CO-HOST | Make Money by Understanding Customer Expectations: The Applebee’s “All-You-Can-Eat” Debate

Summary

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Episode: CO-HOST | Make Money by Understanding Customer Expectations: The Applebee’s “All-You-Can-Eat” Debate
Date: June 16, 2026
Host: Travis Chappell
Co-host/Producer: Eric

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Main Theme

This episode explores how customer expectations intersect with business models, using the recent buzz around Applebee’s “All-You-Can-Eat” menu as a case study. Travis and Eric dissect consumer psychology, share personal stories about eating out, and riff on what it really means to get a “deal.” The tone is comedic, irreverent, and rooted in real-life experiences, all while delivering insights into customer satisfaction, value offers, and how these factor into making (and saving) money.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Applebee’s All-You-Can-Eat Controversy

• Background:
  • Applebee’s relaunched its “All-You-Can-Eat” menu on May 11th, offering endless boneless wings, riblets, or double crunch shrimp for $15.99.
  • Viral TikToks (notably TikToker Christopher Gambon with 36k followers) criticize slow service — 15-20 minute waits between plates, only one plate at a time, and a policy against taking leftovers. ([03:44])
  • Eric’s Pro Tips:
    • Only order boneless wings (“Don’t get riblets or double crunch shrimp. Stay with boneless wings. Do not get the riblets.” [02:17])
    • Sit at the bar for faster service (“Another pro tip: that’s so much faster… the bar is right next to the kitchen.” [03:04])
• Criticism Breakdown:
  • Customers like Gambon complain about long waits as a tactic to make patrons fill up and reduce consumption.
  • Eric rebuts, emphasizing that sitting at the bar eliminates most wait issues and that these “catches” are standard for chain restaurant “all-you-can-eat” deals.
    • “This not only prevents food waste, but also saves money.” [06:02]
    • “Bro, this isn’t news. No shit there’s a catch. They’re not a buffet line.” [08:15]

2. Understanding the Business Model (and Customer Psychology)

• Why the Rules Exist:
  • All-you-can-eat deals are intentionally structured to minimize losses:
    • Dissuade rapid consumption
    • Prevent food waste
    • Encourage drink purchases (like $1 margaritas) ([06:25])
  • Most people don’t eat enough for the business to lose money — e.g., Olive Garden’s endless pasta required eating 3 full bowls to break even ([06:02])
• Messaging for Entrepreneurs:
  • Travis: “Don’t put out specials or deals that attract the wrong customer type into your store.” [09:43]
  • These promos are double-edged: they draw traffic but can frustrate or embolden “value-maximizing” customers who may never be satisfied.

3. Value Perception and Complaints

• Should customers complain?
  • Travis is baffled: “It’s wild to complain about getting that volume of food for $15.” [06:50]
  • Eric: “He should just be grateful we live in a world where $1 margaritas and wings exist, 100%.” [13:30]
• Social Media & Expectations:
  • Christopher’s viral TikTok magnifies minor grievances, but most comments mock the entitlement (“Caesar with a Z says, Applebee’s is for drowning in $1 margs and then fighting the staff. Nothing more, nothing less. Correct.” [06:55])

4. Personal Anecdotes:

• Family Histories of Eating Out
  • Travis and Eric reminisce about their childhoods — infrequent dining out, special deals like “kids eat free,” and how eating out has shifted from a special occasion to an everyday norm for many ([09:55]-[12:50]).
• All-You-Can-Eat Challenges
  • Eric: Notorious for eating less than expected at buffets (“I would eat one plate and then go to get dessert, and my dad was like, what are you getting dessert for?” [14:51])
  • Travis: Recounts adolescence — eating not just his own, but everyone else’s meal at family feasts, cruise buffets, and elaborate European sit-downs ([17:09]-[20:21]).
• Learning Not to Overeat:
  • Discussion on guilt-based eating, family expectations, and the struggle to break these habits as adults and parents ([22:09]-[23:18]).
  • Quote: “Our generation growing up was very much in the don’t waste [food] type thing, but you carry that mentality into adulthood and then you start overeating all the time.” — Travis [22:09]

