A Saudi restaurant has been largely praised for charging customers if they leave food on their plates.
Social networks have reported that the restaurant in Dammam, in the Eastern Province, imposed the wastage fee after customers ordered excessive amounts of food and failed to clear their plates.
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People should be made aware of the consequences of wasting food. In fact, those who empty their plates should be offered a voucher for a free meal in the restaurant
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According to the restaurant owners, wasting food is against the values of Islam that associate waste with the devil and against social norms that call upon people to think and behave responsibly.
However, online users said that the fee was a new “religious tax” that could not be condoned.
“Restaurant owners do not have the right to hold to account customers on how much they leave on their plate,” a user wrote, local Arabic daily Al Youm reported.
Sa’ad wrote that the restaurant should be held accountable for high prices.
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