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Oxymoron Diaries | Delicious Buffet

By Dee Nofziger

Real Estate Agent with |Key Realty | Maumee Toledo Real Estate Blog 2004001400

March 17, 2012 12:53 AM

Oxymoron Diaries | Delicious Buffet. Another back-from-Vegas entry into The Oxymoron Diaries.

Buffets always sound good in theory. But face it, after a long day do you really want to stand in line to pay for your food, stand in line to get a table, stand in line to grab a chicken leg, stand in line for a diet coke, and then stand in line for dessert ... all while hanging on to your meal ticket, your purse, your jacket, and your kids simultaneously?

Throw the location in there and a Vegas Buffet is anywhere from 25 to 50 bucks. Serious mula for having to wait on yourself.

Gone are the days of cheap or nearly free anything in Sin City. Prices are on the rise.

Unless, of course, you are a steady gambler and you can get some stuff comped. Little ol' ME? Not a steady gambler and no comps available. oxymoron diaries

Of course, if I DID become an actual gambler and was able to earn those delicious comps, I'm thinking Vegas would still be ahead and I'd still be in the hole.

Gambling be damned, I haven't even mentioned the idea of a delicious buffet in theory yet.

Seriously, do you really want to eat anything that 10,000 people have sneezed and breathed over? Not me, kiddo. My son and his family were in a wedding in Niagara falls recently. Two of them picked up a PARASITIC WORM from the buffet (confirmed by the CDC) that took weeks to get rid of. I'm not making this up!

Consequently, Delicious Buffet is definitely on my list of oxymorons and is the newest addition to The Oxymoron Diaries.

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Richie Alan Naggar

people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA

agent & author

At buffets, I have learned that standing in line is not necessary. I just go up to what I want and serve myself...The cattle call mentality is strong at buffets (eating troughs) and one has to know how to come and go...

Mar 17, 2012 12:54 AM

Leslie G. Rojohn

MoonDancer Realty - Sylva, NC

GRI, ABR ~ MoonDancer Realty

I'm with you. The thought of getting my food after the utensils that you use to get the food have been handled by who knows how many people who have had their hands who knows where.....barf. No thanks.

Mar 17, 2012 01:01 AM

Dee Nofziger

|Key Realty | Maumee Toledo Real Estate Blog - Toledo, OH

Maumee Real Estate, Toledo Homes, Key Realty

Richie - I like your thought process. I can see a food fight starting in some places, though!

Leslie - Barf is right. I'm a borderline germaphobe, so the thought of it just gives me the heebie jeebies.

Mar 17, 2012 01:29 AM

Lehel Szucs

All Seasons Real Estate, Inc. - Covina, CA

REALTOR of choice

if you put it that way it does sound a bit dangerous..... yucky

Mar 17, 2012 01:37 AM

Gail Fabiani

Right at Home Realty Inc., Brokerage - Burlington, ON

I don't worry about the germs, they are everywhere, but find I eat too much. Of course I have to try a bit of everything (and want to get my money's worth) and then feel overstuffed for the next few hours. Would rather just order a meal and take home the leftovers when I have had enough.

Mar 17, 2012 01:46 AM

Lehel - yucky is a good word to use.

Gail - You have a very valid point that I didn't even touch on. absolutely, if you are watching your calorie intake or for that matter carbohydrates (since there are ALOT of cheap carbs on these buffets!), a buffet is a disaster.

Mar 17, 2012 01:55 AM

Katie Munoz

Moving Forward Inc - Seattle, WA

Parasite worms? Yikes!!!

Honestly I really enjoy buffets. Now I'll be thinking twice.

Mar 17, 2012 02:51 AM

Katie - yep, parasitic worms. Grandson was not allowed to go to school for something like 2 weeks I think. Plus the medication to fight the little suckers was unavailable locally and they had to drive 4 hours to a pharmacy that had it in stock. My son wasn't nearly as sick, but he's a grown-up, so his immune system was probably better.

And I use to love buffets, too. Or rather Hubby did, and I was always his date.

Mar 17, 2012 03:21 AM

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