Should Restaurants Penalize Customers For Leftover Food?
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According to the World Health Organization, over a billion people in the world are starving and the number that is underfed, is even greater. Despite these dire statistics, many of us have no qualms ordering much more than we can devour at restaurants and then, letting it all go to waste - Now, a restaurant in Saudi Arabia is trying to put a stop to the unnecessary wastage - By levying a fine!
Fahd Al Anzi, the owner of Marmar restaurant in the eastern port of Damma decided to implement this rather un-friendly rule after reading about the plight of the people of Somalia. He said that while millions of people were dying of starvation there, customers who came to his restaurant often ordered way more than they could possibly consume, largely to impress their friends and then, tossed it all away.
The fine he imposes depends on the amount of leftover food and the odd thing is, that instead of rebelling against the restaurant, his customers are lauding him for his initiative and, ordering less. In fact, they are calling him the 'Robin Hood' of Saudi Arabia because all the extra money he collects is sent to Somalia.
This is not the first restaurant to impose a fine for over ordering. A Hong Kongrestaurant charges customers per ounce of leftovers, while Sydney-based Japanese restaurant WAFU, charges customers an extra 30% for leftover food (unless, they bring their own take home container) and, requests them to never come to the restaurant again! We believe more eateries should start implementing these surcharges - What do you think? Be sure to add your comments below.
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- kralmost 13 yearsmaybe
cookie22almost 13 yearsThat is all you can eat the menu was pretty long there were so many choices to choose from I wanna go there!- Roberto Lemonsalmost 13 yearsThis is such a good idea. Never thought about it, glad someone else did though!
- dreamgirlalmost 13 yearswow this is truely amazing i i kinda agree what's going on don't waste food because some people might need it unlike you can consume it .
- 25tarynalmost 13 yearsWow I didnt know that many people are starving and that people wast that much food it is sad to think that peope leave that to wast when someone who hasnt had food ever. People are dead because they dont have food.
- 3mackenziealmost 13 yearsThis is a point of view I think they should be charged for their food.
- sarrouraalmost 13 yearsoh my god ! i never imagined people in Saudi Arabia are so consuming! this man is a great human being he is honest about telling to people that they SHOULD AND MUST stop this consuming problem occurring because it's a bad felling yourself feeling it that people are hungry and you are wasting so much food that the leftovers you or they leave is a launch and dinner for ten people
- 5Sarahalmost 13 yearsWOW! That's amazing! I never thought that there are more than 1.02 billion hungry people. Other people might think it's a waste of peoples money but really whoever get's charged more money for not eating all there food is doing a pretty good thing. I think more restraunts should send money to other places where there are starving people. Let's all try to help starving people!!!!!!!
- 29Hannahalmost 13 yearsThese restaurant's are right you should eat what you got. Not leave it behind!!! Poor incent people are staveing to death!!! We should make a oragzine to help the hungery people!!! IB unit is OPEN-MINDED
- kennedyalmost 13 yearsgreat article :)
