that people who haven't availed themselves of the breakfast at checkout "grab a bagel, and a cup of coffee, or a piece of fruit".

Our breakfast hours are clearly posted and told to the guest when they check in. But doesn't stop some guests from coming down an hour or so before breakfast starts and crying because breakfast isn't out yet.

Exactly! I get "There isn't even coffee out?" at 5 in the morning when breakfast doesn't start 'til 6.

I love it when they sit in the breakfast and stare at me as I prepare the breakfast. I especially love it when they start grabbing food as I am putting it out. Extra bonus points if they are workers and leave mud and dirt all over the floor. Extra extra points if they leave a big mess at their table, spill coffee without telling us, and fill their 64 oz giant mugs with coffee, quickly depleting our supply. All of this happens before breakfast offically starts.

These are the people I want to ki... ck out of the hotel. I had people who were working nearby who were told that coffee would be avaiable early to help them, but they wanted the full breakfast. I actually begged our manager to be permitted to put out cereal, and she OK'd it, at my discretion. The next day, I got a few of them yelling at me because they were upset they didn't get waffles and bagels.

I also love it when they complain to the manager that we set out the food late (when we didn't) and the manager changed to the start time to an even earlier time. Of course we can't say anything to them because our manager thinks it's bad business. Oh well.....

Haven't had this happen... yet.

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[Mystic]

Extra extra points if they leave a big mess at their table, spill coffee without telling us, and fill their 64 oz giant mugs with coffee, quickly depleting our supply.

These are the people that bother me the most. They are the ones that even if confronted about their giant coffee mugs, would simply shrug with a smile and walk away all smug and self-righteous. I'd like to take their muddy steel toed boots and shove them up their asses.