Have you ever seen a dead animal with a bunch of vultures flying around it and then swooping in for a bite?
No?
Me either that is until I decided to take the kids out for lunch, here let me explain.
One of the best places to take my kids for a special lunch date that is not Mc Donald’s but Pizza Hut. Our local Pizza Hut hosts a lunch buffet that just can’t be beat in food and price. There is pizza, pasta, dessert, carrot sticks and other kid favorites. And the price, well lets just say that I can feed all of us for $12.00. Can’t beat that.
Its cheap, its fast and the kids think its fun. Its a total win win.
So that is why on this day when I decided to take the kids out, I thought it would be another good experience. But I should have known there was something not good about it when I walked in and the restaurant was packed with people.
Whatever, busy is busy. Its a buffet so the wait time for food would still be less then if we were at a normal restaurant. But as I looked around the restaurant, I began to worry. There was something about the clientele that just wasn’t right and the moment the waitress brought out a couple pizza’s I knew what it was.
You see as the waitress walked out to the buffet she was literally attacked. As soon as she set foot on the floor, there was a flurry around her and at one point she almost got knocked over as all the pizza was stripped from the pans and consumed.
What could cause this much carnage where food is concerned?
Teenage boys.
And not just any teenage boys, teenage boys who were on a track and field team outing.
The rate at which these boys consumed pizza was amazing. I am pretty sure that someone would have lost their hand if they tried to reach in and take a piece from these boys. They not only consumed the pizza at an alarming rate but they stood around the buffet eating so that when new pizza’s came by they could inhale it.
It was totally like they were vultures circling and the buffet was their pray.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and probably could have watched it for a while if it wasn’t for the four children with me who started whining and begging for some food.
I was scared but I knew that I had to go in and try to get some pizza for my kids. So I went in.
First time, I was not fast enough as the waitress brought out a fresh pizza and the vultures swooped in and ate it. I came close to loosing a hand on that try.
Second time, I got smart or so I thought and told Hayden to go up there. I thought the ‘vultures’ would show mercy on a small hungry child but I was totally wrong. He was completely blocked and almost got trampled in the shuffle.
Third time, I tried again but failed. There were only crumbs on the buffet when I finally got up there.
So faced again with returning to our table empty handed, I did what I had to do. I turned to the salad bar, poured a bunch of ranch on a plate, added some carrots and gave it to the kids.
Better to wait out the ‘vulture’ feeding frenzy then loose a hand or worse yet a kid in the process.
Carrots and ranch, now that is what you want for lunch at Pizza Hut.
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oh! I love a good pizza buffet but can’t imagine trying to fight off some hungry teenage boys! Yikes! hope they left and you finally got some lunch!
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My son (15yrs old) would fall into that catagory after an afternoon hanging out and exercise with his friends. It’s amazing how much they can consume in such a small amount of time! There have been times that I though C was lying about finishing his food – because it was practically in the blink of an eye!
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Hmm, face off with vultures or lion cub pride? I don’t know which fate would be worse! HAHA!
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So basically if you walk into a buffet and see a group of teenage boys it means it is time to turn tail and run. Got it.
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Jen Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
You got it. Don’t even walk through the door. It won’t be pretty.
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You’ve got to feel sorry for the Pizza Hut owner. He sure wasn’t making money that day!
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Wow! That must have been a site to see.Hope your kiddos finally got some pizza once the vultures were nice and full.
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And this is when I would have turned on the teenaged boys and said “Excuse me I have 4 small hungry children at my table, could you please leave some pizza for the rest of the customers!” Cause I am a crazy b***h like that.
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I had to smile because I have 10 and 13 year old boys, and I did nickname them “the vultures.” That is hilarious that you and I coined the same nickname!
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Too funny!! I can just picture it!!
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that’s crazy! i would be so aggravated. and i could see craig telling the waitress she needed to bring us our own pizza!
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Aww your poor kiddos they probably didn’t know what to think! My brothers were like that and it would make madder than all get out! I would have gotten mad at the boys though for not sharing at all, I guess when your that age though you don’t have a care in the world! Oh how I miss those days! Haha!
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It’s taken me an hour and a half to comment on this post because I’m doing laundry and I’m trying to find a Pizza Hut with a buffet.
But now….I’m checking to see if there is a high school near it.
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Jen Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:29 pm
Yes, yes, you must find a buffet. Awesome way to take the family out to dinner or lunch.
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oh my. i would’ve turned away had i seen that sight. at least the kids ate veggies…
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It’s official, teenage boys scare me more now then they did when I was a teenager! Glad you survived!
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Oh i would have been annoyed. My husband while serving a mission for our church in Mexico went to a all you can eat pizza place once with a bunch of 19-21 year old guys. Let’s just say after they went the first time, the second time when they came back the pizza place claimed to be out of cheese, even though everyone else in the place had pizza
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We were on a long road trip between Colorado and AZ this summer. We stopped at McDonald’s for lunch so the maniac could stretch his legs and play in the playland. Two freakin buses of TEENAGE BOYS let off, and they all got ahead of us. We had to wait forever. I’m thinking, I don’t care you are a hungry teenage boy. Let the family with the little toddler in! Argh.
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Jen Reply:
August 23rd, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I tried to convince some of the boys to let me just feed my kids but they just looked at me. Teenage boys are too selfish to understand kids or something like that.
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I’m going to talk to my son right now about manners at around the buffet area…he won’t know what I’m talking about at 8 years old but you never know what they’ll retain for later on.
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Jeez … you’d think the Pizza Hut would take mercy on the other folks and give you your own pizza!!! I remember how my brother used to eat so I totally believe you saw this awfully frightening behavior.
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I love Pizza Hut’s buffet. My 19 year old son and I actually went together one day this summer. We did not trample any small children:)
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Hysterical! Glad you left with both hands still attached!
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Wow, you’d think that those waitresses would have a little mercy for the other patrons in the restaurant. I take that back – I forgot that they were probably fighting for their lives and their sanity! Hope you ended up with a little pizza before the day was over!
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