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OK... sounds like they have a draconian policy over people sneaking in a few minutes during lunch buffet time and piggybacking into the higher-cost dinner buffet menu. How the waitress handled it was downright inexcusable. I can only justify such behavior if she had spotted you trying to do the sneak over several visits; even then there is a more diplomatic way to handle such a situation.

Case in point: a couple of months ago I went to a gas station near my old apartment. Filled up the gas tank (paid outside with my credit card). When I finished filling up the gas tank, I stepped inside the store thinking of getting something. Having not found what I was looking for, I went back into my car. The convenience store attendant then comes up to me and starts accusing me of shoplifting. I promptly and angrily deny it (did the person think I fit the profile of one? I dunno.) Such an accusation leveled against me without sufficient proof is enough to set my blood boiling, not to mention the potential consequences of a defamation of character lawsuit.

So, when the clerk asked me to leave and not to bring my business again, I gladly complied. I make sure to mention to my friends and family not to shop or get gas there ever again. I hope the place goes out of business.