Nancy wrote --
always had goodies to give away and in thanks for helping them I
would get pens, bite size candies, etc. For a couple of years various companies were giving away thumb drives and I got a pile of them I
still use on a regular basis.
Were they emblazoned with the company name....? ;)
Most were.
I mean its advertising. :)
One I really liked was black and gold (from the Army) that matched my uniform. :)
The vendors wanted to get rid of their goodies so they didn't have
to take it back to their business.
Makes perfect sense... :)
Its also a way for the company to judge the amount of traffic that one
booth had. The less the people took back the higher the foot traffic the
bean counters figured. :)
One year I got like six pounds of Starbucks coffee. Their coffee
on campus was as bitter as all get out, but when I made it at home it was
fine.
I suppose that when it was made on campus, it wasn't being made quite
as it should have been done.... or, perhaps, as one might do, to make
things less bitter....
Starbucks coffee has always tasted bitter to me and one reason for them
to sell flavourings to make the bad taste go away. :)
It also depends on the temp of the water. Using water that's too hot releases acids in the beans that make it bitter.
We had a McDonald's whose coffee was always nasty and gave me heartburn
but another a few miles away was fine.
minimum of $10 to get out. They are charged the regular rate
(only 50 cents an hour) for the time they were in there.
If they hear that that charge for lost ticket is a minimum of $10,
does the ticket miraculously appear....? ;)
Maybe at some later date, but not at the attendants booth.
People would put them in their pocket, drop it somewhere in the car, or
just lose it along the way.
Then there were the ones trying to pull a fast one.
Joe
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