If you think the refillable mug people are bad ...

[mainegal]

The HydroFlask is metal inside and out and works well with soda / pop. I use mine for Diet Coke frequently with no explosions.

Cool!
Mine is metal inside and out, too. Guess my vacuum seal works differently. Perhaps because of the integral straw?

 

[Mama Who]

And what someone said up thread is true. Chuck E Cheese cups you buy are like the ones at the gas station, you can bring them in anytime for a refill.
Unfortunately I've been to Chuck E Cheese enough times to know this.

But... have you saved enough on soda to pay for the therapy?

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

But... have you saved enough on soda to pay for the therapy?

Wow, seems like we've gone around the bend and back again.

I just find it strange what some people will do to save money. My mom will make my dad drive cross town to save 10 cents a pound on bananas, and she brings her own cheese to McDonald's to save the "huge markup" from the hamburger.
I'm still amazed how I got through the week with her at WDW without losing it.

Then again, you can't change people. The penguins of Madagascar said it best "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave." I bite my tongue a lot.

 

[BriarRosie]

Wow, seems like we've gone around the bend and back again.

I just find it strange what some people will do to save money. My mom will make my dad drive cross town to save 10 cents a pound on bananas, and she brings her own cheese to McDonald's to save the "huge markup" from the hamburger.
I'm still amazed how I got through the week with her at WDW without losing it.

Then again, you can't change people. The penguins of Madagascar said it best "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave." I bite my tongue a lot.

I see the TV show "Extreme Couponing" and am amazed at the lengths people go in terms of time spent (some were saying 35 hours a week! Practically a full time job!) to save money on grocery shopping. They make an event out of it, buying carts full of items they don't need because they found the coupon loophole for products that made a negative sale crediting back the cost of the hundreds of dollars of groceries. (They could buy $650 in products, and coupon back $640.)

I thought the amount of effort that went into this was enormous, but the people who do this love the thrill of the couponing hunt. And I thought there was a huge amount of waste, because there were products (like Maalox) that expire faster than any normal family could use these products. Then again, they can stock up on tons of things like laundry detergent, which one gal said she hasn't paid for in years due to her couponing finesse.

I wanted to mention my fascination with this show because it's similar in my mind to those who want to save on little things like refillable cups. If that's the way they choose to save money, any little bit helps, no?

Who am I to judge?

 

[Mama Who]

Wow, seems like we've gone around the bend and back again.

I meant the therapy required for multiple trips to Chuck E. Cheese. Can't speak for anyone else but I wasn't being mean.

 

[DisneyCrazyMomma]

Wow, seems like we've gone around the bend and back again.

I just find it strange what some people will do to save money. My mom will make my dad drive cross town to save 10 cents a pound on bananas, and she brings her own cheese to McDonald's to save the "huge markup" from the hamburger.
I'm still amazed how I got through the week with her at WDW without losing it.

Then again, you can't change people. The penguins of Madagascar said it best "Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave." I bite my tongue a lot.

My MIL will take ketchup packets from places like McDonalds and squeeze them into her ketchup bottle at home. Not excited about going to WDW with her either - just thankful that each family has their own bill at restaurants. Let's just say, she's not a "great" tipper!

 

[USAND3KIDS]

I seriously doubt they were looking forward to walking into Chuck E Cheese with their old cups knowing that people like the original poster would be looking down on them. I mean Christ you would think the original poster owned the soda machine. Judging is horrible. Sometimes two bucks is a lot to spend. Great for you that you haven't been in this situation before, but don't look down on people.......it's probably the worst quality a person could possess. Although it may not seem it from way up on your high horse, someday it could be you........and one would hope you didn't have to deal with ignorant stares.

 

[ninecrayons]

I just find it strange what some people will do to save money. My mom will make my dad drive cross town to save 10 cents a pound on bananas, and she brings her own cheese to McDonald's to save the "huge markup" from the hamburger.

I'm still amazed how I got through the week with her at WDW without losing it

I think we might be secretly related because your mom sounds a lot like my mom. She shops at no less than three grocery stores to get the best deals and once packed cold cuts to take with her on a trip to the Bahamas. Frankly, when I take her to WDW in October I'm planning to get the DDP just so I don't have to hear her freak out about how much everything costs!

For me, while I am by no means throwing money around, I always think of the line from Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture: "We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived." At the end of the day I'd rather spend 10 extra cents on the bananas and an extra hour with my husband.

