Restaurants should have a menu option called "the rat" that lets you scurry around and eat leftovers people wont finish. the waiter could ask guests if they'd like a box or if they'd like to send it "to the rat"

Posted by itchylol742@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 44 comments

I stole this from twitter

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StandingNext2U@reddit

Instead of having a menu called “The rat”, it should be an employee called “The rat”

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Ethylene_@reddit

I had a friend who would do this every time our friend group would gather for taco Tuesday

Some people wouldn’t finish their taco droppings. And maybe one or two people wouldn’t finish a full or half taco shell.

Pete would ask for peoples plates when they finished, scrape the leftovers on his plate, and make pretty much a full meal

He’d do this even after buying himself tacos. He didn’t want to see anything go to waste

Same man who would finish strangers drinks when they abandoned them at parties…

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FriedSmegma@reddit

As a dishwasher I’m always high as fuck so I do be sneaking shit off plates ngl. Man’a gotta eat.

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MedicineLow1859@reddit

Finally a legit crazy idea on this sub 🤣

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Time-Signature-8714@reddit

Ok but they gotta provide like rat ears for those who want to be the rat (kinda like how burger king has crowns)

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Elguapo1980z@reddit

This might be the best thing I've read on Reddit. Ever

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Zaedre@reddit

I know this would never come to fruition due to cross-contamination and food hygiene rules, but this idea is hilarious and theoretically I love it 😂

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Solomontheidiot@reddit

It's always nice to see a truly crazy idea on this sub. 10/10, entirely unhinged.

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Penis-Dance@reddit

Sounds like something a rat would say.

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nothing_in_my_mind@reddit

Dude yes, I feel crazy seeing the amount of food people leave on their plate.

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ehbowen@reddit

Health department wouldn't allow it. Too much chance of food-borne illness. That guy who left half his steak uneaten never realized he was a Typhoid carrier.

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Religion_Of_Speed@reddit

If I get Typhoid from the Rat Meal that was just part of God's plan.

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pastramilurker@reddit

Perhaps if the leftovers are dipped in concentrated bleach it would mitigate the risk of food poisoning.

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magic_erasor@reddit

To counteract the bleach, the leftovers are then run through a dishwasher cycle

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Karzons@reddit

I have just the thing for the health department.

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itchylol742@reddit (OP)

This is r/crazyideas not r/sensibleideas

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MapleBreakfastMeat@reddit

You have to stay on all fours, right?

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Drapidrode@reddit

"I stole this from my own restaurant" [actual]

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Scooter-breath@reddit

To keep customer interest, put a loaded rat trap in every few boxes.

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XROOR@reddit

Went to an all u can eat Chinese buffet called “Dragon Sea Buffet” around 9pm.

When we were all done eating, the server asked if we wanted any more food, and we said no.

She walks away and yells something in Mandarin, and the whole staff RUSHES towards the food and the restaurant looked like a scene from a Walmart Black Friday in Johnstown PA!

It was like piranhas skeletonizing a water buffalo

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UndeadCaesar@reddit

Wonder what the rat rate would be. 10% of the original food cost?

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Physical_Floor_8006@reddit

It's free but you just have a rat race.

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The_Troyminator@reddit

Make it a Radar Rat Race, and you have a deal.

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I've seen breakfast places offer "garbage omlettes", which are whatever extra ingredients fell off the grill and/or didn't fit into other omlettes. Means you get an omlette with a big pile of random ingredients at a lower cost, but you don't get to opt out of any individual ingredient.

The big difference here is the food never left the kitchen, and never touched anyone else's mouth

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teduh@reddit

LPT: You can experience "the rat" option even without it being on the menu! Pretend all the tables are part of a big buffet and casually wander around between the tables, plate in hand, and pick out whatever looks tasty.

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Present-Breakfast700@reddit

I 100% approve. "Rat Food" would be kept at different holding locations around the resturaunt (locked with a key).

The menu option is free, but comes with a waiver you have to sign to free the company of liability should you contract something from someone else's leftovers.

You get to run around to the holding boxes and open them, eating whatever is inside

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the waiter could ask guests if they'd like a box or if they'd like to send it "to the rat"

lol

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NeedScienceProof@reddit

Homeless people-rats approved.

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fluffynuckels@reddit

Eww