I've been a resident of Memphis TN for about 4yrs now. My city has the dubious distinction, of being one of the most obese cities in the country. Everywhere I go, I see fat people. Hell, since moving here I've picked up 50lbs. Imagine that! I was already a fat bastard, but moving to Memphis sure as hell didn't help. Recently I heard the statistic on the local news; these results happened to be the result of research via some gov't agency. I don't always believe everything I hear when it comes to statistics, but it was a recent visit to a restaurant here that opened my eyes.
A couple weeks ago, our family went out to eat. Now mind you, we don't eat out much, so this was a rare event. We went to a restaurant that's fairly new around here. The restaurant is called 'Chow Time', and was described in a commercial as the biggest Chinese restaurant with a buffet in Memphis. Now I love Chinese food. Yup, I love it even as much as black men love bar-b-cue, and I don't care if it's dog or cat meat being served. At this point, I've eaten the shit enough to not even care if my plate starts barking. I mean, that's how much I love Chinese food, and I'm not playing.
So we pull up to this restaurant after having to get directions to find it. Upon parking, my first thought was on just how huge this place was. For a restaurant, the building was unusually large in my opinion. Right then and there I knew I was gonna be in Chinese food heaven. Upon entering the restaurant, I noticed something weird. As I entered the door, I noticed a sign which had the price of the buffet on it. Nothing unusual about that right? Right! Except, at the bottom of the price list it said that there was a minimum charge of $3 for people sitting at tables and not partaking of a meal. Either these people are offended that somebody would sit there and not eat this great food, or they're conscious of the fact that niggas love gettin over.
But I digest...
