Many fast food restaurants, buffet-style eateries, cafeterias, and other dining establishments where patrons are not waited on feature soft drink and soda fountains in or near the public dining area or lobby, instead of being placed in a staff area such as behind a counter. When ordering a soda, frozen, or other drink in these restaurants, the patron is simply handed an empty cup after purchase and expected to use the soda fountains to fill it with the desired drink or what had been paid for.
I would like to know what would and would not be considered appropriate, ethical, or legal when using the soda machine at self-serve restaurants to refill a drink cup. For example, is there a limit on the number of times a cup can be refilled? Do the same rules apply if two or more people are sharing the same drink? Why are different size drinks sold at these restaurants if the smaller cup can be refilled? Can an in-store cafeteria patron purchase a drink and return to refill it after shopping?
2006-07-14
16:13:01
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Digital Squire
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