5. Reflections on Modern Consumption and Gratefulness

• The takeaway: In a world of cheap, plentiful food, “It’s a wild thing to complain about” not getting every penny’s worth [13:36].
• Humorously, the ultimate advice is to “stop whining” and embrace the abundance available.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the value of boneless wings:
  • Eric: “Boneless wings… they come out, dude, like, boom, boom, boom.” ([02:18])
• On maximizing all-you-can-eat:
  • Eric: “Once your plate’s clear… with the bartender, too, like, we finished our wings. Literally, like five minutes more wings. Dunk ‘em. Dunk ‘em.” ([05:41])
• On customer entitlement:
  • Travis: “It’s wild to complain about getting multiple plates of wings for $15.” ([08:53])
• On parenthood and eating out:
  • Eric: “That’s almost the worst thing about being a parent is trying to taper down things that you enjoy.” ([12:55])
• On generational shifts:
  • Travis: “My dad did take each of us out to dinner. Like, Thursday nights, he would take one of us to dinner and then alternate and stuff.” ([10:43])
• On buffet pressure:
  • Eric: “My family would always get mad at me… my brother would eat like four or five plates and sometimes six… and I would eat one plate and then go to get dessert. And my dad was like, what are you getting dessert for?” ([14:35])
• On food guilt:
  • Travis: “You carry that mentality into adulthood, and then you just start overeating all the time, because you think that’s what you’re supposed to do.” ([22:09])
• On TikTok complaints:
  • Eric (mocking conclusion): “If you’re going to go to an all you can eat place, stop whining.” ([24:01])
• On modern blessings:
  • Eric: “He should just be grateful we live in a world where dollar margaritas and wings exist, 100%.” ([13:30])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Topic/Quote | |-----------|-------------| | 01:38–04:08 | Introduction of the Applebee’s “All-You-Can-Eat” debate, description of the viral TikTok [Christopher’s complaint, service tips] | | 05:37–06:50 | Explaining why certain “rules” are standard in these deals (food waste, pacing, customer management) | | 06:55–08:15 | Reading and joking about viral TikTok comments and public reactions | | 09:43–10:43 | Business model lesson: targeting the “right” customer, Travis’s childhood eating out stories | | 12:11–13:16 | Changes in eating out culture; parental attempts to “taper down” pleasures for kids | | 14:14–15:34 | Personal buffet horror stories, generational family dynamics around overeating | | 17:09–20:31 | Largest “all-you-can-eat” meals the hosts have had, cruise and international meal stories | | 22:09–23:18 | Reflection on guilt, conditioning, and conscious efforts to avoid overeating as adults |

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Final Takeaways

• “All you can eat” isn’t a license for endless gluttony — business and customer need to meet halfway.
• Value is subjective: for many, the abundance and low price is already a “win.”
• Focus on experience, not exploitation — both as a customer and as a business owner.
• Don’t let social media outrage color reasonable expectations.
• Maybe just be grateful for abundant cheap food: “If you’re going to go to an all you can eat place, stop whining.” — Travis ([24:01])

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Tone: Conversational, sharp, self-aware, humorous, and practical, with a focus on lived experience and a refusal to take first-world problems too seriously.

Transcript

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You're listening to the Travis Makes Money podcast presented by GoHighLevel.com for a free 30 day trial of the best all in one digital marketing software tool on the planet, just go to gohighlevel.com travis. What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to the Travis Makes Money podcast, where it's a mission to help you make more money on this episode of the show. My producer is in studio. What's up, Eric?

[Eric]

This is the seventh episode we recorded today. Today I sound like John Malkovich. That was pretty almost an accidental John Malkovich, but now I'm not going to try to do it because it'll be worse. The vibes in here are foul.

[Travis]

Yeah, yeah, we're coming.

[Eric]

Thanks to you.

[Travis]

Coming off of Eric. Just tearing apart AI on our. On our last episode.

[Eric]

Okay, well, I got somebody's.

[Travis]

And then he directed the rage toward me. No, I didn't. Yeah, you did. I closed my computer. Like, what are you doing? Close your computer, you son of a bitch.

