Pick and Move!!!!

"Pick and move people! Don't stop and look at the food, grab and go! Then when you sit down you can say 'Oh look they have ribs' " John Pinette, comedian.

These words ring very true for me when at a buffet. Because like most people I used to get in one line up at the buffet, then slowly move along the line until you found something you liked. But not now, I move like a ninja! I'm 6'4 and 227lbs not really a small person but I move with stealth, I see what looks good and grab it! Jumping in and out of line all the time. I don't usually care what way the line is going either. This idea works even better if you are smaller and can move even quicker to get in and out of the lines.

While sitting down with my friend at the Mandarin,we began talking about buffets in general. And the types of people you see at buffets. After some semi deep conversation and a few trips to the buffet tables here's some of the people we came across:

1. Old people: They often hit the ealry bird seatings, but when they venture out to normal dinning hours look out. They move slow and often travel in 2's . Stay away from them, becuase they tend to move slow and look at every item.


2. Kids: Of course kids will be at buffet's, it's cheap for there parents to feed them. BUT, you often find 'lil buggers who will stick there fingers, or elbows in the food, then end up eating only french fries! And where's the parents? Yeah, I don't know either.


3. Read and lookers: These people will slowly make there way down the line of food. They stop at each item and read the label, look down to the food, THEN decide if it's the right thing or not.


4. Teenagers: Again you would expect them to be there with there parents. But you over hear some of them say "I'm not eating that, just look at it" or "That smells funny!" Fine you don't wanna eat it, then don't! But I don't want to hear what you have to say on the subject.


5. Large groups: These groups are great for business, but you must time your own personal visits to the buffet tables to make sure you get the good stuff. Watching a table of 6 mid 20ties people have dinner together?? A fun little game is to time the akward silence between the people that either didn't know or like someone at the table.

These are just some of the things you'll find at a buffet. I will add more social commentary as I see it.

Happy eating