All you can eat

We had a coupon for an all-you-can-eat buffet tonight. We have two young kids so we got there around 5pm with all the old timers. Here is what I find at buffets:

1. Very large, poorly dressed people

2. Very large kids drinking A LOT of soda and eating A LOT. This strikes me as especially sad since last night on "the Biggest Loser" they talked about the average person DRINKING 50 POUNDS of sugar a year through soda. That's about 20 pounds of weight gain a year. I am not a big soda drinker so this is an easy area for me to do without.

3. Lots of old people

4. A feeling of franticness to hurry up and get the next plate. I dont know what this is, but it feels like a race of some kind to eat and get your plate cleared and hunt for your next plateful. Maybe this is tied to sticking it to the man and eating more than you paid for somehow.

5. Just OK food but really, really good dessert and thick chocolate milk. I swear there was 10 desserts I wanted to try, but I really wanted to set a good example for my kids more.