[Eric]

Okay, that's not exactly what I said.

[Travis]

Just literally word for word what you said. And I said, because it's about to die. And you said, I'm sorry.

[Eric]

Yeah. Anyway, but I have a. I have a topic for this episode that's going to make you rage with the rage of a thousand suns.

[Travis]

Is it? Yeah, we'll see.

[Eric]

Applebee's.

[Travis]

Are you going to be disappointed if I don't?

[Eric]

I mean, I know you're not going to, but I would love for you to play along. Applebee's brought back its famed all you can eat menu on May 11th. Can I just say, I went to California when my grandmother passed a year and a half ago. And I got my money's worth. I went and I got. It's endless. She can pick. Okay. And I'm gonna give pro tip here, so it's $15.99. Endless boneless wings. Riblets or double Crunch Shrimp. Do not get riblets or double Crunch shrimp. Stay with the boneless wings. Do not get the riblets.

[Travis]

They're not good.

[Eric]

Do not get the riblets. Boneless wings. Because they and they're quicker. The boneless wings come out, dude. Like, boom, boom, boom. Okay, so. And they have really cheap margaritas at Applebee's. I was just bodying. Just like, More. And we ate a lot. We were there for probably two hours and we just. We ate a lot of food. A TikToker with over 36,000 followers, TikToker Christopher Gambon, 46, died after excessive consumption. I'm just kidding. This is such a.

[Travis]

My gosh.

[Eric]

But that would have been a totally. I could have actually sold that and done a whole episode.

[Travis]

I was also thinking, why would I be upset about that?

[Eric]

I don't even know that guy.

[Travis]

Why would I be Rage.

[Eric]

Loss of life of someone. I don't know. I mean, fine. TikToker Christopher Christopher Gambon, 46, who has over 36,000 followers, went to the restaurant to order off the all you can eat menu. Other pro tip, sit at the bar. Another pro tip that's so much faster.

[Travis]

I actually find myself sitting at the bar most of the time.

[Eric]

I go out so much faster. And it's also in most Applebee's, the bar is right next to the kitchen. If you sit in a booth or something, it's your fault. And I bet you Christopher did this. Cause he doesn't seem too bright based on his haircut. I don't know why I said that. I don't know why I said that. He's a real person with real feelings, and he has real feelings about Applebee's

[Travis]

and what are they?

[Eric]

He says the problem with the all you can eat right now is you have to wait 15 to 20 minutes in between each one that you order. A frustrated Christopher says in his video, which garnered over 700,000 views. Again, I bet you a lot of money he was in a booth. He was in a booth or he was at the table. He wasn't at the bar next to the kitchen. That's the key. That's the rule.

[Travis]

That's the rule.

[Eric]

Now, Christopher claims that customers only get one plate at a time. Duh. I knew that. And you can't take leftovers, which is fair agreement. Applebee's shake on that. This is actually something we should do on the ground. Reporting about just throwing out or not reporting beats me. Christopher claims that customers only get one plate at a time when they purchase Applebee's $15.99 all you can eat menu options this. That limited Christopher's ability to maximize the deal. As he says his server only brought him two plates in an hour. Bartender Christopher. So, yes, while the deal is truly unlimited, customers have to come to the restaurant. Pretty hungry. Problem solved. I got it. And be prepared to stay for quite some time. A representative from an Applebee's in San Antonio, Texas, confirmed to Brobible, my one place I get all my news from that at least at their location, customers can only order one plate per round. When they order off the all you can eat menu. Brobible is doing a great job saying the same thing twice. It's unclear if customers have to wait 15 to 20 minutes in between each order. Even if, say, they finish their appetizers in five minutes. Let me do some heavy duty reporting here. You don't. Once your plate's clear. Dude, wings do not make the. When we went wrong because we could have ate more wings is. It was like, oh, let's cycle. We'll do wings, then riblets, then. The riblets are gross. And shrimp I don't eat. Cause I don't eat seafood. So it was like it started wasting our time.

[Travis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eric]

You gotta do wings, wings, wings, wings, wings.

[Travis]

Cause there's a time limit.

