Adult drinking a kid's meal drink

[Cheerio]

DH, DS and I went out for dinner at Chipotle last night. DS refuses to drink anything but water, but he gets a kid's meal that includes a drink. Is it wrong for one of the adults to drink the soft drink that was included in the kid's meal price instead of DS, while DS drinks water? DH and I couldn't decide.

[ECB]

Seriously- I'm baffled by this question. Why would this be wrong??

[heyrebekah]

You paid for it. I'm confused why this would be a question.

[nessness]

Possibly if you get multiple refills, since the pricing is based on how much a kid would drink. Otherwise, no.

[mbcdefg]

I don't see why not. You paid for it. I order a kid's meals for myself at a lot of places simply because I want a smaller portion, and nobody's ever told me no.

Plus, doesn't Chipotle have free refills? It pretty much doesn't matter at that point, right?

[dexteroni]

What? Once you pay for it, you can do what you want with it. I get whole kids' meals for myself sometimes, when I'm not hungry enough for an adult meal.

[Cheerio]

I'm in agreement with all of you, but DH kind of gave me a side-eye when I did it. His argument was that I would drink more than a kid.

[AAM2012]

Unless you're getting multiple refills I have no problem with it....then again I've seen children drink 2 liters of soda before...

[Poppy]

Yeah I would drink the first pour but not get a refill.

I also avoid getting kids meals because they are priced to account for being purchased as an add-on to adult meals. But I am a rule-follower and probably over-sensitive about it. Realistically, the employees don't care.

[v]

I get myself a kids meal every time I go to a fast food place (and people sell them to me even though it is clear that I have no kid with me), so I don't see how this is a problem?

[ECB]

Sept 18, 2014 11:18:24 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

His argument was that I would drink more than a kid.

If you're doing it specifically to "skirt the system" and you're going to get a TON of refills... o.k., that's wrong. But if you're going to drink THAT drink and that drink alone (o.k., with maybe one refill), eh... why does it matter?  You're doing it to save yourself money and  not waste a soda.

[Deleted]

You paid for it, at that point it doesn't matter who drinks it. I wouldn't get 25 refills or anything but I would drink it and maybe refill 1-2 times.

[L]

wtf

You can do whatever you please with a beverage that you have purchased.

And a refill of a regular sized soft drink costs the restaurant something like 15 cents. Even if you refill your kiddie cup several times (which really, you shouldn't, because soda is gross) it's not like you're really hurting the restaurant's bottom line. If you feel bad about an overindulgence in unnaturally sweetened carbonated beverages, leave a dime on the table and call it a day.

[raangoli]

So he would rather that it not be used? Even for one drink? That, to me, is even more strange.

[v]

Oh, and if that is bad, my husband and I will burn in hell for usually sharing a drink at a fast food place (I usually only want a few sips, but he usually wants enough that he'll get a refill).

[raangoli]

Sept 18, 2014 12:05:33 GMT -5 v said:

Oh, and if that is bad, my husband and I will burn in hell for usually sharing a drink at a fast food place (I usually only want a few sips, but he usually wants enough that he'll get a refill).

We do this, too. No one has ever said anything. 

[jena]

My kids hate carbonation, and that's often the only choice. Heck yeah I'm drinking their drink.

[v]

Oh, and if it makes you feel better, that soda cost Chipotle something like a penny an ounce. The markup on fast food soft drinks is INSANE.

[orangeblossom]

No, of course not. It comes with a drink. Your son doesn't want it. Somebody has to drink it.

[thebulldog]

Can you reuse the cup to bring butter on your next vacation?


i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

[bronxgirl]

seriously???

[Deleted]

Sept 18, 2014 12:22:28 GMT -5 thebulldog said:

Can you reuse the cup to bring butter on your next vacation?


i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

/dead

[Cheerio]

Sept 18, 2014 12:02:39 GMT -5 raangoli said:

So he would rather that it not be used? Even for one drink? That, to me, is even more strange.

Typically we'll get milk or apple juice and take it home and drink it ourselves at a later date. I guess DH thinks that's okay because the employees won't see us drinking it.

And this may be the first time I've ever seen unanimous poll results. I've finally discovered the unity horse!

[v]

Sept 18, 2014 12:43:21 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Sept 18, 2014 12:02:39 GMT -5 raangoli said:

So he would rather that it not be used? Even for one drink? That, to me, is even more strange.

Typically we'll get milk or apple juice and take it home and drink it ourselves at a later date. I guess DH thinks that's okay because the employees won't see us drinking it.

And this may be the first time I've ever seen unanimous poll results. I've finally discovered the unity horse!

This is ridiculous reasoning.  If something is wrong, it is wrong whether or not you get caught.

[dexteroni]

Sept 18, 2014 12:43:21 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Sept 18, 2014 12:02:39 GMT -5 raangoli said:

So he would rather that it not be used? Even for one drink? That, to me, is even more strange.

Typically we'll get milk or apple juice and take it home and drink it ourselves at a later date. I guess DH thinks that's okay because the employees won't see us drinking it.

omg lol. So it's ok to drink it at home, just not on the premises? This totally invalidates any argument he might have had. Now if he had said you should put water from the soda fountain in DS' cup and buy two adults drinks for yourselves, that would at least make sense, even though that's still not what I would do, nor is it necessary.

And he's side-eyeing you over what a fast food employee thinks? (a) that's so dumb and (b) the employees could not give less of a shit. None of this is worth the breath and time you've both expended on it.

[Deleted]

You both need hobbies.

[carfar]

Sept 18, 2014 13:18:37 GMT -5 @bluesky said:

I do it all the time. But I can see why you ask. In my area, almost every kids meal states "for 10 years and younger ONLY". So technically they don't want parents getting it for themselves. This post could have taken the opposite turn easily.. funny how groupthink works LOL.

FWIW, I tend to buy my DD an adults meal or adult item, since she generally likes the adult options better, and then I take her entire kids meal, drink included.

But they ordered it for a kid, not for themselves. Would it be wrong for the adult not to finish the guacamole and chips the kid didn't want or finish from the meal? Or the 1/2 taco?

[moolarkey]

Even if you do get a lot of refills - how much does it cost them for softdrinks or tea or lemonade? Pennies.

[mollybrown]

If doing this is wrong, I don't want to be right.

My children don't even know that kid's meals come with drinks. I'll let them get milk if it's an option, but it's Diet Dr. Pepper in a kiddie cup for me if fountain drinks are the only option.

[redwino]

I don't even see the problem with refilling it. It's not like chipotle cares if you fill it up once or 5 times. Once you pay for it, they don't care. Honestly, I feel like businesses with the self-serve fountain really don't care what you do. They know they sell enough drinks that it doesn't matter if a random person refills 20 times or a water customer actually gets sprite.