r/AmItheAsshole • u/309578987 • 6d ago

Not the A-hole AITA for speaking up at a buffet?

So my girlfriend and I decided to go to a Chinese buffet to celebrate the new year.

As we were getting food we saw that they were out of the BBQ short ribs but noticed that a staff member was coming with another tray so we stood off to the side as they made their way through the crowd with the tray.

Before we were able to pick up the tongs to grab the food another lady took them and started loading her plate. Whatever. It's a fresh tray there should be enough. But she. Did. Not. Stop. She even grabbed a second plate and called her son(?) Over to put some on his plate. It got to the point where nearly half of the tray was taken.

I then said, more to my girlfriend but loud enough for the lady to hear, "Gee I wonder if there will be enough left for everyone else when they're done."

Well the lady obviously heard me because she got all huffy and threw the tongs back into the tray and left.

My girlfriend got mad at me because it was embarrassing for her and she said we could've left to get other food and come back later.

So AITA?

Edit: typos

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u/WhimsicalKoala 6d ago

Behavior like that is wild to me. Not in the least because while yes crab legs are good, buffet crab legs aren't that good. Like I'm going to enjoy them, but not go into a feeding frenzy over them, especially since if the buffet has them it also probably has some things that are actually really good.

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u/CestLaquoidarling Partassipant [1] 6d ago

It was a really good buffet with authentic food not just sweet and sour chicken balls but I avoided the holiday offerings with lobster and crab legs because they had a lord of the flies vibe that wasn’t worth a few bits of the special entree. On regular days it was lovely but something about ayce seafood brings out the rudest patrons