To those of you who are too cheap to buy a drink at restaurants...stay home!
I get all bend out of shape every time I see someone ask for a glass of water "with a bunch of lemons" with their meal. These thieves then proceed to squeeze all the lemons in their glass a water and stir in sugar or some other sweetener.
They just took advantage of the restaurant. No, to the best of my knowledge, they didn't actually break any laws; they are just users. They took a combination of things restaurants offer at no cost and combined them to create something they would normally have to pay for. While the letter of the law was not violated, the spirit of the law certainly was...and so was the owner. For that matter every future customer was violated as well.
Even if the restaurant continues to offer such amenities at no (visible) cost, (s)he will certainly be forced to pass along that cost in the form of higher prices on the food. However, what really get me, is when the owner makes up the cost by raising the price on the drinks. I mean, come on! We are the ones who played by the rules, we paid for our drinks, don't raise our costs.
I openly acknowledge that drinks cost too much in restaurants today. However, you have chosen not to take the economical route and eat at home...or even the less economical route, some sort of fast food. No, you have made the decision to go to a restaurant, with that comes the prices for all parts of your meal--including your drink. Don't steal your beverage.
There is no question in my mind, you have stolen. In the long run (sometimes shorter than others), you have stolen from me and all the other patrons. And that pisses me off!
This is not unique to drink thieves In fact, in other areas of law, safeguards have been put into place to limit the 'loop-hole' extorters. For example, in Internal Revenue Code, there are codes dealing with what the IRS calls, a "two-step transaction." That is, if in an attempt to lessen your tax impact, you take two steps (or more) to accomplish something that could have been accomplished in one step; you not only have to pay the full tax as though the task was taken in a single step, but there is also a penalty. Of course, there is also normally an additional cost for those extra steps that you have already paid, and you won't get that back.
Another example would be what traffic law call "intentional avoidance." That is, taking steps to intentionally avoid a traffic control measure; i.e. cutting through a parking lot to 'avoid' a red light. If you are caught do so, you can (and should) get a moving violation citation.
So what I am saying is: If you want lemonade, order lemonade and pay the price...and shut up about it or stay home!
I get all bend out of shape every time I see someone ask for a glass of water "with a bunch of lemons" with their meal. These thieves then proceed to squeeze all the lemons in their glass a water and stir in sugar or some other sweetener.
They just took advantage of the restaurant. No, to the best of my knowledge, they didn't actually break any laws; they are just users. They took a combination of things restaurants offer at no cost and combined them to create something they would normally have to pay for. While the letter of the law was not violated, the spirit of the law certainly was...and so was the owner. For that matter every future customer was violated as well.
Even if the restaurant continues to offer such amenities at no (visible) cost, (s)he will certainly be forced to pass along that cost in the form of higher prices on the food. However, what really get me, is when the owner makes up the cost by raising the price on the drinks. I mean, come on! We are the ones who played by the rules, we paid for our drinks, don't raise our costs.
I openly acknowledge that drinks cost too much in restaurants today. However, you have chosen not to take the economical route and eat at home...or even the less economical route, some sort of fast food. No, you have made the decision to go to a restaurant, with that comes the prices for all parts of your meal--including your drink. Don't steal your beverage.
There is no question in my mind, you have stolen. In the long run (sometimes shorter than others), you have stolen from me and all the other patrons. And that pisses me off!
This is not unique to drink thieves In fact, in other areas of law, safeguards have been put into place to limit the 'loop-hole' extorters. For example, in Internal Revenue Code, there are codes dealing with what the IRS calls, a "two-step transaction." That is, if in an attempt to lessen your tax impact, you take two steps (or more) to accomplish something that could have been accomplished in one step; you not only have to pay the full tax as though the task was taken in a single step, but there is also a penalty. Of course, there is also normally an additional cost for those extra steps that you have already paid, and you won't get that back.
Another example would be what traffic law call "intentional avoidance." That is, taking steps to intentionally avoid a traffic control measure; i.e. cutting through a parking lot to 'avoid' a red light. If you are caught do so, you can (and should) get a moving violation citation.
So what I am saying is: If you want lemonade, order lemonade and pay the price...and shut up about it or stay home!
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