Perhaps. If refills weren't standard policy at a lot of fast food places, I agree that it might be a blatant attempt to take something without paying. But it could have easily been an honest mis-understanding and offering to pay an extra $.89 seems like a reasonable response. If there were a sign or some other evidence of a no-refill policy, that would make the situation more clear.gringo pistolero wrote:Maybe. Or maybe this wasn't the first time he refilled without paying after being warned, and he only offered to pay when the management enforced the rule. The story doesn't say either way.WildBill wrote:The person re-filling his soda was a construction worker at this facility so he may have thought that re-fills were free just like many fast food restaurants.gringo pistolero wrote:The fed overreaction is ridiculous but so is offering to pay after you get caught stealing.
This is the same Federal government who condones and promotes WIC and Medicare payments to citizens of other countries, allows millions of dollars in bogus tax refunds to flow to crooks and looks the other way while Federal employees pilfer money by the $100,000s through fraudulent and inflated expense accounts. The weight of the Federal response needs to fall on real BGs, not someone who got an extra 10oz of soda.
