I guess America does not actually run on dunkin...

[ratheripped.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to get back into running and on my jog today I was getting to the point where I was about to keel over and pass out if I didn't rehydrate soon. I figured I could just walk into a highland ave dunkin and get a quick cup of tap water and be on my way. Apparently they demanded "25 cents for the cup". Are you kidding me? I've never heard of such bullsh*t - is this some sort of sick work around? I thought it was was illegal to refuse someone tap water for free.

Can someone help me out here? I usually go to that dunkin all the time and now I'm honestly thinking about straight up taking my caffeine addiction business elsewhere.

Comments

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

Many places of business like this keep track of what they have sold by the number of cups left at the end of the day. Giving them away throws off their bookkeeping.

[dial-zero.livejournal.com]

I think places keep track of the number of cups to make sure their employees aren't giving away a ton of stuff to their friends. My boyfriend worked at a sub shop that kept track of the bread for that reason.

[jovianconsensus.livejournal.com]

We did this at the movie theater I worked at 12 (!) years ago. But we also had a supply of "courtesy cups" that weren't counted.

[ravenword.livejournal.com]

A lot of cafes I visit have special cups just for the (free) water. Like, a soda cup will be paper with the Coca Cola logo on it, but the water cups will be plain clear plastic. I always thought they used clear cups for water so you couldn't "cheat" and put Coke in a cup but just SAY it's water, but the cup counting thing makes more sense...