Partygoers refuse to leave event empty handed, raid event, leaving hosts high and dry with nothing to serve remaining guests

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Sienna Varady
Jul 11, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

The odd thing about social etiquette is that it varies from group to group and is learned by imitation rather than explicit instruction. Conforming to the society you are a part of requires you to uphold certain societal standards and ideals continuously.

The story that follows is from the perspective of an irate partygoer. This past weekend, the original poster (OP) attended a friend's summer block party. The guests seemed to enjoy the celebration, and the hosts seemed pleased with how everything turned out. But as the guests began to depart after making good use of all the celebration had to offer, things turned south. A brief moment of sheer humiliation occurred when some of the attendees pulled out an empty plastic container and began to shove leftover food and desserts, shocking and embarrassing the hosts and OP.

In any case, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning more about what happened and whether or not the other partygoers scolded them. Additionally, after you're done, don't forget to check out the story about the exhausted and bewildered employee who was turned down for a raise due to her lack of 'leadership' traits!

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    "You're an embarrassment"
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    Bringing To Go Containers to a Party
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    My neighborhood had a summer block party and folks brought something to share and then we all grilled out with hot dogs and hamburgers. A couple shows up who weren't a part of the original invites but invited by someone else not a part of the planning. No biggie really, it's only a couple folks and there's plenty of food. About an hour after food hit the buffet, people are still arriving, folks are still eating. This couple decides
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    to leave early, they pull out a to go container and take what's left of one of the sides, not only the one they brought mind you which they also took with them. There's enough it probably would have fed 6 more people. It wouldn't have been a big deal if everyone had gotten their fill and it was towards the end of the party, it only irked me since not every person was done eating and seemed really inconsiderate.
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    Edit: changed "not the one they brought mind you" to "not only the one they brought mind you which they also took with them.
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    Apprehensive-Care20z 13 hr. ago You should have gone over to them and just said "Please don't start taking food away, lots of people haven't eaten yet". and embarrass them so much that they just leave.
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    • Onlytoupvotemyhubs OP 13 hr. ago I really should have. I was so taken aback at what I was seeing, it was done and over before I got my bearings back. Next time though.
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    BestDescription3834 13 hr. ago 2019 4th of july I was at my cousin's celebration and after everybody made their rounds one of the guys went and made himself 3 plated and put them to the side. "One for now, one for afterwhile and one to take home."
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    When it came time to leave he broke out some tupperware and was taking more and my cousin was like "you already drank all my liquor, I'm not feeding your f ing family, too" and kicked him out. Never saw him again, thankfully.
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    • Onlytoupvotemyhubs OP 13 hr. ago Wow that is so incredibly your cousin. ! Good on
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    Whale8052 10 hr. ago I had a coworker that brought a takeout container to our company dinner that was at an all you can eat buffet place. Lol.
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    • Onlytoupvotemyhubs OP 10 hr. ago Lol! Did they get kicked out from the buffet? I imagine they have a policy about that sort of thing.
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    Polkawillneverdie81 11 hr. ago • In situations like this, it is PERFECTLY okay to say "Hey guys, that food is for everyone and the party is still going on. Leftovers go to whoever brought that dish. It's not okay to take more than your share. Please stop putting it in to-go containers. Thanks." You can say this in front of everyone.
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    No-Scheme7342 12 hr. ago . We were throwing a Bday party at a local restaurant for a friend. Her husband had ordered servings of all the appetizers and entrees on the menu for 10 of us. A flower vendor lady rolls in and we buy all her flowers for the Bday girl, so FV lady suddenly has a pocket full of cash. She asks if she can have something to eat and the
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    host says "Help yourself". FV lady disappears and returns with two young kids. They proceed to fill 3 to-go boxes to the brim and out the door they went.
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    Blueberry_Mancakes 12 hr. ago • That's horrible behavior. All I can hope is that those kids were truly hungry and needed the meal.
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    Scared_Ad2563 11 hr. ago • Once had a potluck at work. Someone brought in a bowl of fruit salad. A manager (who did not bring the fruit salad) turned her nose up at everything else people brought, and took the entire fruit salad, bowl and all, to her office to eat. Said she brought something in and she wasn't going to be eating anything else, so deserved it.
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    This is far, far down the list of reasons people wanted to sock her, but it didn't help.
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    Onlytoupvotemyhubs OP 10 hr. ago Lol ok hoarding an entire item wins here
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    Ο stormytimber · 10 hr. ago We had this issue with a reunion we have. We have two food drop offs, one at 11:00 an and one at 2-3 p so there is fresh food. We always overbuy but that's not the point. We've had people that didn't work for this place come in and walk out with takeout containers of food, that was our first year. The second year, we got smart.
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    Because we over order, there is always plenty of food, but that food is to meant to spread out through the day (party starts at 11, ends at 8). We provide takeout containers, hidden in my Yeti bag and when 6-7 pm comes around, the takeout containers come out from the kitchen.. Now throughout the day, people donate
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    money for the food or for the next year party and that money goes in a drawer in the kitchen. Every couple hours, I grab that money and put it in my dad's truck. The only people allowed in the kitchen are the workers we hire and us. Two years ago, the spouse of a worker went in and got into my bag for a container. We kept our mouths shut at the
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    time being, but again...gotta get smart. The following year when this guy showed up, my dad told him "Your a won't be going in the kitchen this year" and he didn't. But at 3:00, he and his wife were leaving and had three plates covered as they were walking by. The wife asked for a container and my stepmother, who doesn't like to cause problems said "Don't you have enough? People are still coming and want
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    to eat. No, you cannot have a container". I was shocked, my eyes got big because I didn't expect that from her. She didn't get a container. And...they DO NOT donate or bring anything to this party, but they can take take take. I'm sorry, but it's ignorant. When the party is winding down, take all you want. But you don't take while a party is going on.
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    Major-Number8641 11 hr. ago • Had my son's baby shower and bbq for the party,invited my father in law, he ate and then proceeded to back his car closer to the food table and made a bunch of To go plates for his girlfriend and her kids, who didn't even come. Left within 20 minutes.
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    And boy did he stack those plates, my wife and I shared one pork rib. The rest was gone.
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    Tinawebmom · 11 hr. ago I had a BBQ. The meat outside was for the adults and the meat in the kitchen was for my kids over the next few days I walk in and a couple were taking all of the meat! I made them unhand the food and go. They broke the "no one in the house" rule and were taking my kids food? How trashy!
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    But I've had holiday parties with Asian family and it is expected that at the end of the party everyone gets food to take home.
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