LMAO!!!! 

No, you don't have to honor them with your future business.... but I don't understand why you would be upset that they didn't want to honor your card.  Businesses can choose what discounts they want to offer and what discounts they don't want to offer.  And believe me, people will ask for discounts for everything.

I once managed a pizza place, and you would not believe the people who asked for discounts, and why.  People who were in the military thought they should get a discount before of that.  We did offer a discount to schools, like if teachers ordered pizzas for their class- but then we had customers who happened to be teachers who were ordering dinner for their families, and they wanted that same discount.  Once I had a couple guys who came in who were members of the Gideons- you know, the Bible people?  They thought they should get a discount for that.  Seriously.  People also thought we should honor coupons from other restaurants.  If Dominos was offering a medium pizza for just $5, they thought we should give them a pizza for $5, too.

Do you really think I should have given all those people the discounts that they asked for?  Do you really think it was reasonable for them to even ask?  I sure didn't.

Kelly

Slowly shaking head,...

I have a hunch they might not want your business. :o/

I don't even order my kids food from the kids menu.... it's terribly unhealthy. Chicken nuggets, mini pizza, cheese quesadillas, fries, mac and cheese, etc...... eeks.

Order off the adult menu and take left overs home. You can also order appetizers (which you'll still probably have left overs of) or a la carte items.

Way_Out_There
Member Since: 10/11/09
[Latest Posts]Post Date: 10/13/09 1:03 pm
A “Restaurant Card" is a business cards sized card, often laminated, usually given by surgeons reading something to the effect of:

The holder of this card has had a surgical procedure which has permanently reduced their stomach capacity. Therefore… It is greatly appreciated if you would allow them to order from the children’s menu or to purchase half-sized adult entrees. Thank you for your consideration.

1. WLS Restaurant Cards differ from REAL Discount Cards such as AAA, Entertainment Book, etc. in one very important aspect: The REAL discounts are negotiated and agreed to by all parties in advance. The restaurant staff is briefed on how to handle the card. It is PRESUMPTUOUS to create and distribute a card asking/demanding a discount.

2. Restaurants are put into a losing position to start. If they say “no" to the card, which they had no part in creating or marketting, they are already making the customer unhappy. How is this fair even putting them in that position? Were I a restaurant owner, I would resent this card about as much as someone demanding a discount because they are a VIP (Very Important Person).

3. I had surgery. It was my choice to have my stomach modified so that I could only eat 3-5 ounces of food at a sitting. There are many people that have not had surgery that CHOOSE to eat 3-5 ounces of food at a sitting (imagine that!). I do not deserve a discount, or a special menu, any more than they do.

4. “I eat less than most children; I should pay what they pay". Children’s prices are a marketing tactic to get parents to bring their kids (and themselves) to a restaurant. Children’s menu’s are not because children eat so little. Children’s menus are designed for children’s tastes. Bland and greasy.

5. Seniors Menus are also a marketing tactic to get seniors to come to the restaurant. If you’re not a senior, you don’t DESERVE a discount because you eat less than a senior. Many restaurants offer a ‘For Smaller Appetites’ Menu, this you may qualify for.

6. I don’t want the hostess, waitress, people behind me or near by, the busboy, or anyone else to know my medical history. It is none of their business, and I should not be making it their business simply to get a discount.

7. Buffets are “All you can eat for…" If all you can eat is 3-5 ounces, the price is the same as when you ate 30-50 ounces or 300-500 ounces. When you could eat 2, 3, or 4 times what the average person could eat, did you ask to pay more? Of course not. To remain morally consistent, you cannot ask to pay less now.

8. “I didn’t choose the buffet, my family did… Why should I pay when I only eat 3-5 ounces." See #7. Further, you are there to be with your family or friends. Eating out now is even more about the company you keep rather that getting the most food for the least price. Actually, it should always have been about the company.

9. “I didn’t choose the buffet, my family did…" So, before WLS, did you pay less when you wanted Mexican food, but your family outvoted you and you ended up with Chinese? No, you went along to keep peace, to enjoy the company. Whatever your reasons were then, they’re the same now.

10. “I can’t eat all that, I can’t take leftovers home, I don’t want to waste it." Waste it. Leaving leftovers is not the end of the world. In spite of what your mama said, leaving food on your plate is not a sin, and it will not help starving children in China for you to clean your plate now. You are not obliged to clean your plate. IN FACT, restaurants try to serve enough to satisfy large appetites and they expect people NOT to eat it all. They have trash cans out back for all the left over food.

11. Do you demand a discount at convenience store on a bag of potato chips because you can’t eat the whole bag, and a lot will go to waste? Why not, it’s the SAME THING.

12. Dinner at Chili’s cost $15 before WLS, and you left satisfied. Post-op, the same dinner costs $15 and you leave satisfied. The only difference is you leave food on the plate rather than nose marks. Often, rather than ordering a $15 dinner, you can order $10 appetizer, and you are ahead of the game.

13. "Restaurants should be considerate of WLS Patients." Restaurants should be considerate of EVERYONE. There are many groups of adults that eat less than 'normal', yet they do not expect discounts.

Obviously, or perhaps not so obviously, these arguments presume that people have integrity and that they desire their actions and opinions to be rational, supportable, and consistent. There are those that will do whatever is necessary to get a discount, which these arguments will not dissuade from this course.

Why embarrass yourself that way? I would never in a million years use one of those. Just take home what you can't finish.
-Wanda

 I would be far too embarrassed to ask for special treatment just because I decided to have WLS. I'd try order a half size perhaps, but certainly wouldn't explain why or ask for something I wasn't entitled to.  That's just me though :)

The card is useless. Anyone can get it - you just print it off of the Internet.

In most restaurants, the kids menu is full of crap you don't want to eat anyway, so you're better off ordering an entree and either sharing it with someone or taking the leftovers home.

What I do is order an appetizer and that's more than enough food for me.

Also, people who do choose to use the card run the risk of embarrassing themselves or getting pissed off because most restaurants won't honor the card.

And then there's the whole, "When you were fat and eating enough food for three people, did you offer to pay MORE money? No? Then why expect a discount now?"

alot of places let you order a small portions, cracker barrel has kids grilled chicken, shoneys does a discount price, golden coral does but for a senior meal which is only a dollar cheaper. Applebees has 1/2 portions.  I have used my card a few times, but mine is like a business card from my hospital with my name on it and my surgeons name.  If they dont honor it, or if i dont use it, i just ask for a box right away, and put most of it in the box, and mu husband takes it to work for lunch.  The last time i went to golden coral, i ate 3 peices of mac and cheese, 5 green beans and a shrimp and it was not good and was 8.99 so i will not go back!!