The Daily BuzzAll-you-can-eat policy at Wisconsin restaurant fails to live up to name
Bill Wisth is picketing Chuck's Place for not letting him eat as much fish as he could
A U.S. man is protesting a restaurant because the so-called all-you-can-eat special didn't allow him to truly eat all that he could.
Bill Wisth went to Chuck's Place in Thiensville, Wisconsin for their all-you-can-eat fish fry Friday night special, but the restaurant wouldn't serve him more than 12 pieces of fish.
"It's false advertising," he said to TODAY's TMJ4 in Milwaukee. "We asked for more fish and they refused to give us any more fish."
According to a NewsCore article, the restaurant managers dispute Wisth's claims and say they gave him eight more pieces, but then asked him to leave. They also argue they were running low on fish for other customers and described Wisth as a problem customer who has an outstanding tab with the restaurant.
Upset by the move, Wisth, who weighs about 160kg (350 pounds), called the police to complain and then a couple days later showed up at the restaurant with a picket sign. He told WTMJ-AM radio in Milwaukee he plans to picket every Sunday until management changes its policy.
"I think that people have to stand up for consumers," Wisth said to TMJ4.
If this seems like a scene right out of a Simpsons episode, it is. In a 1992 episode, Homer spends hours chowing down on seafood and even after everyone has left the restaurant shows no signs of slowing down. When restaurant staff try to kick him out he runs back in and when they drag him out the second time he goes to see a lawyer.
"This is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film 'The Never Ending Story,'" said lawyer Lionel Hutz in the episode when Homer went to his law firm asking if he had a case.
This isn't the first time "all-you-can-eat" has been miscommunicated. In 2007, a Louisiana restaurant overcharged a man and his wife's cousin for eating so much and filling up on the expensive food at a buffet. The police were called after a heated argument broke out. The restaurant eventually offered to make the meal complimentary, but told the man not to come back.
