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Going Too Far In Taking Free Condiments?
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hydrophilic attack
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lol, nope, never
itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
I saw a lady fill up one of these salad bar containers full of shredded cheddar cheese once.
She took out the tray thing and dumped it into her container then went off to pay for it.
It was just odd, like for one their is no more cheese for anyone else at the salad bar, and 2, the preshredded bag cheese is 10 feet away and probably cheaper.
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She took out the tray thing and dumped it into her container then went off to pay for it.
It was just odd, like for one their is no more cheese for anyone else at the salad bar, and 2, the preshredded bag cheese is 10 feet away and probably cheaper.
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Don't EBTs get refilled at the beginning of the month? This disabled woman is out on the 18th, she's pretty well fucked. She was probably chowing down on that free nacho cheese cause those are the only calories she'll get today.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
When I was in high school I worked at a McDonalds with a bunch of friends. We would fill small bags with every condiment known to man and toss them on the drive through runway just to hear (and see) the satisfying splat as an unwitting customer blasted through it. They were condiment bombs.
It was real dumb.
It was real dumb.
Lumination
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Zen_Arcade
Banned
As long as she wasn't making a mess I wouldn't care how much she took. I'm not really worried about 7/11's bottom line.
She's a real asshole for the way she was talking to that cashier though. He's a saint for paying for her food after she was disrespectful to him.
She's a real asshole for the way she was talking to that cashier though. He's a saint for paying for her food after she was disrespectful to him.
shawnbuddy
Member
OK, I misread that. Still, she had no cash.
Why is she NOT entitled to use the condiment bar? Is there a purchase limit? Can only people of certain classes use it? Are there some items it would have been okay for her to put on her biscuit, but other "premium" items like apparently nacho cheese that are off limits?
Did you put anything from the condiment bar on your identical biscuit?
Why is she NOT entitled to use the condiment bar? Is there a purchase limit? Can only people of certain classes use it? Are there some items it would have been okay for her to put on her biscuit, but other "premium" items like apparently nacho cheese that are off limits?
Did you put anything from the condiment bar on your identical biscuit?
AtomskEater
Member
It's a douche move to open the food after she was told her payment wasn't valid, but seriously it's on the people working there to decide when someone is taking advantage. I also personally try not to take too many condiments since I never end up using them. Makes the blood boil to see an abandoned tray with 20 unused packets of mayo covered in sauce and crumbs, like why grab that many in the first place.
A (fried) chicken patty sandwiched between two halves of a biscuit.
A (fried) chicken patty sandwiched between two halves of a biscuit.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
His argument wasn't that she shouldn't have put anything on her food because she couldn't afford it. He's just saying that there is an assumed limit for everyone when taking free condiments.
Like, even the most greedy of people don't see a whole tray of ketchup packets and dump it in a bag and walk out.
Probably a chicken sandwich in between a biscuit instead of a hamburger bun.
She's definitely entitled to use it, but using it to the point of the stuff dripping over everything else? I had a problem with that. Getting free food and then making a mess? I had a problem with that too.
The biscuit is actually too small to add condiments so I don't, because if you do, it spills all over.
I go there everyday so I just kind of assumed ownership in the place. I certainly don't offer on my opinion like I did today on a normal basis. I will definitely refrain in the future.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
FTFY
shawnbuddy
Member
I'm with you on making a mess. But how much cheese is too much and who gets to decide? A chicken biscuit is pretty small. Even if it was spilling over it couldn't have been that much.
I think your primary issue is simply classism. You see this pathetic poor person as taking advantage of the system, instead of seeing the clerk as being kind and Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. as being trusting when it comes to the condiment bar. And you hypocritically don't see your exploits of the system on the same level, even though taking so much free ketchup that you never buy it is obviously worse than putting a lot of cheese on a biscuit.
I will concede being hypocritical on this; that's why I wrote the opening about me taking advantage.
I'll disagree that I'm being classist though.
shawnbuddy
Member
You made sure to mention the EBT, your resentment of how she obtained the free biscuit, the fact that you literally told the clerk not to let people like that take advantage, and the wheelchair. Those classist elements added fuel to your ire that wouldn't be there if it was some shitty businessman in a suit who cheesed it up and made a mess.
old
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People who take advantage of that stuff ruin it for the rest of us. However, in that situation I'd assume she's "food insecure" and just trying to feed herself anyway she can. Any anger I had towards her would dissipate once I imagine her next few meals might be nothing more than cold nacho cheese, onions and pica de gallo.
tbqh i havent actually gone to THE BELL since like 2010 so i am not entirely sure what advances have been made in sauce technology since then
shawnbuddy
Member
Or nothing. For non-Americans, a chicken biscuit is just a chicken breast piece wrapped in paper on a piece of bread (uh, think a big flat scone). Smaller than a burger.
The amount of cheese, onions and pico this woman took was no more than what would slop on without slopping off. It's just enough to make it a spicy mess.
PhantomThief
Banned
Nah, the story needed details. Random person spills food condiments was too vague.
shawnbuddy
Member
And you picked the most classist possible details.
QualityPixel
Banned
I went to Sams Club for lunch with a friend. My friend and I watched a dude put one packet of sauerkraut on his polish dog, then proceed to eat like 10 more packets. And these packets are pretty sizable. Was hilarious
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
A bottle of ketchup costs less than $3 on Amazon and can last for weeks or more. You aren't on welfare. What's your excuse for being worse than she is?
I only take what I can use on the item I am eating. I have plenty of stuff at home to use when I am eating there. I usually only take a few napkins and use them when I am eating. I never take any for my car. I have a roll of paper towels in my car at all time if I need one.
I don't want little packets of stuff all over my kitchen.
I don't want little packets of stuff all over my kitchen.
There are only three elements to the story; the condiment station, the clerk, and the buyer. Not sure how I could have described the buyer in any other way that wouldn't have been fallen under your umbrella of classism.
I already know I was hypocritical; I wrote the OP and it pretty much states that.
minor effort
Banned
I dread the day in which I get shamed online for my enthusiasm for a good taquerias salsa bar.
Someone already shamed those who like to gargle nacho cheese from a spigot. Hurts.
shawnbuddy
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More like this, I think. You admit in your text that some details are extraneous.
What I saw today at the local 7/11 was a bit different though and I think crosses the line of getting a couple of free condiments in your drive thru bag.
Lady buys a $1 spicy chicken biscuit. Here's the important part of the story. I'm waiting to use the microwave too as I also bought a spicy chicken biscuit so we're now next to each other again. She starts pushing the nacho cheese button and slathering her biscuit with the cheese. Then she goes to the diced onions and puts a handful on it. Then she goes and puts the pico de gallo on it too. Her half eaten biscuit is now dripping the sauce and other shit into the other containers.
I believe she went too far in the gray area of free condiments. How much is too much? I half expected her to suckle the slurpee machine next.
So, does anyone else do this? Take free stuff but go the extra mile to the point where it disgusts another person?
A 7/11 condiment station usually looks like this, so it requires a social contract of sorts to keep clean as it's all open-
That's not how I'd tell a story, but that works too.
uncredited male
Member
I think of the kind of situation that a person might be in to do something like this and then think of how much food gets wasted and then I move on.
"Load it your way"
Seductivpancakes
Member
Not a condiment, but I use to keep the office stock with napkins, eating utensils and straws I take from Chipotle.
Chuck Norris
Banned
Did you steal some free napkins and condiments while you were telling the cashier that she was too nice and not to let the welfare savage take advantage?
