Profiteering from heat waves? Fast-food places sometimes refuse WATER to custome

[USA4ME]

Works out to be similar to the seller's cost on the beverage, actually.

I've got a buddy who works for Coca-Cola and he told me he got with a local McDonald's manager and they figured with the cost of the cup, lid, straw, a drink of a medium Coke, it costs McDonald's around 20 cents and they sell it for $1.  Good mark-up.  And McDonald's is the largest volume seller of Coke products in the world, followed by Wal-Mart.

But that's beside the point.  No eating establishment owes anyone water for free, they do it as a courtesy.  Some teeny boppers decided to take advantage of the free water cups to get soda, which created the policy at that McDonald's, so once again the primitives' anger is misdirected.

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[thundley4]

I've got a buddy who works for Coca-Cola and he told me he got with a local McDonald's manager and they figured with the cost of the cup, lid, straw, a drink of a medium Coke, it costs McDonald's around 20 cents and they sell it for $1.  Good mark-up.  And McDonald's is the largest volume seller of Coke products in the world, followed by Wal-Mart.

But that's beside the point.  No eating establishment owes anyone water for free, they do it as a courtesy.  Some teeny boppers decided to take advantage of the free water cups to get soda, which created the policy at that McDonald's, so once again the primitives' anger is misdirected.

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That is why when I go for fast food, it is always to go and I never by drinks.

[AprilRazz]

The Las Vegas Leviathan advocates out-and-out stealing?  Sneak a cup in, and surreptitiously fill it with "whatever you want" at the fountain?  Skip the water, have a Coke.  Why not?  And then he calls THEM "greedy f-ing pigs." 

I hope he tries that, and has an embarrassing run-in with the law. 

I bet all that stolen soda helped him get into the shape he is in now.

[njpines]

I've gotten water (cup + ice + water + straw) at Checkers, BK and McDs within the last year (all drive-thru) and have not been charged at any of the restaurants.  Of course, I was buying a ton of food for my son so they probably just didn't sweat the 15 or 20 cents they otherwise might have charged . . .

[Ralph Wiggum]

I've gotten water (cup + ice + water + straw) at Checkers, BK and McDs within the last year (all drive-thru) and have not been charged at any of the restaurants.  Of course, I was buying a ton of food for my son so they probably just didn't sweat the 15 or 20 cents they otherwise might have charged . . .

If you buy something, they'll usually happily give you a cup of water for free.

But the cheapskate DUmmies think it should be completely free no matter what.

[Freeper]

I had lunch at zaxbys (a local chicken joint) and they give out free plastic cups that are clear for water. next to the drink machine was a big sign saying if you put any other drink in the clear cup other than water it is theft and will be prosecuted. That leads me to believe that DUmmys eat there and steal sodas.

[USA4ME]

I bet all that stolen soda helped him get into the shape he is in now.

That's right, I forgot this primitive was Chunky McFatso.

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[PatriotGame]

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Profiteering from heat waves? Fast-food places sometimes refuse WATER to customers who ask for it,
  
requiring instead that they buy highly marked-up soft drinks or even more exorbitantly-priced bottled water.

SO,

it is 110 degrees outside and the 28 year-old UNEMPLOYED DUmmy heads out EMPTY-HANDED on his skateboard.

He gets thirsty, rolls into the nearest fast-food joint and demands, DEMANDS I TELL YOU, free refreshment!!!111
The establishment reminds the DUmmy that they are a RETAIL establishment and if he wants a liquid libation, he will need to pay for it.

OH THE HORROR!!!

Next up: The DUmmy leaves his mother's hovel on vacation. Rides 500 miles down the road and gets hungry. Pulls into a highway diner and DEMANDS, D-****ING-MANDS free food because he is hungry.

Where does it end?

[Godot showed up]

Slightly off topic: I had two McD's cheeseburgers for lunch today. A rare thing for me, but I did.

I asked the counter/register girl for EXTRA trans-fats. She turned to another one and said, somewhat disbelievingly, "he wants extra fat" (she actually thought I was serious fora  moment)--I corrected her and said, "no, no, I want extra trans-fat"--then she and another one laughed like crazy. I grinned too. I said the health loons are trying to ruin the point of fast food, which is to eat as much unhealthy stuff as possible. They laughed some more. It was fun.

Back OT, I went back to the office for water, where it is free-for-nothing-gratis. Like USA4ME, I never waste money on drinks at these places, anyway.

[NHSparky]

SO,

it is 110 degrees outside and the 28 year-old UNEMPLOYED DUmmy heads out EMPTY-HANDED on his skateboard.

He gets thirsty, rolls into the nearest fast-food joint and demands, DEMANDS I TELL YOU, free refreshment!!!111
The establishment reminds the DUmmy that they are a RETAIL establishment and if he wants a liquid libation, he will need to pay for it.

OH THE HORROR!!!

Next up: The DUmmy leaves his mother's hovel on vacation. Rides 500 miles down the road and gets hungry. Pulls into a highway diner and DEMANDS, D-****ING-MANDS free food because he is hungry.

Where does it end?

Well, they're demanding free gas for their cars and that their mortgages be paid.  Yeah, no real surprises there.