I don’t know how I missed this amazing Onion article from 1997.
BEIJING—The Chinese government issued an official crackdown on all beverage refills Monday, warning that those who are caught helping themselves to more than one serving of any drink will be prosecuted as “traitors against the state.”
“There will be no extra servings of Coke, Sprite [...]
Posts Tagged ‘free refills’
Chinese Government Cracks Down On Refills [The Onion]
Is your thirst big enough?
Reader Dan sent in this amazing picture of a Pizza Hut in Munich.
There is a bit of a reflection, but the poster is advertizing Pizza Hut’s new Free Refills promotion. The text reads “Free Refill – ist dein Durst gross genug?” Translation: “Free Refill – is your thirst big enough?”
A few things struck me about [...]
Denny’s really needs to open a NYC location
Writing my post about Denny’s offering free refills on pancakes and fries the other day naturally made me a bit hungry. So I decided it was high time to pay them a visit. After all, who doesn’t have a hankering for a Grand Slam pretty much all of the time?
I figured there had to be [...]
Memo to Yelp!
Yelp! should tell you if a restaurant offers free refills or not.
They tell you if restaurants serve alcohol, take reservations, deliver and are good for big groups or kids. But there is no information on whether or not the restaurant is going to nickel-and-dime you on soda refills. For a thirsty dude like me, that information [...]
Free Refills Roundup [Constitutional Amendment edition]
Free Refills are part of the American spirit and we tend to talk about them a lot–particularly on Twitter. So once I week every one in a while, I post the best of the “Free Refills” chatter from the web. The fourth edition of the Free Refills Roundup features calls for a Free Refills constitutional [...]
Your favorite posts from December
THANK YOU for making December the best month ever for Free Refills & Why I Love America. Here are the top posts for the last month:
The graph the New York Times doesn’t want you to see (3rd month on list!) “Safety experts” and paternalistic editorial pages around the country are pushing to ban cell phones [...]
Free Refills Roundup [The Land of the Free edition]
Free Refills are part of the American spirit and we tend to talk about them a lot–-particularly on Twitter. So once I week I post the best of the “Free Refills” chatter from the web. The third edition of the Free Refills Roundup features people longing to be back in the Land of Free Refills.
If [...]
Free Refills Roundup [Panera Bread Edition]
Free Refills are part of the American spirit and we tend to talk about them a lot–particularly on Twitter. So once I week I post the best of the “Free Refills” chatter from the web. The second edition of the Free Refills Roundup features some praise for one of America’s great institutions: chain stores.
Man, this [...]
Free Refills roundup [welcome to Paris edition]
Free Refills are a cornerstone of American culture. So naturally we tend to talk about them a lot, particularly on the internet. Today I’m starting a new feature where every week or so I’ll roundup the best free refills related comments from the trusty twitter feed and post them here.
Enjoy!
I think Congress should reform the [...]
The “No Free Refills” boycott [fighting back]
American restaurants and fast-food joints have offered free refills on soft drinks and coffee for years. And for good reason, refilling drinks for free is a cheap and easy way to keep your customers happy and make them feel like they’re getting a good value.
But free refills are more than a marketing gimmick, they are [...]
