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closeupready

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26. Okay, but if that's the correct gist of the article, keep in mind

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #25)

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 02:03 PM

Nov 2013

that wait staff in most places in the US work primarily for tips. Thus, no matter how badly management wants wait staff to hard sell beverage products, they are not going to do it in a manner that lines the restaurant's pockets at their own expense, i.e., worse tips.

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Coca-Cola�s Assault on Tap Water [View all] marmar Nov 2013 OP

I absolutely hate Coca-Cola. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #1

That's crazy jerkstore90210 Nov 2013 #2

Really? You're surprised? That's what corporations do. cleanhippie Nov 2013 #3

They could give one fuck about the nation's health. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #5

Do you know what a troll is? L0oniX Nov 2013 #8

Lol gollygee Nov 2013 #11

On their balance sheet, what line reads "Nation's Health"? JHB Nov 2013 #19

It's got electrolytes! tridim Nov 2013 #4

. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #6

ROFL grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #20

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestle are murderers. L0oniX Nov 2013 #7

Wow, ok. Let's start with alcohol and cigs first. nt Logical Nov 2013 #9

That's just silly. noamnety Nov 2013 #10

That is one awesome ad LondonReign2 Nov 2013 #13

It's right up there with soda being a diet aid. noamnety Nov 2013 #14

While that one is nice too, it just can't match up with LondonReign2 Nov 2013 #16

It also no longer work because they no longer use sugar. Fawke Em Nov 2013 #21

I don't get what the big deal is here. closeupready Nov 2013 #12

That was my thought as well Orrex Nov 2013 #18

Ditto CFLDem Nov 2013 #23

I would guess that quite a few people fit that description... JHB Nov 2013 #24

We seem to have read it differently. Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #25

Okay, but if that's the correct gist of the article, keep in mind closeupready Nov 2013 #26

That is true. But where I see this campaign going Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #28

And restaurant managers/owners push the servers to talk about how great joeybee12 Nov 2013 #15

I ask for water with my meal HockeyMom Nov 2013 #17

To quote Lewis Black: Initech Nov 2013 #22

DON"T KNOCK COCA-COLA! William769 Nov 2013 #27

LOL. I remember Curmudgeoness Nov 2013 #29

Well, Coca-Cola started out as a peddler of cocaine. Faryn Balyncd Nov 2013 #30