[Eric]

Yep. And if you're sitting there with the bartender, too, like, we finished our wings. Literally, like five minutes more wings. Dunk em. Dunk em. Okay. Christopher likely had to wait that long for his server to return. Mistake sitting at a table. Applebee's policies are pretty standard. Most chain restaurants that offer an all you can eat model have customers finish their food before they're allowed to move on to the next round.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

This not only prevents food waste, but also saves money. For example, when Olive Garden reintroduced its famous never ending pasta in 2022, it was promoted as a value deal. However, customers would have to eat roughly three bowls of pasta to get their money's worth. But most ended up filling up before they could get to their third bowl. You're weak. Your bloodline's weak. Applebee's right has $1 margaritas.

[Travis]

$1 margaritas?

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Wow. That's half of Station Casinos, which is great.

[Eric]

Yeah, it's great. And if you get wings, is it

[Travis]

mostly margarita mix, though?

[Eric]

I didn't know if you drink enough. It doesn't matter. I had 14 and I felt it anyway. But I was gonna say too. With the wings, just sit again. Sit at the bar. And also it's 14.99. If you get two plates of wings for $14.99, you're crushing it.

[Travis]

It's also wild just to complain about getting that volume of food for.

[Eric]

Here's some comments on this. Here's some comments, okay? And then I'll turn to you for comment. Caesar with a Z says, applebee's is for drowning in $1 margs and then fighting the staff. Nothing more, nothing less. Correct. Someone said, nutrition runner, whose opinion I could care not in the lightest about. Well said, because I don't care about that when I'm at Applebee's. I don't know about nutrition. I'm running.

[Travis]

That's right.

[Eric]

I want to care about lack of nutrition, getting the runs, he says. I mean, does he want fresh food or not? I could care less. Throw it in the microwave. Give me more, more, more.

[Travis]

That's why you're there.

[Eric]

Someone said. It's the tactic. Give you food, make you wait a while so you get full and can't order again. You solved it, Caleb. Burt, you figured out how restaurants work. Is that why they give me bread at the restaurant? Is that why Stupid. Someone says, who the f wants boneless?

[Announcer]

Me.

[Travis]

Yeah, a lot of people.

[Eric]

I don't want to mess with a bone. Do you eat it all first before ordering your next meal? Also, server has no need to rush as the bill's not getting bigger. Just your stomach and demand for faster food is. Someone says, I don't blame them. Y' all remember the endless shrimp at Red Lobster? It bankrupted them.

[Travis]

Is that true?

[Eric]

Yeah. Yeah. Dude, we never talked about that stuff.

[Travis]

Bankrupted Red Lobster?

[Eric]

Yeah. You didn't know that?

[Announcer]

Uh.

[Eric]

Oh. That's literally what destroyed them. Someone says, bro, this isn't news. No shit. There's a catch. They're not a buffet line. Yeah, someone says. I went. They asked you if you want another one to come out, and it's normally out before you finish the first one. You all just lying. Thank you. Anyway, Travis, again, let's take his experience at face value. Do you feel any sympathy for this man?

[Travis]

No.

[Eric]

Should he go to jail? Should he never be allowed to be in society again?

[Travis]

I mean, I wouldn't go there.

[Eric]

What should be the ultimate punishment that he should face? Having to wait for his wings.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

I'm just kidding. No. When you hear this story, what do you feel?

[Travis]

I just feel it's wild to complain about getting multiple plates of wings for

[Eric]

$15 and my hands really sweaty.

[Travis]

Gross.

[Eric]

Okay. And I'm just kidding. Here we go. Feel that?

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Your hands are sweaty, too.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

I will say one thing I've realized about us is that we have an equal sweat factor.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Usually, like, if I look at you and I'm like, dang, bro, Your armpits are sweating like crazy. Then I'm like, it's just an indicator

[Travis]

that yours are also.

[Eric]

It's like, time to check.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Oh, my palms are sweaty. I know that you're.

[Travis]

That gray shirt treating you moist.

[Eric]

Yeah. It's dangerous.

[Travis]

Oh, yeah. I have to watch it with gray

[Eric]

shirts because it is unfortunate anyway. But this guy's sweating over Applebee's prices.

