Restaurant weighs customers to give them menu recommendations before entering

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:09 pm

Let's hope this doesn't come to KOW

Chulyan Fried Beef, a popular chain based in Hunan, asked customers to step on scales so that they could weigh themselves before entering the restaurant. Based on their weight, the restaurant recommended a menu of different items.

For instance, women weighing around 88 pounds were recommended a signature beef dish and a fish head, while men weighing above 175 pounds were suggested pork belly, according to CNN.

The restaurant’s practices ignited a swift backlash from customers for fat-shaming, CNN reported. The restaurant chain apologised in a statement Saturday and said its campaign was designed to “help curb food wastage,” and that it would nonetheless continue to let customers weigh themselves, according to CNN.

China has made food security a national priority, setting agricultural development goals that strengthen its food production ability, according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies. Chinese President Xi Jinping has strongly emphasised efforts to reduce food waste. He said he strived towards a “social environment where waste is shameful and thriftiness is applaudable,” according to state-run media. He emphasised that food waste is “shocking and distressing.”

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/rest ... ght-2020-8

IraHayes · Post by **IraHayes** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:32 pm

The bigger picture is one where China no longer grows enough food to feed its population. Once a net exporter of rice, China, is now has to import rice to meet demand.

Brody · Post by **Brody** » Tue Aug 18, 2020 4:36 pm

I blame this guy:

Doc67 · Post by **Doc67** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:50 am

I have long thought that restaurants offering all-you-can-eat deals need to have a sliding scale of charges based on a body width system, especially pizza places.

As you enter, you walk through an ever decreasing width barrier until such time as your ass hits the sides, the buzzer then sounds and your price is calculated and flashed up on a screen, a bit like a game show. Really fat people might get fat-famed by tripping the highest price accompanied by the jackpot sounds going off. Maybe they win a free ice-cream or baseball cap with Fat F**k written on it.

More stupid ideas have caught on (electing Donald Trump springs to mind) so I still have hope for this one...

Post by **Clutch Cargo** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 1:14 pm

Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:50 am I have long thought that restaurants offering all-you-can-eat deals need to have a sliding scale of charges based on a body width system