# Exxon On The Run turns down money **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 5, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293 "2012-07-05T10:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/41 "2012-07-06T23:53:54Z")
> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#): > > SO JUST USE THE BLOODY UNITS THAT YOU’VE HAD TO DEFINE THE OTHERS BY FOR FECK’S SAKE. > > Seriouly, how stupid is this. A unit of measurement so flawed it as to be underpinned by reference to a better one? Just use the one that isn’t crap. I’m sure it’s a trivial task to change all the laws, educate all the users, and make all the changes to infrastructure. I’ve got a couple bucks laying around that could go to a good cause. ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/42 "2012-07-07T00:19:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Someone who is not rich enough to just throw away money, nor stupid enough to think that small amounts of money don’t matter. This is a mere bucket; I paid for an entire trough. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/43 "2012-07-07T11:17:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You know, the title of this thread misled me, had a vision of Exxon running ragged through the swamps, bloodhounds baying in the distance… Damn. I assumed it was an environmentalist group which neglected the OP’s hard earned dollars due to… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/44 "2012-07-07T11:48:58Z")
> [@Even seven](#): > > 99c, the price they charge for any refill. Ah, I see. They were treating it as a refill, because you were refilling your own cup. You wanted them to treat it as a regular “fill”, but argue that because they didn’t have a cup that size, you had to provide your own. I think a reasonable case could be made for both sides. Of course, the fact that we’re talking about 20 damn cents kind of overwhelms all other considerations. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/45 "2012-07-07T12:13:40Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Did you post in the wrong thread? The OP is about a store using bait and switch, and not honoring its advertisements. Except that its a really trivial problem, a really trivial amount of money, over a product that isn’t particularly good for you…meh. Its just kinda weaksauce. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/46 "2012-07-07T12:35:50Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Except that its a really trivial problem, a really trivial amount of money, over a product that isn’t particularly good for you…meh. Its just kinda weaksauce. If it had been 44 ounces of foie gras on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/47 "2012-07-07T12:58:25Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > If it had been 44 ounces of foie gras on the other hand… Well, obviously then you make a foie gras milkshake and charge $100 for it. I would only grudgingly complain about that price. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/48 "2012-07-08T19:57:16Z")
I refuse to post in this thread til the OP changes their name to Even 7 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/49 "2012-07-08T20:04:17Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > I refuse to post in this thread til the OP changes their name to Even 7 Then shouldn’t you have put this in another thread? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/50 "2012-07-08T20:07:51Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > I refuse to post in this thread til the OP changes their name to Even 7 I think they should have a child named Odd Forteen ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/51 "2012-07-08T20:39:26Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > I think they should have a child named Odd Forteen You couldn’t earn a lot from him. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/52 "2012-07-08T20:40:04Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Then shouldn’t you have put this in another thread? I refuse to respond to your question. [QUOTE=The Tao’s Revenge] I think they should have a child named Odd Forteen [/QUOTE] I, for one, do not appreciate jokey user names. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293/53 "2012-07-09T16:39:16Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > I refuse to post in this thread til the OP changes their name to Even 7 I refuse to post in this thread until you stop being tarded and learn to read. Please don’t respond to my statement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exxon-on-the-run-turns-down-money/627293.md?page=2)