[Travis]

Yeah. Which is a crazy. Like, you can keep 14.99 for four margaritas and three plates of wings for 20 bucks. That's a pretty solid deal, honestly.

[Eric]

Where's Applebee's?

[Travis]

It also speaks to for businesses. Don't put out specials or deals that attract the wrong customer type into your store.

[Eric]

Can I ask you this?

[Travis]

What?

[Eric]

When you were a child, did you guys go out to eat a lot?

[Travis]

No. No, not a lot.

[Eric]

Did. Did your parents prioritize, like, going on like a Sunday where kids eat free places? Did you have like a go to place where they did that?

[Travis]

There was a Coco's in town.

[Eric]

That. Why does that. That vaguely means something to me.

[Travis]

It's like a breakfast spot that used to have the like, chocolate Mickey Mouse pancake type thing.

[Eric]

I went there with you.

[Travis]

What?

[Eric]

The Cocos. I went there with you. Why did I go with you? I was with you and Joanna to a Coco's. I went with you and Joanna to a Coco's.

[Travis]

I don't remember this at all.

[Eric]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, no. I went with you to a Black Bear Diner.

[Travis]

Yeah, Black Bear Diner.

[Eric]

I went with you to a Black Bear diner for some reason.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Probably to eat food next.

[Travis]

But yeah, there was a Coco's. But I don't remember it being like. I don't remember having a structure where like this day of the week we'd go out to eat. Like, that's. That's not how it worked. It was more like my. My dad did take each of us out to dinner. Like, Thursday nights, he would take one of us to dinner and then alternate and stuff.

[Eric]

And the rest don't get food.

[Travis]

We what?

[Eric]

The rest of you starved?

[Travis]

Yep, exactly.

[Eric]

That's all we could afford. You're like, every week, it's almost my day. It's almost my day to get food.

[Travis]

But we'd go to this, like, Mexican restaurant most of the time for that.

[Eric]

Like a just mom and pop place.

[Travis]

Yeah, it was great.

[Eric]

What was yours called?

[Travis]

El Torrejo.

[Eric]

We had one called. What was it called? Oh, Jose's.

[Travis]

Okay.

[Eric]

And that was kind of like the same. And then there was a Frijoles Yeah.

[Travis]

Alterrejo was bomb.

[Eric]

I like it a lot.

[Travis]

They're albandigas soup.

[Eric]

El Bandigas soup. So good, you know? No, because I asked that because we had a dickies in near our church. Near the end of my time, I

[Travis]

was gonna say, because that wasn't around.

[Eric]

No, it was near the end of my time there, and I know the staff that was overloaded with children. Like, my youth pastor had three children, and others with more would go. Because kids eat free on Sundays.

[Travis]

Really? At Dickey's?

[Eric]

Yeah. Dude.

[Travis]

No way.

[Eric]

Which is crazy, because Dickey's is actually pretty good.

[Travis]

Yeah, well, it used to be.

[Eric]

Well, they don't even. They don't even have the one near my house anymore.

[Travis]

Yeah, it's gone downhill.

[Eric]

It was actually really decent barbecue. It was great for a loaded baker's.

[Travis]

Yeah. That was Jackie's jam.

[Eric]

But it is crazy when I think about it, because, like, my child goes out to eat so much, and I think about it, I'm like, it was such an occasion. It was literally Sunday. It was like, Sunday lunch. We're gonna go out to eat.

[Travis]

Yeah. I don't remember eating out a bunch.

[Eric]

Like, the idea of, like, going to a place like Setabella's.

[Travis]

Right, right.

[Eric]

Regularly is crazy.

[Travis]

Yeah, like, exactly.

[Eric]

Which maybe says something about us as people.

[Travis]

Yeah. We have tried to taper down on that because there was a little while where we were just, like, we would eat breakfast out.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

Brunch spot. Like.

[Eric]

I know.

[Travis]

Three days a week. The entire waitstaff knew. Our whole family.

[Eric]

That's almost the worst thing about being a parent is trying to taper down things that you enjoy.

[Travis]

Exactly. But for the sake of your kids.

