# Restaurants that take your drink to refill it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779 "2009-04-11T22:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/41 "2009-04-13T20:40:22Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > [Start at post #247]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509580&](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509580&) page=5) and follow the insanity… Owwwwieee! I think I sprained my eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/42 "2009-04-13T20:44:05Z")
If **you** changed from the standard, then you know what the “problem” is. Just click over to the appropriate page. Jesus christ, half the members on this board want their pants unzipped for them when they have to take a piss. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/43 "2009-04-13T20:58:43Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > If **you** changed from the standard, then you know what the “problem” is. Just click over to the appropriate page. Jesus christ, half the members on this board want their pants unzipped for them when they have to take a piss. Would you mind? Thanks, I appreciate it… and could you possibly lend a hand? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/44 "2009-04-13T21:08:04Z")
In India, it’s considered unhealthy to drink while eating. People wait to take in fluids until they’ve completely finished eating. ---
**Author:** ![Duhkecco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@Duhkecco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duhkecco)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/45 "2009-04-13T21:44:30Z")
> [@snailboy](#): > > They take your drink, leaving you with nothing else, usually right when your food arrives. 😕 I’ve never had a waiter take away a drink to refill it. What type of beverage and why are they taking away it away to refill it? ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/46 "2009-04-13T22:59:37Z")
> [@Duhkecco](#): > > 😕 I’ve never had a waiter take away a drink to refill it. > What type of beverage and why are they taking away it away to refill it? I usually have a Sprite, or whatever similar drink they have. I’ve usually drank most of it by the time they bring my food, so they take it to refill it. It’s not all or even most restaurants that take the glass to refill it, but a good number of them do. Usually the Mexican restaurants do, but at least many of them leave you with water as a backup. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/47 "2009-04-13T23:05:34Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Just so you people know, I may have exaggerated it a little bit. It isn’t painful for me to eat food without drinking water, it’s just uncomfortable. And I can’t enjoy the food unless I have water. > > I don’t literally choke or get dry heaves if I eat without water - I just get a slight feeling that feels a little like those two things. It also usually causes me to hiccup. > > Theoretically I could eat a whole hamburger and fries without a drink - I could do it, it would just be unpleasant. I would be hiccuping a lot, probably, and afterwards I would slit someone’s throat for a drink. But it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Sorry, but that still doesn’t sound normal. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/48 "2009-04-13T23:10:16Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > If **you** changed from the standard, then you know what the “problem” is. Just click over to the appropriate page. Jesus christ, half the members on this board want their pants unzipped for them when they have to take a piss. I confess, that I’m unable to follow this thread, it seems (a) a bit erratic and (b) more like a Pit thread. However… **Cisco** , this sort of generalized insult of other posters doesn’t really fit Cafe Society. Please, let’s try to keep whatever this discussion is about, civil and polite. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/49 "2009-04-13T23:39:34Z")
Sorry, I thought this **was** a Pit thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/50 "2009-04-14T01:53:31Z")
For the people complaining of hiccups while eating food without liquid, you’re probably eating too fast. I get the same problem sometimes and liquid always cures it, but I can easily eat without a drink, and any time I get those hiccups, it’s because I’m really hungry and inhaling my food. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/51 "2009-04-14T02:09:27Z")
Oh, great, all this time I’ve been happy thinking they were bringing me a _clean glass_. Now I get to worry about if they’ve switched my glass with someone else’s. Great. Maybe I’m older than most of the people posting here, but I’m still thankful to get free refills, whether they pour it at the table or take the glass to the kitchen to do it. In days of yore you had to pay for each glass full, which, if your family was as tight with money as mine, meant pacing yourself or settling for water for the last half of the meal. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/52 "2009-04-14T05:35:24Z")
> [@](#): > > In days of yore you had to pay for each glass full, which, if your family was as tight with money as mine, meant pacing yourself or settling for water for the last half of the meal. My husband grew up drinking iced tea on the rare occasions when his family (of 8 kids) went out to eat. In Texas, in those days, iced tea was cheaper than sodas…and had free refills, whereas sodas were charged by the glass. I do remember asking permission to order another glass of Dr. Pepper, as opposed to drinking water for the rest of the meal. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/53 "2009-04-14T21:12:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Y’all don’t need me in this thread, do ya? > > Thought not. > > Okie-Dokie > > I’m gone! > > Q > [@LurkMeister](#): > > [Start at post #247]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509580&](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509580&) page=5) and follow the insanity… Just poking some fun at myself. I do that a lot.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/54 "2009-04-14T21:44:48Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > Oh, great, all this time I’ve been happy thinking they were bringing me a _clean glass_. Now I get to worry about if they’ve switched my glass with someone else’s. Great. I’m in the habit of marking my glass with a certain kink in my straw or by placing the lemon wedge a certain way, etc… Gives me a fighting chance. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779/55 "2009-04-14T22:01:40Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Last year this area was suffering a drought, and most restaurants stopped giving you a glass of water with your meal unless you asked for one. I notice that now that the drought is over we’re getting water automatically again. I hate when they pull that touchy feely crap. Yeah, like one less glass of water per person per day is gonna even remotely compare to all the other water uses :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-take-your-drink-to-refill-it/492779.md?page=2)