On our Tunica trip last week, we observed several buffet customers walking out of the buffet with their iced tea, including the glass. Some customers tried to hide the glass, in napkins or in their coats, while others just walked out with the glass. I'm sure the glasses aren't very expensive, but they aren't disposable items. My question is, what do you think about people taking their glasses with them?
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Posts: 115 04/16/2009 00:06 |
What do you think of people taking their iced tea glasses with them? (Result) |
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Geri from Pa |
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Posts: 20 04/16/2009 09:29 |
I think this sort of thing go's on quite often at all the buffets around the country.
I see it often in Atlantic City and I really do not think the folks are stealing, I just think they have a full drink and want to finish it out in the casino at their machine and so take the drink with them. I think they then leave the glass at the machine. Maybe one or two will walk off with the glass but most just want the drink in the glass. The glasses that they use at most of the buffets like you said are not fancy or anything so doubt they would want to steal the glass. Will be fun to see what the other folks think of this. I myself have never walked out with my ice tea but I have seen many walk out with their soda and at the breakfast buffet many walk out with their coffee etc. I just wait till I get to the machine and order another soda for myself.
Geri
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Posts: 197 04/16/2009 10:21 |
I was in Tunica last weekend, and I wouldn't be surprised if I was one of the people you saw walking out of the buffet with my tea glass in hand.
And funnily enough, I had my tea glass wrapped in a napkin.......not to hide it, but because the glass is quite chilly to hold onto, and I use the napkin to make it more comfortable to carry around. Long ago, I asked a server at The Gold Strike, if I was allowed to take my tea glass out into the casino, and they said it was perfectly okay to do so. They usually ask if I'd like to have my tea glass refilled, before I leave. I've asked at each casino buffet, and they assured me, it was fine to take the tea or soda pop glass out into the casino. All the glasses go back to the same kitchen to be washed, so I assume, they don't care if it's on the casino floor or in their buffet.
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Carol Ohio |
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Posts: 4185 04/16/2009 11:37 |
Well, I find that question interesting. I have never taken a glass out into the casino (or even seen anyone else do it), and I guess I never gave it a
thought.
I think if you ask first, it is alright. Hmmmm......maybe I will do that next time. I am a slow drinker. Jerry, on the other hand, has a drink down in less than two minutes, so he would be carrying out an empty glass. 
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craven5 |
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Posts: 91 04/16/2009 12:34 |
That's a great question !! I never thought about it before. My first inclination was that it is not right but on further thought, if the glass is
just going to the casino floor and not leaving the premises, it shouldn't be an issue. I'm sure there have been people who have taken the glasses home
which to me is pretty cheap on their part, considering they are at a casino and probably have spent a few bucks.
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babalucy1 |
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Posts: 262 04/16/2009 23:07 |
Hmm....never thought about it either but I know I've left almost full glasses of pop in the buffet because at the time, I'm too full to drink it. I
was just at my casino today and left about a half of glass. I think next time I am going to ask them if they have a paper cup that I can take it with me and
see if they do or just say to take it with.
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Posts: 3354 04/17/2009 07:39 admin |
Rap- lol I was probably walking right next to you with my glass in my hand.
Years ago I asked a server on the casino floor for a glass of tea. She told me to always get a refill before I leave the buffet and just bring it on the casino floor. I have followed her suggestion ever since and always leave my empty glass next to my machine. You can't get out the door of any casino with a glass of anything, it's the law. (I guess there have been some who would try and conceal an empty glass) That I think is wrong. But as far as taking that buffet drink to a machine............ I see it all the time, must be common practice. Oh... and the server also said it is much further for a server to go get tea than any other drink, so they welcome not having to make the long walk unless you tip well. I have always remembered that and if I do order tea from a server on the casino floor, I tip extra. |
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Rapunze123 |
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Posts: 197 04/17/2009 09:43 |
Jen Tom, I guess we're a coupla Ice Tea Bandits.
 The reason I like to take my glass from the buffet, is because they are bigger, so my drink will
usually last me the rest of the morning. As far as stealing the glass goes, I doubt many people would risk getting caught stealing a plastic tumbler, which is
probably less than a dollar to buy. I have enough mismatched glasses at home, I don't need more. *lol*
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Posts: 47 04/17/2009 18:21 |
One thing I did notice on our last trip to the Gold Strike. Several people came thru at various time to get a glass of the free wine and then headed right back
out on the floor. I fact one rather scruffy looking fellow was back in at least three times in the less than an hour we sat there. He was hard to miss, had a
rather baggy sweat shirt on and it had a giant stain right in the front. Really classy..
These were not Buffet patrons, just people who would walk in and get a glass of wine then right back out. Not something I would ever do.... Of course a giant chocolate chip cookie or brownie might temp me
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PAT K IN AR |
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Posts: 210 04/18/2009 00:19 |
I might be tempted to steal a buffet glass, except it would probably clash with the matched set of jelly jars we we use at home (lol).
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Simmie |
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Posts: 516 04/18/2009 06:49 |
OK, PAt, quit bragging about how uppity you are drinking out of those fine jelly jars while us po folks drink out of our plain old mason jars
Aretta (aka Simmie)
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MoKathy844 |
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Posts: 395 04/18/2009 10:22 |
Pat and Simmie, you guys crack me up!
