Wasteful

At every dinner service, I notice a trend...food is always wasted. It is extremely bothersome to buss someones plate and dump whole pieces of chicken into a bus pan. It's enough to bring a frown to my face when I think of how people refuse to eat what's on their plate when some people around the world would kill for the food scraps in the bus pans around the banquet hall.

Why can't people just take the amount of food that they'll actually eat? I have seen people pile mountains of food on their plates while walking through the buffet line. This is after hors d'oeuvres hour, soup, and salad have already been served, and in my experience, normally party guests fill up on the appetizers. So why take three portions during the actual meal?

In addition, giant pasta bowls are served family style during weddings to each table. It is incredible how much pasta is wasted. I'd say that if there are 25 bowls, only about 15 are actually eaten. People are starving all over the world, and people can't eat the food that's placed in front of them?

All in all, I am simply wishing that people would only take what they can eat. All of the leftover food from out parties is donated to the local food bank, but the food that gets tossed on someones plate gets thrown int he dumpster. Help a child in need, and next time please only take what you know you will eat. Please do not be wasteful anymore. Returning to the buffet line for seconds is a possibility.