You're quite sure you gave it a fair chance ... ?

[Pixelated]

I was in the local liquor store earlier today, picking up boxes (I swear it ) and I heard one of the staff coming back towards me and talking about a customer. I turned around and she was walking towards two other staff members, who were right beside me at their tills, and she was holding a large wine bottle in one hand. The customer had demanded a refund because he didn't like it.

It was 3/4 empty.

Me: "Well, it took him long enough to make up his mind, didn't it ..."

[apocolypse101]

I've always wondered, what do they do with foods/drinks that are opened/partially-consumed and then returned? I would assume throw them away because nobody would buy a half-drunk bottle of wine.

[Monterey Jack]

It's like those people who eat 90% of their meal at a restaurant before grousing to a waiter about how "Terrible!" the food was and demanding a refund and complimentary food on their next visit. If there's something legitimately off about my food, I'm not shy about flagging down a server and asking (politely!) if I could have a do-over.

[Pixelated]

I've always wondered, what do they do with foods/drinks that are opened/partially-consumed and then returned? I would assume throw them away because nobody would buy a half-drunk bottle of wine.

Yes, alas. Even with alcohol's purported sterilizing properties, I would not want to drink whatever's left in a leftover bottle. You'd have no clue how much "backwash" might be in there ...

I've picked up half-empty water bottles ... but the water goes to my cats.

It's like those people who eat 90% of their meal at a restaurant before grousing to a waiter about how "Terrible!" the food was and demanding a refund and complimentary food on their next visit. If there's something legitimately off about my food, I'm not shy about flagging down a server and asking (politely!) if I could have a do-over.

Yep. One of the most obvious scams going. Unfortunately I got the impression this idiot got his refund.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Yes, alas. Even with alcohol's purported sterilizing properties, I would not want to drink whatever's left in a leftover bottle. You'd have no clue how much "backwash" might be in there ...

And that leftover beer is usually some that has been "processed."

[Lace Neil Singer]

It's like those people who eat 90% of their meal at a restaurant before grousing to a waiter about how "Terrible!" the food was and demanding a refund and complimentary food on their next visit.

That's why waitstaff come round after you've started eating to ask, "Is everything OK?" So that if someone tries that trick after eating most of their meal, then since they said it was fine earlier, they haven't got a leg to stand on. Back at the pizza place, my boss always stood by a "three bites maximum" rule for food returns. If a customer had eaten more than three bites, then no matter how much they bitched, whined or cursed, they would not get a refund.

[greek_jester]

If a customer had eaten more than three bites, then no matter how much they bitched, whined or cursed, they would not get a refund.

I like your ex-manager! Unless there were other aspects to said manager's personality that contributed to them being your ex-manager, of course.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I like your ex-manager! Unless there were other aspects to said manager's personality that contributed to them being your ex-manager, of course.

Nah, he was cool. It was his second in command who made me leave; she was a total bitch. I found out three months after I left that she'd been sacked for embezzlement so karma caught up with her in the end.

[workerbee222]

I was at the supermarket and someone was at the service desk returning a 12-pack of beer. She was actually returning 10 bottles of the 12 pack, and wanted credit for the other two bottles which "tasted so bad they took one sip and dumped them out" and deposits on those bottles, too. At least she or her guests had only emptied two bottles.

Seriously, though...why buy a 12-pack of 'seasonal pumpkin spice' beer? Pumpkin doesn't belong in beer. Nutmeg or cinnamon or whatever the heck doesn't belong in beer, and the last thing I heard her say "They thought it was an IPA..."

No, lady, you couldn't have thought that. The cardboard carton had a big cartoon graphic of a pumpkin on it. Five sides. The only side that didn't was the bottom of the carton.

[Pixelated]

IT'S EVERYWHERRRRRE!!

I'd try pumpkin spice beer ... although I'd prefer to buy it one can at a time. Not nearly the waste if I decide I hate it.

Not far from The Mothership site where I work is a spa. They are offering special seasonal facials ... guess what kind of facials ...

[EricKei]

Don't worry -- They most likely don't contain pumpkin...but the spices one would normally add to a pumpkin pie. Generally speaking: ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice.

I don't even drink, and I don't think those would make for a very good beer o_O

Pix: Is it cucumber? It's cucumbers, isn't it?

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Don't worry -- They most likely don't contain pumpkin...but the spices one would normally add to a pumpkin pie. Generally speaking: ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice.

I don't even drink, and I don't think those would make for a very good beer o_O

Pix: Is it cucumber? It's cucumbers, isn't it?

Depends on the flavoring . . . . Shock Top has a variety pack that contains a wickedly good Spiced Banana Wheat (sadly, I can't get just that one flavor in a 6 pk by itself - only in the variety pack.)

Now if I can find a variety pack of that . . . I'd be set for the rest of my vacation.