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Plokmijn27 t1_ixotr32 wrote

i disagree silverware first cause not everyone wants to take the whole buffet line

theres nothing more annoying than having to wait in line just for a fork when you already have the food you want

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DominusEbad t1_ixp6yfb wrote

Just walk to the end of the buffet and grab the silverware....why do people make this so complicated?

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Plokmijn27 t1_ixp7oqc wrote

sometimes it's too crowded to

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NetworkingJesus t1_ixpmcol wrote

Say, "excuse me, I just need to grab a fork real quick." If they don't move, say it louder, and then just push your way through if they're ignoring you. The alternative is making everyone have to juggle way too many things through the whole line to make things easier for you and maybe a handful of others.

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wazserd t1_ixqmx4x wrote

You do realize that it's extremely common for buffet lines to have silverware at the beginning right?

You guys are acting like it's the craziest most selfish thing on the planet to want your fork before your food and it's hilarious.

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Plokmijn27 t1_ixqkcnu wrote

talk about making things over complicated

its not that hard to "juggle" a fork lmfao

if its the first thing on the plate it gets weighed down with food in the next step

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Plokmijn27 t1_ixqlqhm wrote

god you sound like a real piece of work.

all of a sudden i am selfish and insufferable because I think forks should be at the front of the line for the sake of peoples convenience?

i feel like you need to both google the words selfish and insufferable to confirm you actually know their definitions, but you also likely need therapy.

go drink some tea and calm the fuck down

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NetworkingJesus t1_ixqlyyw wrote

for the sake of your convenience at the expense of most others; that's selfish

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PelletPlinker t1_ixqncf9 wrote

At what expense?
You are being dramatic as fuck tbh

It's literally no inconvenience to anyone to have a fork on their plate

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NetworkingJesus t1_ixqnptk wrote

Could be just a fork, could be multiple pieces of silverware, could be a whole roll of silverware, whatever. Plenty of caterers have already chimed in with how often it can lead to dropped plates, which they then have to clean up. That's an inconvenience to the person who dropped it, the caterers, and everyone around them, is it not? Surely a greater inconvenience than having to wait to get your fork or whatever or just say excuse me

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wazserd t1_ixqmj3c wrote

This right here

It's really not that hard to carry a napkin and a fork
if it's a fork, put it on the plate first, and the first thing you scoop onto the plate will hold it in place. If it's a napkin it goes under the plate and you hold it with the plate. literally neither of these require any effort or any agility etc.

I'd rather have the moral quandary of "oh what ever shall I do with this fork" than have to wade through a sea of people to grab a fork after I get all the food I need.

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MercenaryCow t1_ixoysgf wrote

This really depends on the location I guess? At my work, when we set up buffers for groups... If for some weird reason they forget their silverware rollup, they can just come back and grab one and it won't interfere with the line going through....

Of course there's a lot of space in the foyers outside of the event rooms where we set up the buffet tables.

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belizeanheat t1_ixqvom9 wrote

You can do the exact same thing if it's at the end. Far easier actually, if there is a line

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Plokmijn27 t1_ixqw5z7 wrote

i find that often the silverware at the end is also grouped with desserts and it creates its own crowd

or even if its not, a busy enough buffet line will just have natural crowding near the end, and to me at least it feels rude to reach past people, or it looks like I am trying to cut in line etc.

regardless its by no way an inconvenience to have you fork before your food.

saying that people have to juggle things is the most dramatic thing I have heard in my life

if you can juggle food on your plate I guarantee you that you can juggle a fork on your plate too

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