# So you want to fill your soda to the top? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989 "2012-03-16T18:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jbone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/1 "2012-03-16T18:15:07Z")
I submit, to the Pit, people who insist on filling up their fountain soda to the very tippy-top of their cup when there is a line of people standing behind them. Yeah, I get it, you want to ‘get what you paid for’, but what you paid for might also come with a punch to the head if you don’t fucking move on. At the very least you could step to the side if others are not waiting for the same fizzy beverage. Don’t stand there like a douchebag and watch the fizz go completely down so you can fill it up again and repeat the whole process for 45 seconds until you’re satisfied that you sufficiently crammed $1.01 worth of Diet Mountain Dew into your cup you paid $1.00 for. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/2 "2012-03-16T18:38:42Z")
I can get halfway behind this one. If I get half a cup of bubbles, I’m going to let it subside once and pour some more in. On the other hand, if I’m filling it myself, it’s 99% certain it’s free refills - so I don’t need to get the top half-inch right now. I can come back when there is no line. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/3 "2012-03-16T18:41:32Z")
I pit the asshole who stands behind me and glares when I try to fill my soda cup. I waited paitently, now it’s your turn! ---
**Author:** ![Jbone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/4 "2012-03-16T18:57:35Z")
That was YOU!? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/5 "2012-03-16T18:58:42Z")
I just stand there sucking on the little dispenser nozzle. The people behind me don’t seem to mind as much. In fact, I typically have the line all to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/6 "2012-03-16T19:01:11Z")
Great, now you made me spill it. Hold on a sec, I have a napkin here to wipe it up. Oh… do you have a napkin or three I could borrow? There’s more soda than I thought. Thanks, now to fill it back up again. And the top… Crap, I guess I over filled it. Where are the napkins? Nevermind, I’m sure someone will come by to clean it up. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/7 "2012-03-16T19:06:39Z")
Yeah, I’m way behind everything I have to do because I had to wait an extra 15 seconds for the guy in front of me to fill his soda cup. Those people are worse than the ones who don’t anticipate the light turning green and don’t get a rolling start half way through the intersection. I mean really, the moment the light turns everybody should just stomp on the accelerator and we’ll all get through the light faster. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/8 "2012-03-16T19:10:03Z")
Sorry I can’t get behind this Pitting. I paid my money, and part of that is time at the soda machine. So I WILL fill up my whole cup. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/9 "2012-03-16T19:15:47Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I just stand there sucking on the little dispenser nozzle. The people behind me don’t seem to mind as much. In fact, I typically have the line all to myself. That is disgusting and unnecessarily unsanitary. I at least have the decency to use a straw in my drink as I fill it up at the machine. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/10 "2012-03-16T19:22:14Z")
I _can_ get behind this Pitting - there’s doing what you want and what you paid for, and then there’s noticing that there are other people in the world other than you, doing what you want and what you paid for. Taking a long, leisurely time to fill your cup to perfection becomes just fill the damned thing already when there are other people waiting. Hell really is other people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/11 "2012-03-16T19:30:00Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > That is disgusting and unnecessarily unsanitary. I at least have the decency to use a straw in my drink as I fill it up at the machine. Well, I guess I won’t mention peeing in the fountain drain then. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/12 "2012-03-16T19:35:52Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I _can_ get behind this Pitting - there’s doing what you want and what you paid for, and then there’s noticing that there are other people in the world other than you, doing what you want and what you paid for. Taking a long, leisurely time to fill your cup to perfection becomes just fill the damned thing already when there are other people waiting. > > Hell really is other people. 🙂 No kidding. People like you and the OP really do make life shittier. ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/13 "2012-03-16T19:38:08Z")
Does this situation have to be 100% one or the other? I’d’ve thought a bit of compromise would be prudent. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/14 "2012-03-16T19:45:34Z")
Well, I am always aware (or try to be) when there is a line behind me, and try to work in deference to that. I don’t linger, or delay, but I never thought of the soda cup thing as such. Everyone does it, and it’s never even annoyed me. What annoys me is when people can’t do things efficiently, not necessarily when they can’t do things quickly. I understand, for example, buying $100 worth of groceries is not a fast thing. But when you stand there like a slack-jawed cow, not taking out your wallet until the cashier asks you for it, counting out coins, that is when I get ANNOYED. ETA: And in reference to this, it never takes me “45 seconds” to fill up the cup. Let’s compromise? You can fill it up and have 1-2 goes at it again, but then MOVE ON. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/15 "2012-03-16T19:51:17Z")
The soda (pop) thing doesn’t bother me in the least. I get apoplectic at people sitting at left-turn red lights who don’t fucking go when the advanced green comes on. Look, you’ve been sitting there for 60 seconds waiting for it to turn green, and when it finally does you don’t notice! It only lasts for 10 seconds or so! GO! FUCKING GO! ---
**Author:** ![Jbone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@Jbone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jbone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/16 "2012-03-16T19:59:10Z")
> [@Jbone](#): > > I submit, to the Pit, people who insist on filling up their fountain soda to the very tippy-top of their cup when there is a line of people standing behind them. > Yeah, I get it, you want to ‘get what you paid for’, but what you paid for might also come with a punch to the head if you don’t fucking move on. At the very least you could step to the side if others are not waiting for the same fizzy beverage. Don’t stand there like a douchebag and watch the fizz go completely down so you can fill it up again and repeat the whole process for 45 seconds until you’re satisfied that you sufficiently crammed $1.01 worth of Diet Mountain Dew into your cup you paid $1.00 for. I’m not sure if it helps with some backstory at all, but… If it was just me and this person waiting, I’d be fine(notice the underlined part), but with the way the cafeteria is setup made it so that this person not only held up people trying to get soda(they didn’t move, or make any attempt to let people get to another nozzle), but also the checkout is right there so people who checked out couldn’t get to the drink area. Apparently no one wanted to go set down their trays and come back for a beverage so everyone just stood around and waited. The cashier couldn’t check people out, and that led to the whole damn system coming to a halt. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/17 "2012-03-16T19:59:48Z")
I not only fill my soda to the top, I also don’t put any ice in my cup. When I get 44 ounces, I damn well **get** 44 ounces. Of course, there is almost never a line behind me, and on the rare occasions there is and the soda is being extra fizzy, I get out of the way while it unfizzes. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/18 "2012-03-16T20:18:11Z")
You could try mixing in a glass of water with your meal every once in awhile. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/19 "2012-03-16T20:41:46Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > You could try mixing in a glass of water with your meal every once in awhile. Problem solved. I tried mixing a glass of water once. It’s really hard to get the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen right. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989/20 "2012-03-16T20:46:06Z")
I’ve got an even better one: I was at the A&W a month or so ago and this guy and his slack-jawed, pants-on-the-ground son stood there and filled up a _GALLON JUG_ from the root-beer tap while we waited to fill up our mugs. I’m 99.9% sure that even if it’s possible to pay the cashier for a gallon of root beer, this guy didn’t because he and the kid both had cups. I thought about saying something, but I was frankly just so amazed that somebody had this kind of nerve that I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I almost laughed at the kid, though. Chubby white 16-year-old 'burbs kids look even sillier than most people while wearing their white basketball shorts pulled down so far that the waistband gently cradles their tighty-whitey-clad asses. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-want-to-fill-your-soda-to-the-top/615989.md?page=2)