# 'Scuse me, but that's stealing **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuse-me-but-thats-stealing/366674 "2006-07-31T05:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuse-me-but-thats-stealing/366674/121 "2006-08-02T20:52:35Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > When my food arrived, the waitress prompted me if I wanted another Coke. I eagerly said yes twice to that question (specifically: “would you like another Coke?”). When I got the bill, I was surprised to see the like Coke: 3 @ $2.00. All 6 of us at the table were a bit annoyed by the lack of notice that the other Cokes would be additional since it’s outside of the norm. It’s the exception to the rule that needs to be noted. . In fact, lst time they did this to me, I complained and it was taken off the bill. I accepted graciously, but pointed out that with th ehigh cost and small size of their sodas, I would not be eating there again without comp re-fills. In fact there’s a great Pizza place in downtown San Jose with this exact problem (Xxxx House of Pizza) They serve unusual, tasty, **thick** pizza, but rather spicy. A "soda’ is about a 12 oz serving for I think 1.29 with no free refills. I have told the Mgt that I really enjoy their excellent pizza, but without reasonable priced soda to wash it down, I won’t eat there. They seem confused about the concept of free refills. It’s family owned and very old fashioned. So I don’t go there anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuse-me-but-thats-stealing/366674/122 "2006-08-03T04:31:10Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Free refills on sodie-pop is such a norm in society for me that it takes a sign stating “no free refills” for me to notice. It must be a US thing, because I tend to assume that there’s NO free refills on soft drinks unless it’s specifically stated (either on the menu or on the postmix machine). I’m not aware of many places here at all that habitually offer free refills on soft drink, except a couple of the fast-food places (and only a handful of individual stores), and some of the American-style chain restaurants (Sizzler does, IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuse-me-but-thats-stealing/366674/123 "2006-08-03T05:48:59Z")
> [@Martini Enfield](#): > > It must be a US thing, because I tend to assume that there’s NO free refills on soft drinks unless it’s specifically stated (either on the menu or on the postmix machine). > > I’m not aware of many places here at all that habitually offer free refills on soft drink, except a couple of the fast-food places (and only a handful of individual stores), and some of the American-style chain restaurants (Sizzler does, IIRC). It is a US thing. I, too, had never even considered the whole free refill thing until i moved here. I rarely drink fountain soda, so it hardly ever applies to me anyway, but many places that serve it offer free refills. Unfortunately, the one place where i do drink fountain soda is also a place where the whole free refills thing doesn’t seem to apply—at the baseball. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_LaStrega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Amber\_LaStrega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_LaStrega)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuse-me-but-thats-stealing/366674/124 "2006-08-04T05:30:13Z")
> [@Uvula Donor](#): > > So, which of those links _did_ you want us to see? The anonymous closeup of a nipple getting licked, or the gradeschool scribble of a spider that you want permanently inked to your sorry ass? You know, if you’re going to get a tatoo, you really should get one that isn’t going to look like it was done with a sharpened stick by your drunken cellmate. … touche I deserved that. Gotta keep my sorry ass in line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scuse-me-but-thats-stealing/366674.md?page=6)