To start I have never been against buffet's but if given a choice I would almost always choose a prepared meal. Peoples ways and actions in buffets are just pretty horrible usually. Living in Taiwan our travel this year has been all local and the one thing that I think Covid has helped is making Buffet's much nicer. The policy on most places here is that you can only be without a mask when sitting down at your own table. Anywhere near the food you have to have a mask. A huge plus in my book. Secondly many places have one time use tongs, So each time you go take food you get your own tongs, take your food and then put them in a box to be washed. Each small section has its own tongs so you don't even go around with the same ones. Another big improvement. Thirdly the employees are much stricter about telling people what to do and how to behave which again makes things more clean and nice. I very much hope things stay this way after the pandemic.

Off course the problem of food sitting too long is still there as well as often the subpar quality of things.

How are things handled elsewhere, for example the Mexico resorts or Vegas?