@HonnyBrown wrote:
Are you required to get a fountain drink? If not, get a free water cup and fill it with your fountain drink. Dude at Five Guys gave me that tip.
@myst4au wrote:
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Yes , the soft drink is pure profit. That is why you get your fountain drink in the free water cup on your burrito shop.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Are you required to get a fountain drink? If not, get a free water cup and fill it with your fountain drink. Dude at Five Guys gave me that tip.
@myst4au wrote:
This has been an interesting thread the read, with lots of different opinions. About once a year, I do a fine dining shop for reimbursement only that costs $200 to $225 with tip (not for Coyle). If something goes south, we can afford it, but my view is that it would cost me $300 in before tax dollars to pay for it. I'd rather have it reimbursed. On the other hand, there is a burrito shop always available near me that is regularly available. It reimburses up to $8 for the burrito, and requires that I sit there and eat it. My drink is not reimbursed. I did it once. Easy write up, Fast to submit. Easy editing. I decline to do it again on principle because I have to pay for my own drink. I'd rather go there and not get reimbursed at all than pay for the $3 drink to go with my "free" meal.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Yes , the soft drink is pure profit. That is why you get your fountain drink in the free water cup on your burrito shop.
@CANADAMOMMY wrote:
That is theft and punishable with jail time
That is stealing.
Wow not impressed with you to outright steal.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Are you required to get a fountain drink? If not, get a free water cup and fill it with your fountain drink. Dude at Five Guys gave me that tip.
@myst4au wrote:
This has been an interesting thread the read, with lots of different opinions. About once a year, I do a fine dining shop for reimbursement only that costs $200 to $225 with tip (not for Coyle). If something goes south, we can afford it, but my view is that it would cost me $300 in before tax dollars to pay for it. I'd rather have it reimbursed. On the other hand, there is a burrito shop always available near me that is regularly available. It reimburses up to $8 for the burrito, and requires that I sit there and eat it. My drink is not reimbursed. I did it once. Easy write up, Fast to submit. Easy editing. I decline to do it again on principle because I have to pay for my own drink. I'd rather go there and not get reimbursed at all than pay for the $3 drink to go with my "free" meal.
[/quote]@CANADAMOMMY wrote:
That is theft and punishable with jail time
That is stealing.
Wow not impressed with you to outright steal.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
Are you required to get a fountain drink? If not, get a free water cup and fill it with your fountain drink. Dude at Five Guys gave me that tip.
@myst4au wrote:
This has been an interesting thread the read, with lots of different opinions. About once a year, I do a fine dining shop for reimbursement only that costs $200 to $225 with tip (not for Coyle). If something goes south, we can afford it, but my view is that it would cost me $300 in before tax dollars to pay for it. I'd rather have it reimbursed. On the other hand, there is a burrito shop always available near me that is regularly available. It reimburses up to $8 for the burrito, and requires that I sit there and eat it. My drink is not reimbursed. I did it once. Easy write up, Fast to submit. Easy editing. I decline to do it again on principle because I have to pay for my own drink. I'd rather go there and not get reimbursed at all than pay for the $3 drink to go with my "free" meal.
@Jill_L wrote:
If I was a manager, I would not call the cops, either. It's a "pick your battles" kind of thing, and yes...the soda is not worth that much money.
Additionally, not many managers are actually equipped to deal effectively with theft in many ff restaurants. Sometimes if it's a small amount, they are either too lazy or too overwhelmed to deal with it.
Also, calling the cops and having lights and sirens, or at the very least, a uniformed officer coming in on "official business...." is bad for business.
Finally, some managers just don't care. Sometimes managers will GIVE free stuff to family and friends because they are ineffective and untrained as managers. Some of them don't care about the bottom line or take care of profits for the owner.
That doesn't mean that the manager/other customers/other employees with integrity....didn't have a SMH moment
@RobG wrote:
Theft is theft! Like it or not, we all pay for the grazers and the soda stealers. Our prices would be far lower if we eliminated shrink.
@Niner wrote:
Yes.
@myst4au wrote:
I agree with you. If you want a sample, ask for it. If you just take it, it is theft.
@Niner wrote:
Yes.
@Jill_L wrote:
@mlzg,
I'm so sorry to hear about that. And I know what you went through. I was kicked out as a teenager, too. I was kicked out by my dad for reporting his abuse. I lived in a stairwell for a long time. I stole food and toilet paper for a while, until a kind woman came and got me into a shelter for abused women. By the time she found me, I was very sick, and she also took me to the doctor. I never got a doctor bill or a bill for the medications...either she paid for it out of her pocket or she had some organization that I don't know about pay for it. When my time there ran out, she helped me move into an apartment that was income based. My only piece of furniture was an old cot and a blanket. I went to high school in the mornings, on the bus with all the elementary kids because I couldn't afford a car and it was pretty far to walk, and walked from high school to a restaurant where I worked from about noon to about midnight. (guidance counselor in HS "emancipated" me so I didn't have to go to school all day) I would then walk back to my apartment late at night. NOTE: I lived in a very small mountain town with no soup kitchens, etc. and I was just a kid anyway, so I would not have known about resources that might have been available. Thank God for the kind woman who searched for me until she found me and got me into a place where I could survive.
@calicakes wrote:
Think about this for a moment. My wife( who is a Sgt with LAPD) observed a dude stealing some tools at Lowe's( in the town we live in, which is not under LAPD jurisdiction). She informed the manager who said " We can't do anything about it, we're not allowed to detain shoplifters". So, if Lowe's can't stop someone stealing tools or high end stuff, no one is going to stop you for "stealing" soda.
@CANADAMOMMY wrote:
Just because you as a cop cannot Do anything does not make it right to steal.
WOW
WOW
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@calicakes wrote:
Think about this for a moment. My wife( who is a Sgt with LAPD) observed a dude stealing some tools at Lowe's( in the town we live in, which is not under LAPD jurisdiction). She informed the manager who said " We can't do anything about it, we're not allowed to detain shoplifters". So, if Lowe's can't stop someone stealing tools or high end stuff, no one is going to stop you for "stealing" soda.