[Eric]

Hey, guys. We're not ordering pizza as much as we were.

[Travis]

Yeah, we don't want to stay at the nicest hotel.

[Eric]

Daddy, can we get pizza?

[Travis]

Because I want you to think that this is normal.

[Eric]

Yeah. I have to stay at this motel. Sticks with you.

[Travis]

Yeah, but that is exactly why we're not doing that.

[Eric]

Yeah. So anyway, we have a standard now. Stop it.

[Travis]

Let's stop playing footsies with me, bro.

[Eric]

That was you.

[Travis]

No, it's not.

[Eric]

That was literally. I'm all the way in the end. Okay, well, anyway, I was curious, but anyway. So when you hear this, you don't feel sympathy for the guy?

[Travis]

No, not at all.

[Eric]

What do you think his. He should just be grateful we live in a world where dollar margaritas and wings exist 100%.

[Travis]

Yeah. That's a wild thing to complain about.

[Eric]

All right, let me ask you this.

[Travis]

What's the most. All you can eat? You've ever eaten?

[Eric]

I can't eat a lot. You know that about me. Yeah, but like my. My family.

[Travis]

But you just got done telling me how many wings you ate. And apple.

[Eric]

That's different. That doesn't count. Okay. You didn't ask. If you're drinking margaritas, how much food can you eat? Because that's what's crazy is that I really do struggle to eat.

[Travis]

Counterintuitive.

[Eric]

My family would always get mad at me because we'd go to Hometown Buffet. I've been Hometown Buffet since I was like 14. I'm sure they do. Golden Corral is so much better.

[Travis]

It is.

[Eric]

But also not worth going to ever.

[Travis]

Did they have that where you lived? Golden Corral.

[Eric]

Hometown Buffet is permanently closed. All its locations. Yeah.

[Travis]

I thought that they did not survive.

[Eric]

Wow. Neither did the people who ate there regularly. Anyway, we would go to Hometown Buffet and my dad would be like, you need to eat like several plates of food.

[Travis]

Right? Exactly.

[Eric]

Which is crazy. Cause it was like $12. But my brother would always like. I think it's where it started that my parents liked my brother more than me because my brother would eat like four or five plates and sometimes six. And then he would get dessert.

[Travis]

I'm so proud of you.

[Eric]

Yeah. And I would eat one plate and then go to get dessert. And my dad was like, what are you getting dessert for? Like, you need to eat. I can't eat any more macaroni. I can't. And I still feel like that. Like today I had. You know what I've eaten today?

[Travis]

What?

[Eric]

And I was full. And I gagged down the last bite of chicken. I felt like such a little baby was. I got a rotisserie chicken and I cut the breast my own. Because I slipped. I'm just kidding. I cut the breast of the chicken and I ate one half of the breast. And I was like, fool.

[Travis]

From one half of a chicken breast?

[Eric]

No, from one. A chicken has two breasts on both sides of the rib cage.

[Travis]

I understand.

[Eric]

And I ate one of those.

[Announcer]

Oh.

[Travis]

Oh, you ate.

[Eric]

And I was like.

[Travis]

I was like, to be fair, that's fairly filling. And to me, it's my least favorite.

[Eric]

Okay, but that all doesn't answer your question. The most. All you can eat.

[Travis]

I was there. Was there a time where you're like. I was just throwing.

[Eric]

You know what? You know what? I went to a Korean barbecue in Jacksonville before my brother in law's wedding. And I wasn't paying for it, which I Feel more responsibility if I'm not paying for it to eat more? Actually, no. Did I pay? I feel like I grabbed. I paid the tip, which was a lot. So we ate a lot of food. And there was like eight of us, nine of us. Maybe it didn't need to be a lot. Maybe I just was generous anyway.

[Travis]

But you ate a lot.

[Eric]

I ate a lot. And I actually was physically getting mad because I feel like the portions aren't crazy. And I was just going to town, like, eating. And then the other guys were like, fool. And I was like, no, he's getting married. We gotta eat a lot of food.

[Travis]

Yeah, yeah.

[Eric]

That's important.

