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Originally Posted by gerryann
What the heck is up with people here??? Why so nasty?? I used to enjoy reading the posts on here. What's putting so many people in bad moods? Life is too short for all this nonsence. I go on here looking for information on topics that will confirm that I am making the right desision to move here, and lately I am beginning to wonder.
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Hi Gerryann,
The posts on this thread didn't strike me the same way. To the OP, the practice of ordering free water at a restaurant and turning it into lemonade rather than ordering lemonade or another paid beverage seemed cheap. Some of us agreed and some did not. In light of your taking such offense, I went back and reread the posts, including my own, in which I offered my rationale for my opinion on the subject.
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Originally Posted by Pturner
I love green tea and many restaurants don't serve it. If I really want it and they don't have it, I order and pay for hot tea. They either bring a cup of hot water and a tea bag on the side, or they bring a small kettle of hot water, an empty cup and a tea bag on the side. I pay for the tea and quietly use my own green tea bag.
No way would I ask for a free cup of hot water. Personally, I'd rather forgo the green tea than to use my own at a restaurant and not pay. To me, it seems wrong. You use the restaurant's cup and saucer and maybe kettle, all of which must be served, removed from the table, washed and put away. The water had to be heated. It is not "no cost" to the restaurant. Why should it be no cost to me?
Yes, I know. Restaurants serve ice water and don't charge. Well, that is their policy. It is built in to their profit margin. BYOB is not.
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I do see your point. Other people who see the issue differently explained that they weren't trying to be cheap, but wanted something that wasn't on the menu and disagreed that they should have to pay for bringing their own in that case. Honest disagreement. My post sounds hauty. Mea culpa.