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Soah,

what El D said. I know people who do that, but its entirely because they want lemonade the way they like it (which is way different than how it comes from the fountain), not cuz they are trying to save a couple bucks.

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03-11-2015 , 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Villian1

It's just his opinion man. He can't be wrong,

This point is postively brillaint, Villian. Where'd you come up with this stellar analysis?

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03-11-2015 , 12:50 PM

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I don't do this, but I do keep the refillable cups I buy at Panera and sometimes bring them back a day or two later for more free refills (I get iced tea, not soda if it makes any difference). I have no idea if anyone who works there has ever noticed, or if I am even actually breaking the rules.

I think you might wish to cross-post this in the stingiest things you've ever seen thread. Doing so might have the added benefit of diluting the El D/Custer derail about delivery at high-end restaurants.

Custer, like Carthage, must be destroyed.

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03-11-2015 , 12:54 PM

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What are peoples thoughts on stealing utensils from college dining halls? Still have a few of those sturdy plastic cups from my undergrad days.

roommate and i freshmen year took so much **** from the dining hall

all the silverware, bowls, plates, trays, two chairs (we literally would just walk out of the dining hall with chairs)

we tried to take a table and some of the wall decor but apparently they bolted everything down

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03-11-2015 , 01:03 PM

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To encourage her to steal more often from her employer?

most employers know about this anyways. alcohol is the easiest thing to make money off of, and it also keeps them coming back. my wife is actually a manager of a restaurant, and really good friends with the owner. The way they look at it, it's just part of being in the business.

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03-11-2015 , 01:11 PM

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Why not just hire servers who wont steal from you? If giving away free beer is profitable for the business, there are better ways to do that than hiring people to do it underhand

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03-11-2015 , 01:12 PM

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Our company fired an employee for repeatedly stealing food from the company cafeteria. I very seriously doubt we would have done so just for soda, but who knows?

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03-11-2015 , 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

How is what I'm doing stingier than not ever buying a drink in the first place and instead using the tiny water cups?
I actually often prefer using the Panera plastic cups at home to my real glasses.

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03-11-2015 , 02:10 PM

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Also, I don't drink very often but I remember every bar that doesn't charge me for soda(when I go out with friends) places that charge for 1, but not refills. And the stingy mother****ing bar that charges me $2 for every refill.

So giving out free sodas is probably +EV to regular customers, or when the bill is big. Free alcohol I'd say is 100% a no.

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03-11-2015 , 02:27 PM

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Nick,

You're talking about a cup like this, right?

I guess there actually are people who need signs like this...

You do realize you're just flat-out stealing, right?

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03-11-2015 , 02:37 PM

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At fast food places and the movie theatre I used to take refillable soda cups out of the garbage and poke a hole in it and ask for a refill. Inevitably it would leak, sometimes onto the staffer, I'd be dumbfounded and shocked, and then they'd fill up a new cup for you. Wow I used to be cool. We're talking 20 years ago here.

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03-11-2015 , 02:38 PM

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house,

Haha, that was pretty good thinking.

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03-11-2015 , 02:41 PM

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Not that that is the same thing, but reminded me of that story of the guy who threw his soda at the cashier or something at a fast food place.

Who was that?

That guy that met Ron Burgundy.

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03-11-2015 , 02:41 PM

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micro,

knives

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03-11-2015 , 02:43 PM

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do soda machines in europe include ice?

Great question. Anyone know the answer?

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03-11-2015 , 02:45 PM

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Sounds like rationalizing to me or a poor sample size. Most employers know there are employees that either steal money, product or give it away, but I don't think that's their preference.

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03-11-2015 , 02:48 PM

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How is what I'm doing stingier than not ever buying a drink in the first place and instead using the tiny water cups?
I actually often prefer using the Panera plastic cups at home to my real glasses.

It may not be. But that's like saying murder is more criminal than rape; indeed, both are sufficiently stingy to be post-worthy in that thread. How about just buying a darn soda if you're thirsty?

p.s. Custer must be destroyed.

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03-11-2015 , 02:57 PM

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How is what I'm doing stingier than not ever buying a drink in the first place and instead using the tiny water cups?
I actually often prefer using the Panera plastic cups at home to my real glasses.

Do you always keep an empty Panera cup in your car for any impromptu Panera stops? Do you sneak it in or are you ballsy like those people that just walk out of a Walmart carrying a Cuisinart or whatever right out in the open?

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03-11-2015 , 03:27 PM

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How is this even a question?

You ask the cashier for water, which is free, but instead you take a soft drink, which is not.

Where's the confusion?

My brother has done this at Qdoba when we're out to dinner and it infuriates me.

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03-11-2015 , 03:40 PM

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As said as this may sound, the current 110-5 voting edge for the honest people gives me more hope than anything I've ever encountered on 2+2.

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03-11-2015 , 03:40 PM

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Duerig,

Yes, we have a few festivals that happen at golden gate park every year. The stages are all in the same area, and there are a ton of great hiding spots. She buries them near the same tree each year. There's little risk of being busted retrieving the treasure.

Any chance we can get pics of the retrieval?

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The main risk is some homeless person seeing her hide it.

lol

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03-11-2015 , 03:52 PM

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Great question. Anyone know the answer?

yes. However they are filled upbehind the counter more often than in the US.

Drove me nuts going to a restaurant and ordering a coke or something with dinner, and getting a .2-.25 (i dont remember) ml bottle of coke. <1 can and comes with a glass with 1 or 2 (literally) icecubes in it