When I first saw the topic "Buffet Glasses" I actually thought the question would be "Do you request a straw before drinking out of these glasses?" I am not kidding, I would not put my lips to a buffet glass without a straw for juice, tea or soda HOWEVER wine or beer, now that is a complete different animal! For some reason I guess my lips think the glass is being cleaned by the alcohol in the glass? I never thought about it but I do drink the coffee out of the mugs. Oh my goodness I seem to have double standards don't I? I know in Las Vegas you can walk out of a casino with a beer bottle or a glass of wine to the casino next door, NO BIGGIE here at all. They seem to use the same type glasses at all of them and they really do not care. They just want your business no matter what you walk in or out with. We were surprised when they would not let my husband take his beer out of Horseshoe to go over to Sheraton or Goldstrike the first time, he explained they had laws down there that prevented this. So he stood there and finished the beer. Me, if I would stand there and guzzle a glass of wine, they would be calling more security to pick me up off the floor! Kathy |
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Posts: 262 04/18/2009 20:59 |
I was carrying a bottle of Pepsi when I was going into the Sheraton and they stopped me and said I couldn't take it in so I had to drink what I could
outside and throw the rest away. That kinda made me mad, especially since you drink pop for free inside anyway but I guess rules are rules even if they are
dumb.
The buffet glasses at the Four Winds casino where I go are really big and glass, not cheap plastic. They are heavy and if I tried carrying them out of the buffet, I'd probably drop it. 
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Posts: 115 04/19/2009 11:25 |
We had never paid attention to what people carry out of the buffets, but last time at Sam's Town my wife noticed this guy wearing a coat (it was warm
and the coat was pretty out of place, but it looked like it had big pockets) wrapping 5 brownies in napkins and putting them in his pocket. We started
watching him. Also filled his pockets with fried chicken. (Kind of messy). He finished his meal with a big bowl of ice cream and another dessert. He was
drinking beer while he put away his ice cream. He's a lot tougher than I am. Then he wrapped his glass of iced tea in a napkin and snuck out. I
didn't know what the rules were, but I figured that this guy thought he was breaking a few.
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Simmie |
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Posts: 516 04/19/2009 15:06 |
At Windsor anyway, if you watch you will see several people taking food from the buffet (myself included). Windsor does not have and, at this time, does
not intend to have a diamond lounge. I have told the manager and many of the waitresses that I take snacks up to my room for later and when they build a
lounge, I will stop. None of them have ever objected and some of the waitresses actually encourage it.
Aretta (aka Simmie)
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Sipsey027 |
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Posts: 65 04/20/2009 12:07 |
We went to Vegas last summer and were eating breakfast buffet at the Red Rock. This lady, who looked somewhat like a bird and about as thin as a pencil,
was visiting all the buffet stations and stashing whatever she could in her several bags. I guess she takes it all home and lives off of it for a few
days. No one made a move to stop her, but it sure looked peculiar.
We usually stash a macaroon or two and some cookies in a napkin for later. It's not like we haven't paid for them, one way or another!
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Alabama Hound Dog |
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Posts: 2173 04/23/2009 21:49 |
I guess they don't want people to take glass glasses outside is that they might break them and people get hurt on them or ruin a tire on them and blame the
casino.
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Posts: 413 04/24/2009 08:33 |
I find the comment about not wanting to put one's lips on a glass funny. The straw you are putting in the glass is in contact with whatever
"germs" you are afraid of anyways.
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Posts: 395 04/24/2009 23:50 |
That was me, Kathy. I have been kind of paranoid with glasses since seeing lipstick on glasses, that makes me sick thinking of it, like getting
forks that are dirty, or knives with dried food on them. I actually never thought of it that way, that the even using a straw I would still get the germs, OH
NO!!!!!
Kathy |
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Carol Ohio |
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Posts: 4185 04/25/2009 15:35 |
Kathy:
I guess I'm paranoid, too. I don't like drinking from a glass in a restaurant either, unless with a straw. I have seen lipstick left on glasses way too many times. Coffee cups, too. And, I check them out before taking a drink. Ugh!
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Posts: 17 04/28/2009 14:32 |
Plates, glasses or utensils that have visual caked on junk are nasty but to put everyone's mind at slight ease the required temperature for dish tanks is absolutely effective enough to kill any bacteria. I still won't touch a glass with lipstick on the rim with a 40 foot pole. These items may have been recycled prior to getting to the dish tank by a lazy or careless employee. I have not had a problem being stopped at the Sheraton with Starbucks coffee purchased next door at the Horseshoe. We have brought in bottle water and sodas but we entered thru the hotel entrance and took the bulk of them to our room. I have carried in bottle water to the casino by the hotel hall way and was never stopped. The only mention we ever got was from a cocktail waitress who teased us about cheating with the Starbucks. We later got an adult beverage and "uncheated" her with a nice tip. We were having a nice brunch at the Bellagio buffet in Las Vegas when my wife pointed out some strange behavior from the people seated near our table. They were an attractive well dressed family who look like they just stepped off their yacht. My wife noticed their very attractive young daughter when she returned to the table with an armload of plates full of donuts, pastries and bagels. My wife had just commented on "how could a skinny young girl put away that many calories". We then noticed that she was putting them away in her sport bag. Mom and dad followed suit by filling several large shopping bags and canvas sport bags. This was not just a little snack for later. These people took the plates, flatware, glasses, linens and tons of food.
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