# Did anybody get their free taco? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355 "2012-10-30T20:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/1 "2012-10-30T20:17:26Z")
Because somebody\* stole a base in a World Series game, Taco Bell is giving out free tacos today. Has anybody collected? I’m curious if they care about people coming through the line twice. Do they dip your thumb in purple ink, like an Iraqi election? \*Angel Pagan, San Francisco Giants, in Game 2, 8th inning, off Smyly & Laird. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/2 "2012-10-30T20:26:44Z")
I had lunch today at Taco Bell, and had no idea of this promotion. No one else that I saw there was getting any free tacos either. Is this a national promotion, or is it limited to the San Francisco area? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/3 "2012-10-30T20:29:57Z")
Nationwide. [Here’s the story.](http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-taco-bell-doritos-locos-world-series-20121030,0,5034537.story) ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/4 "2012-10-30T20:30:20Z")
They said everyone in America in the ads. I think you have to ask for a free Doritos taco specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/5 "2012-10-30T21:48:52Z")
Also, it’s only from 2-6 pm, I’m assuming that’s whatever time it is in that area. So go get’em! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/6 "2012-10-30T21:50:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I’m curious if they care about people coming through the line twice. Giving them a free taco probably discourages anyone from trying. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/7 "2012-10-30T21:59:10Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Giving them a free taco probably discourages anyone from trying. Aaagh! I wandered into a Taco Bell, and they gave me – gasp – a taco! What the hell was I thinking? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/8 "2012-10-30T22:43:29Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Do they dip your thumb in purple ink, like an Iraqi election? The free tacos are the Doritos shelled ones. So, basically, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/9 "2012-10-31T23:16:35Z")
Off to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/10 "2012-10-31T23:27:50Z")
I ordered the free one - and two additional to make a meal. When I got to the window and tried to pay for the other two they said don’t worry about it. I guess as long as you didn’t try to order too many they weren’t concerend about people double dipping. (Or maybe since it was after 5pm when I went, they had an ‘allotment’ and weren’t near it?) ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/11 "2012-11-01T01:38:48Z")
I forgot about it ;\_; ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/12 "2012-11-01T02:12:32Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > I forgot about it ;\_; Me too. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/13 "2012-11-01T02:27:41Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > … > > \*Angel Pagan, San Francisco Giants, in Game 2, 8th inning, off Smyly & Laird. Angel himself was handing out the free tacos at a Taco Bell in Redwood City, CA. my co-worker got a picture. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/14 "2012-11-01T04:21:40Z")
I forgot about it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-get-their-free-taco/639355/15 "2012-11-01T05:34:13Z")
My daughter got one, thanks to grandpa not wanting to cook an after-school snack for her. They also had a chicken taco salad waiting for me when I got home from work. 🙂