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I’ve seen some of those mugs that people carry around. They are at least half a gallon or a gallon. I can see charging $3.80 for a fill up. There’s at least 5 or 6 large drinks in there.

Pouring her drink out on the counter was just plain stupid.

There have been times when I misunderstood a posted price...and grumbled, but paid it. (And kicked myself for not reading/understanding better.) In one such, while on vacation, I tried to score the Subway $5.00 footlong thing for my family at a beachside shop, and didn't look carefully at WHICH subs were on sail. And though I grumbled, it WAS my fault.

1) The author should state how big her mug was...impossible to evaluate without this info.

2) Yah, she sounds like she feels entitled to it. And no matter what the problem was, only a jerk would pour it out just to be a pain. Guilty.

I’ve seen some of those mugs that people carry around. They are at least half a gallon or a gallon. I can see charging $3.80 for a fill up. There’s at least 5 or 6 large drinks in there.

You are correct, but that wasn't the point. The point was that there was no posted price and before they had only charged her a buck to a buck fifty. When she reasonably offered to return the pop they refused. They are at fault.

This is the more interesting part : )

"They accessed my father's medical records to find out his next appointment to try and find me," she said. "I think that is a (federal health privacy law) violation. Medical records are private," she said. "They should not have used a veteran's medical records to find me. ... My dad was upset. He could not believe it."

If an unauthorized person (anyone not specifically authorized by the patient) accessed his medical records that person should spend a nice long vacation at a Federal Pen. The laws are very specific for those kind of violations.

The cafeteria at my work switched to “eco-friendly” paper coffee cups (switched from styrofoam). I hate the paper cups because they get hot and burn my hand. Since they offer a 5 cent discount if I use my own cup, I started to bring in my giant travel coffee cup. They happily filled my vat-o-coffee at the discount price. LOL

I’ve seen some of those mugs that people carry around. They are at least half a gallon or a gallon. I can see charging $3.80 for a fill up. There’s at least 5 or 6 large drinks in there.

FYI, the paper cup is the most expensive part of any drink from a fountain. The syrup is dirt-cheap, and the water is carbonated at the time it is dispensed. Aside from the cup, the electricity used to make the ice might be the most expensive part.

Fountain drinks are almost pure profit, and they allow vendors to charge lower prices for the food, with the expectation that you'll buy a drink with it.