Thelife- A woman took the all-you-can-eat buffet concept literally by dining at Golden Corral for 12 hours.
- "What an accomplishment. Unlimited food and drink for one dollar an hour," the woman said on TikTok.
One woman took going to an all-you-can-eat buffet to the next level: She says she dined at a Golden Corral for 12 hours straight, and kept eating through breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
"I cant believe this happened! I wanted to see how long i can stay at golden corral," the woman with the username Madison wrote in her TikTok post published on Tuesday.
Madison said in her video that she arrived at Golden Corral at 8:30 a.m., where she paid $12 for a breakfast set. A photo of her receipt could be seen at the start of the video, showing that she dined there on Sunday. Insider was not able to independently verify which Golden Corral branch Madison dined at.
"Even though there is hair in it, the cotton candy cake was my favorite," Madison narrated in the video, adding that she ate half of the entire cake by herself.
@ugh_madison I cant believe this happened! I wanted to see how long i can stay at golden corral. #goldencorral #buffett ♬ original sound - Madison
When the restaurant stopped serving breakfast at 11 a.m., Madison said she proceeded to help herself to the lunch items. It was then that Madison noticed the restaurant staff had cleared her drink and cutlery from her table.
"I came at breakfast. But I can pay again if I have to pay for lunch," Madison could be heard saying to a staff member in the video.
"No, you're fine," the staff member replied.
Madison said the waitress assured her that she only needed to pay once and could eat as long as she wanted — but kept bringing her drinks after that.
"But she started bringing me tons and tons of refills. I think she's trying to make me full so I would leave, but I'm not falling for that. I got to get my $12 worth," Madison said.
Madison proceeded to get her dinner when the restaurant started serving it at 4 p.m. At that point, the branch manager then asked to speak to her, Madison added.
"I thought he was going to kick me out since I've been there for eight hours," Madison narrated. "He just asked me to switch tables again and told me to go back and get my food."
"I couldn't believe it. I appreciate him for letting me stay there for 10 hours," she continued.
She eventually left at 8:30 p.m. — showing off the time on her Apple watch — after spending a total of 12 hours eating at the buffet.
"What an accomplishment. Unlimited food and drink for one dollar an hour," Madison said at the end of the video. "Best day ever. I think I got my money's worth, but let me know what you think."
Some people were amazed by Madison's appetite — as well as what went into pulling the stunt off.
"is she still alive? someone check on her," read one TikTok comment.
"I fear and respect you," a person said on TikTok.
But others were less amused. Some people felt that Madison was depriving the restaurant staff of tips by hogging a table the entire day.
"How much did you tip? you tied tables up all day costing the wait staff valuable tips from customers not making lame, selfish, gluttonous "content"," another person commented.
Representatives for Madison and Golden Corral did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.