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tj
Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject: (rant) Drink refills |
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Ok, this hasn't happened to me in years, but it happened again today...
Why is it that restaurants (and waitstaff) trick you into paying for a refill rather than mentioning it beforehand? Don't they know that this will just hurt them as far as repeat business (or tip for a waiter)?
I know that I'm not going back to this one place down the street again. (not to mention the mediocre food, too). |
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Jonathan
Joined: 09 Jun 2004
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Location: San Diego
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| No such problems here in California... refills are almost always free! :D |
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cocodrilo
Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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Location: Kurashiki, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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How do you mean, Tj? And what was the beverage?
In Japan, refills are almost never heard of with the exception of coffee at some US-chain coffee shops, "family restaurants" that have a drink bar(which you pay for) or beer gardens(which you pay a flat fee ot drink as much as you want). |
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tj
Joined: 10 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:15 am Post subject: |
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cocodrilo wrote: How do you mean, Tj? And what was the beverage?
In Japan, refills are almost never heard of with the exception of coffee at some US-chain coffee shops, "family restaurants" that have a drink bar(which you pay for) or beer gardens(which you pay a flat fee ot drink as much as you want).
Softdrinks of any kind, meaning soda, iced tea, etc -basically any fountain drink, tends to be: buy once, and get free refills, here in the U.S.
But some more unscrupulous places will take advantage of this tendency and milk you for a few extra dollars at lunch because you assume it's free. |
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dancin_feet
Joined: 21 Jul 2004
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| No such assumption here. You pay for your drinks, whether it is a second or not. A couple of places have refill coffee or soft drink, but it is clearly marked and generally self service. |
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squirrel
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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Location: Bucharest, Romania
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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| same here... no refill except for some places who offer coffee or tea refills at breakfast and some expensive hotels offerring free coffee/milk/tea and cookies and fresh fruit... |
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tj
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| Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| And I have no problems with a place charging you for a refill. What I have a problem with is when 95% of the places give you free refills, and then a place offers to get a refill for you w/o letting you know they're going to charge you another $2 for it. |
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