Bob Evans Restaurants

I recently posted on 55+ senior meals in restaurants. I planned my meal and also planned on using a doggie (people) bag to take home the rest. Once you are further out it is easier. But use the doggie bags, even for a small appetizer.

How is it discrimination?

Did Bob Evans force you to surgically alter your stomach?  Did anyone?  No.  You did it to yourself.

Guess what?  My kids are allergic to soy and milk.  If you want to feel sorry for yourself, next time, ask a restraunt for their "soy-free" menu, and imagine you are two years old and told you can't have x, y, or z.

Get over yourself.

Talk about a REAL problem! 

I don't think I would consider it to be discrimination; it is bad business but not discrimination.  Fortunately, I have not had any issue using my surgery card from my surgeon that explains my situation.  In fact, we went to Shady Maple Smorgasbord in PA last week and they actually have "Gastric Bypass" pricing; I ate for only $5.40!  So just don't go there anymore; try another place instead. There are plenty of other places that will accomodate you. 

Why is it bad business...those cards should be burned and not given out...did you read any of the posts on here.  WHY DOES A FORMALLY FAT PERSON NEED ANY SPECIAL ACCOMODATION?  YOU HAD SURGERY TO MAKE YOU NORMAL....NOW YOU WANT TO EAT ON THE CHEAP..AND THEN BAD MOUTH AND TAKE BUSINESS AWAY FROM A RESTAURANT BECAUSE THEY WON'T TREAT YOU SPECIAL. 

 Pathetic!

Our local Ponderosa Steakhouse honors the card I have from my surgeon. They will let me get one trip to the salad bar at the older kids menu pricing. Now what is stopping me from getting more than that, they don't really keep track of how many times you go. I only used this a couple of times early out. I  wouldn't try now as I know I can eat more. It was nice of them but I would have understood if they said no. I didn't try to use it anywhere else because I knew it could become embarrassing to explain to others about my surgery.  I know when I would order a meal a lot of places they couldn't understand why I didn't order a drink. One waitress told me I brought you a cup of water just in case. I just smiled and said thank you, didn't try to explain. I don't think it was right to charge you an adult price for a kids meal, though. Either let you order from it or not just don't charge more.

Discrimination would have been if they tried to charge someone more just because of their size!

Sorry you had a bad experience, but try to lower your expectations, about what you think a restaurant owes us. After all we make the decision where we go and what we eat.

Carolyn

 I have to agree with the majority.  I think making a complaint because a company refused to lose money on you by offering an additional discount to you because of your personal choice is ludicrous.  When I eat out, I order soup or an appetizer, and if a normal-sized portion, I take most of it home.  I get the same food and pay the same price, and eat for several meals.  

Ex:  Today I had a brunch date.  I ordered a small Denver omelet without cheese, with cottage cheese on the side in place of potatoes, and I gave the toast to my date.  I couldn't eat the cottage cheese (oh well!), but I ate some of the omelet for breakfast, some more for lunch, and some more for dinner.  I was full all day for $9, and I felt that the price was fair.  I made the decisions that led to 80% of my stomach being removed, and a business should not have to pay for my choice!

I have to agree with the others. I have never once asked for special treatment in a restaurant. I either order off the appetizer menu, or I ask for a box and take the rest home for later. Sometimes, the box ends up in the trash uneaten. Or, I have eaten until satisfied and had the wait staff remove the plate and not asked for a box. GASP! Yes, I've wasted perfectly good food! It took me some time to adjust to this way of thinking, but really, I'd rather the extra food go down the garbage disposal rather than into me. You are not impacting the starving kids in (some third world county) if you throw food away.

Now that I'm over a year out, I pretty much eat like a normal person. That is, a normal person who asks for a box. I never used to ask for a box, as I pretty much cleaned my plate. When I ate out with friends in the past, I noticed that they asked for a box. Not me! Now, I'm just like they are. I ask for a box like a normal person.

Really, what I do with the food after I order it is my business. I can eat, save it for later, throw it away. Doesn't matter, I paid for it. I would never in a million years go into that much detail with a restaurant employee about my health status. And I would never order off the kiddie menu. Seriously. Mac and cheese, a hamburger, or chicken nuggets? Blech. I eat what I want, and save or throw away what I can't eat. I even spent $38.99 on an all you can eat buffet in Vegas. Did I get my money's worth? No. But I was on vacation and we wanted to eat at the buffett. I was very selective in my choices, as opposed to putting everything on my plate that I could. It was still enjoyable, and nobody was any wiser.

There are some restaurants who will charge you for asking for an extra plate (to split an entree). That is not discrimination, they have to make money.

 The kids menu is just a bunch of junk anyway.

Husband and I eat out plenty.  We order what we want and take the rest home.  We eat leftovers for days.  It's not the restaurants problem that I can only eat a little.

That said, husband asked at a buffet if he could have a discount due to his surgery, and they refused.  No problem.  He just ate a little and called it a day.

I dont have a Bob Evans in the area so I cant comment on them specifically, but I usually encourage my children to eat off of the adult menu because Most restaurants have the same CRAP on a kids menu. I know every doc is different but grilled cheese, cheeseburgers and chicken nuggets are NOT on my doctors eating plan. I am curious as to what you were able to eat off of the kiddie menu? It stinks taking food home and more it stinks when the waitress asks if it is bad cause you havent eaten much but.... Its all part of gastric bypass. I just smile and say everything is fine and can I have a box. Makes them wonder LOL