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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm cheap, so I'll order 1 soda for the family. The rest of them will have water. We share the soda (free refills).

The word you are looking for is unethical, not cheap.

If it’s free refills, why is it unethical? We do this all the time. People do this all the time. It’s normal. Restaurants know customers do it. It’s built into the cost.

You know that isn't right.

I spent $3 on a sprite at a brewery today. But it was for my kid, there was no alternative.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm cheap, so I'll order 1 soda for the family. The rest of them will have water. We share the soda (free refills).

The word you are looking for is unethical, not cheap.

If it’s free refills, why is it unethical? We do this all the time. People do this all the time. It’s normal. Restaurants know customers do it. It’s built into the cost.

Good lord.

First of all, unless you’re 8 years old, stop drinking Sprite at a steakhouse.

And, no, in 2024 American dollars, 5 bucks for a soda at a restaurant that doesn’t have a drive through is pretty standard.

Cheapskate PPs ordering “one soda for the family”, seriously just drive your brood off an embankment and be done with it already. That is the trashiest, most pathetic move I’ve heard of in a while. If you’re going out to eat you clearly aren’t destitute; just pay what things cost.

And not to get overtly political, but if you object to inflation and the declining value of your dollar, maybe some of you should rethink your nearly religious faith in things like unlimited social safety nets, trillions of dollars in subsidies for families to pay $80k college tuitions, student loan “relief”, and other lefty initiatives that rely on USG printing more and more money without limit. The federal government’s annual interest payments had hovered between $300B-$600B from 1990 to 2020. Thats 30 years. For 2024 they’ll be $1.2 trillion. We’ve gone parabolic. You’re going to be paying for your soda with a wheelbarrow full of cash in about 3-4 years if we don’t massively course correct.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I noticed this about two years ago, close to $4 for a coke at a Millers Ale House. I was appalled. I decided then to just drink water at restaurants. I actually bring an insulated 24 oz drink cup with me with iced tea in it, leave it in the car and drink it after I leave the restaurant. I'm not paying that kind of money for a coke.

Agree too high but why do this to yourself? Either don't go or buy what you want. This kind of halfway stuff is stupid.

Welcome to the middle class, we sometimes go out to restaurants without buying every appetizer, drink, and dessert we want.

The only way we can afford to go out to eat or do takeout is to get the main meal only. We don't need the extra weight anyhow.

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Anonymous wrote: I’m just curious if anyone else has seen such high prices on soft drinks at a restaurant outside a sports game or airport. We were a party of 4 and spending $19 on soda hurt.

Get water with lemon or lime.

lol. Could you be a bigger miser? Why even go out to eat if you're going to be such a cheapskate?

For 475 it better have a shot of rum in it

My son and I were driving back from a reunion a few weeks ago and a bunch of complications and delays had happened and we were pretty exhausted, stopped at a rural truck stop. I had a senior eggs benedict--half a meal--and a root beer float (which I was suddenly craving for whatever reason). I had also ordered coffee when we sat down. My son had a float too and some kind of burger, I forget what.

It all added up to $44 before tip. This was a small place my family has been familiar with for years, same pies in the case, same menu. Not the same prices by a long shot.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I noticed this about two years ago, close to $4 for a coke at a Millers Ale House. I was appalled. I decided then to just drink water at restaurants. I actually bring an insulated 24 oz drink cup with me with iced tea in it, leave it in the car and drink it after I leave the restaurant. I'm not paying that kind of money for a coke.

Agree too high but why do this to yourself? Either don't go or buy what you want. This kind of halfway stuff is stupid.

Welcome to the middle class, we sometimes go out to restaurants without buying every appetizer, drink, and dessert we want.

Or, some of us eat out less and then when we do go out we order what we want, including $4 soft drinks.

I don't find this weird. I like to have a coke when I'm dining out even if I'm just grabbing a snack somewhere and it's typical for it to cost $3-5 at a fancier place these days. Heck even a Mexican coke from a taqueria is going to run you $3. So add in the extra labor costs and general uncharge from a fancier restaurant and $4.75 sounds expected.

I very rarely drink alcohol so it doesn't bother me. Spending a few dollars to have a something other than water with a meal feels like a treat. I know if you buy soda to drink at home it's really cheap but I don't want to drink soda at home -- it's bad for you!

Anonymous wrote: I’m just curious if anyone else has seen such high prices on soft drinks at a restaurant outside a sports game or airport. We were a party of 4 and spending $19 on soda hurt.

Get water with lemon or lime.

Anonymous wrote:I'm cheap, so I'll order 1 soda for the family. The rest of them will have water. We share the soda (free refills).

The word you are looking for is unethical, not cheap.