[Travis]

Has your daughter ever surprised you with how much food she's eaten?

[Eric]

Yes, all the time, dude. Like, tacos and chicken. I don't know why I have to stop them.

[Travis]

This one time just sticks out in my mind. I think we were in Palm Springs. That was sort of like our vacation place of choice throughout the year. Like a couple weekends a year, we'd go to Palm Springs. And I. I had to have been somewhere around my son's age, like under the age of 10. And I don't know why it, like, sticks out in my mind, but I ate my whole plate.

[Eric]

And then I. I usually just stop with the food.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Travis]

And then I finished everybody else's food. Like my sister, my mom, and my dad.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

And even it probably sticks out of my mind because of how shocked they were. They were just like, how are you still eating food right now? But that was probably, like, one of the times that I remember thinking, like, I don't know what it is. I just feel like I can just eat a lot of food.

[Eric]

Yeah. You know what I will say, the one time I feel like I ate a lot, I would say, if there's wings, I can do a ton. If there's tacos, I can do a ton.

[Travis]

Certain types of food.

[Eric]

Pizza.

[Travis]

Pizza.

[Eric]

I could eat a large pizza. Pizza right now by myself. But I think it's just because it's such. What's the word?

[Travis]

Palatable.

[Eric]

Yeah. It's like pizza. Like, I don't want to stop. Which is why I don't get it now, because I was reading it, like, two pieces is good. I'm like, well, I don't even want to do that.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

That just doesn't even sound fun. I was going to say, I remember in your old home in Vegas. Yes. I remember we were in the garage breathing in vapors of sorts. And I had a good idea, I think Jackie did. I Don't know. It's kind of thing one thing two in those situations. But she was like, we should get donuts. And then I ordered Krispy Kreme donuts. And I'm pretty sure it was just the two of us. And we.

[Travis]

You and Jackie.

[Eric]

And we both were like, I'll take half of this. Like, 30.

[Travis]

That sounds correct.

[Eric]

Yeah. So donuts are another thing. I could. I can also throw down. Yeah, anything. I mean, but it's stuff that's. It's not filling.

[Travis]

Certain types of food for sure are. More Are just easier to keep eating.

[Eric]

Trying to think if there's ever anything else that's like. I. Oh, I was in Cabo at an all you can eat inclusive place, and they had a hot dog stand. And every time I walked by, I got two.

[Travis]

I was gonna say cruises are probably the biggest. The. The one I ate a crazy amount of food on was my grandparents took me and my sister on a cruise when I was, like, 13.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

And it was right around the time where I was just growing a bunch.

[Eric]

That helps.

[Travis]

I ate so much food on the cruise. And then in. We were in Europe and, like, stayed at my grandma's cousin's house. Cause they're all from Denmark. It's where my family's. A lot of my family's from Guten Dog. And that's not it.

[Eric]

What did Denmark say?

[Travis]

I think that's German.

[Eric]

What do Denmark say?

[Travis]

I don't know. Danish would be the term.

[Eric]

Duncan.

[Travis]

Not Denmark.

[Eric]

Duncan. Fruit and. Or whatever. I don't know.

[Travis]

But, yeah, we sat down and they. I did not know that this was, like, the customs of that country, but they brought out, like, the. The first, you know, plate of meat, of food, and was like, okay, well, this is dinner. So I put a bunch of food on there and I ate it. And they brought out round two. And I was like, oh, wow, more food. And it was like, food, food. It wasn't just like salad or empty calories. It was like meat, salad, cheese and stuff like that. It was. It was five. I want to say total. I don't know why the term is slipping my mind.

[Eric]

Servings.

[Travis]

No, courses. Courses. Five courses of dinner. But I ate a full plate of each of them because every time I thought it was the last one. And I didn't want to insult them by not eating the food that they had prepared because they spent clearly a good amount of time, like, oh, yeah, our cousins from America are here. Let's make a bunch of them.

[Eric]

And they know you're Americans, so They're like, extra.

[Travis]

But I took the challenge head on and ate five full plates of food and finished it off with some dessert.

[Eric]

That is the worst I've ever felt. Where I had to escape a meal was I was in. I was in India.

