A family dining out in an Austrian pizzeria were left stunned after learning they would be charged €11 ($12.90) for sharing a single plate of food - as restaurants across the country clamp down on what they call 'freeloading' behaviours from customers. The unnamed father said he had taken his wife and children to a popular pizzeria in the Grieskirchen district this month, expecting a routine meal.
With the two children too young to finish a full portion of food, the parents planned to order one pizza for them to share. But after scanning the menu more closely, they noticed an unusual policy. 'Our pizzas are charged per person', the restaurant noted, effectively prohibiting shared meals.
But with pizzas at the restaurant starting at €11, and prices rising to nearly €20 ( $23.40) depending on toppings, the family would have faced a nearly €40 ($ 46.80) bill for two children to eat. The move is part of a broader shift across Austria, where restaurants are increasingly introducing surcharges for shared dishes - referred to as 'stolen dishes', 'thief's plates', or 'freeloader plates'.
Well, I personally hope they're out of business by Friday. What a completely jerked-off move. You're in the fuckin' PIZZA BUSINESS, not the 'per-person' meal business.
My wife and I try to eat out at least once a week, and nine times out of ten it's a shared entree, sitting at the bar kinda thing, usually a burger or a sandwich or something similar that's easy to split. If any joint - especially a pizzeria - ever tried that shit here, they'd be closed in two days. Tragic insurance fire kinda thing, if ya get my drift. Juss' sayin'...
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