Quite the amusing, one could almost say provocative article; you have wrote Max.
I have never ate at one of these places, hell I don't even think NY has any type of buffets but sushi bar's. Yet I laughed at how much food you consumed and laughed some more at the comparing of yourself as almost dead; compared to the rest of the consumer's.
Than I even got hungry for a few minutes, was about to go make me something microwavable being as I haven't slept yet, its almost 9:30am and I might burn the house down trying to use the stove.
Unfortunately, like all good stories; it eventually comes to an end. It wasn't just the end of the story, nope max it was the end of my hunger and the start of almost needing to run to the bathroom to puke due to the thought of how anyone could eat at such a place that several other people (whom you don't know) are grabbing and picking away at, just a couple minutes before the food you are now piling onto your plate.
So, thank you for this experience. As one should always feel several emotions through-out a one page review on eating, as did I!