[Travis]

Oh. Like, when you. You had to escape because you felt guilty that I was.

[Eric]

Okay, okay. So I was in India for a shoot, and, you know, just a little fun thing about me. It was an international shoot. Anyway, I was in India, and it was. I think it was Indian. It was some holiday. It was like an Indian Independence Day or something. And we were invited by these people to go eat at their home, which is a huge honor thing there. And we went in, and they were serving. I love Indian food. Not a problem. And so we went in and. Same thing. They were like, here's all these courses. And they kept giving us more and more. But what was so challenging is so, like, beverages in the U.S. obviously, like, if I'm eating wings, I'm drinking a ton of whatever I'm drinking. They gave us, like, these little cups, and they had, like, orange crushed soda and, like, Sprite. And so I was literally, like, eating the spiciest Indian food possible. Like, everything was hot.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

It was ridiculous. And then they would bring more, and I got full after, like, the first plate. So I'm, like, eating it and, like, okay, here. But then, like, there's two. Two liters, and there's, like, four of us, and I'm like, I need both of those. And so I finally was like, I'm gonna go. I grabbed my camera. I was like, I need to go get some shots. I forgot. So I literally left. And I was just to get out of the situation because I felt so bad to be like, I know you don't have a lot of food.

[Travis]

It's one of those weird things.

[Eric]

You're making me a lot of food.

[Travis]

And, like, our generation growing up was, like, very much in the don't waste type thing, but you carry that mentality into adulthood, and then you just start overeating all the time, because you think that's what you're supposed. Cause, like, as the. The token son. You know what I mean? In the family, it's like, I'm. I'm on a growth spurt. Whatever. It's always just like, okay, eat that biscuit. Give it to Travis. Ever. Like, everybody just give your food to Travis. He'll eat it. You know what I mean? It was just like, I mean, sure, I'll eat it, you know? And then I kept that mentality and stopped growing.

[Eric]

You're like, how much food's in that restaurant kitchen?

[Travis]

Started growing out, Bring it out. And it was like, oh, well, there's a clear line to see why I got so fat so quickly.

[Eric]

Yeah.

[Travis]

It was like, oh, I'm just trained to constant eat. And then, you know, we get married, and Jackie's cooking meals, but she didn't know how to cook for two because we just got married. And so she would just cook a full meal.

[Eric]

She's just like the church potluck.

[Travis]

No, I guess. I guess I'm having thirds tonight. Just give me another plate. And then you feel guilty because you're not eating it. So recently I've just been like, no, no, thank you. And sorry if you're offended, but I can't continue to eat more food.

[Eric]

To be fair, the last time Jackie made food, I ate thirds.

[Travis]

Yeah, but she's. She makes some good food.

[Eric]

I liked. I like to wait till she's almost falling asleep on the couch.

[Travis]

Have you ever had Jackie's enchiladas?

[Eric]

No. I'm not a big enchilada guy, though.

[Travis]

You would like these. They're really, really good.

[Eric]

I don't.

[Travis]

Honestly, she probably has not made them in years, but she used to make them all the time. And those are one of those things. I was just like, it's easy to eat another one. It's just like, it's only one more enchilada. You know what I mean?

[Eric]

Like, next thing you know, you ate the whole enchilada. All right, hey, close this out anyway. See how fun this is? We're on seven episodes. This is our last episode.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

And we're going live. That means we. There's something happening here. Yeah, there's a good. There's a. Vibes are good.

[Travis]

Good vibes.

[Eric]

Was this a good last story?

[Travis]

It was a good last story.

[Eric]

Good last story.

[Travis]

And ultimately, if you're going to go to an all you can eat place, stop whining.

[Eric]

Yeah. Delete your TikTok.

[Travis]

Yeah.

[Eric]

Hey. Delete your TikTok right t. All right. Close this up.

[Travis]

Okay. Well, anyway, that's it for this episode of the show. Remember, money only solves your money problems, but it's easier to solve the rest of problems when you got some money in the bank. So let's solve that one first here on the Travis Makes Money Podcast. Thanks for tuning in. Catch you next time. Peace.