 

[Disney Anna]

What a great thread. Totally agree with most of what has been said.

#1: Who gives a freakin' bit if someone is reusing their refillable mug over and over? None of your bees' wax.

#2: It is pop

#3: It's also coke, even if pepsi, or anything else.

#4: Let's all worry about ourself!

Love you all. Again, a fun thread.

 

[DisneyCrazyMomma]

At the end of the day I'd rather spend 10 extra cents on the bananas and an extra hour with my husband.

This. Exactly this.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

This. Exactly this.

Exactly. I don't worry about money. I can't take it with me after I'm gone.

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

I seriously doubt they were looking forward to walking into Chuck E Cheese with their old cups knowing that people like the original poster would be looking down on them.

Oh no, that's how she introduced herself, explaining I was wasting my $1.99 per drink when if I spent the extra $1.49 each I could get unlimited refills forever. She was quite proud of her "inside secret".

This isn't about judging poor people, it's about the fine line between saving money and being cheap. My Mom, again, is a perfect example. Wasting so much time and effort to save pennies, when in doing so she's missing out on life by spending an extra dollar or two.

I think we might be secretly related because your mom sounds a lot like my mom. She shops at no less than three grocery stores to get the best deals and once packed cold cuts to take with her on a trip to the Bahamas. Frankly, when I take her to WDW in October I'm planning to get the DDP just so I don't have to hear her freak out about how much everything costs!

I did the EXACT same thing with my Mom on our last trip. She's the type that if you buy something nice for her, she won't enjoy it if she thinks you sent too much money on her. When I showed her the treehouse we were staying in, she saw the rack rate of $900/night, and said "It's too fancy for us, we'll stay somewhere else", even though they weren't paying a cent for the room. It took me two months to explain to her that it was part of the Vacation Club, and I wasn't in fact spending $900/night.

I used her "thriftiness" to my advantage. I bought the dining plan, then showed her all the menus with prices online months before our trip. I explained to her "This is what you will pay for your meals if you paid in full. But we get a great "deal", anything on the menu, and it's all included. I then split up the tips with my Dad.

 

[DisneyKevin]

Oh no, that's how she introduced herself, explaining I was wasting my $1.99 per drink when if I spent the extra $1.49 each I could get unlimited refills forever. She was quite proud of her "inside secret".

Wasting so much time and effort to save pennies, when in doing so she's missing out on life by spending an extra dollar or two.

This is a different scenario than your first post.

As long as the customer was playing by the rules and Chuck E. Cheese offers unlimited refills forever if you buy the "right cup"....then I not only dont think she was doing anything wrong.....then I absolutely applaud her for being smart with her money.

I also dont see where she wasted valuable time or money.

 

[WaltD4Me]

This isn't about judging poor people, it's about the fine line between saving money and being cheap.

To me, this isn't all that different from the people who want to judge someone in a wheelchair or ECV when they have decided they don't look like they "need it" without knowing anything about the situation except what they see. Maybe this woman takes the $2, $4 or $6 dollars she saves and puts it in a vacation fund, maybe she lost her job and can only afford Chuck E Cheese if she brings the cups, maybe she puts the money she saved in her kid's college fund...or maybe...she is in fact cheap, we'll probably never know and I have no idea why anyone would really care.

 

[Cap.Steamboat Willie]

I dont think the "refillable mug people" are bad.

I question the people who spend their vacation time monitoring and judging the "refillable mug people" and then spend even more precious time fretting about it.

As Pete once said..."it's SODA folks.....get over it."

I concur wholeheartedly with your thoughts on the matter.

 

[kaligal]

Ouch! What are these tiny little things that keep causing me pain? There are so many of them!

Oh. They are other people's bees. I wish they would mind them.

 

[gkrykewy]

The HydroFlask is metal inside and out and works well with soda / pop. I use mine for Diet Coke frequently with no explosions.

And they give part of the price paid to charities...including GKTW.

Hmmmm... My hydroflask definitely gives me problems with Diet Coke. No outright explosions, but they clearly don't get along. There's a pop sound (from the SODA), and a bit of a spray on opening. I have to open the bottle as if it were a bottle of champagne.

 

[Royster83]

I dont think the "refillable mug people" are bad.

Yeah this!!! However would I do it? Absolutely not... 'Rules is rules', but duck tape. That's just tacky

On the other hand of course that could be 1.99 towards their Disney fund

Roy

 

[Cyrano]

I dont think the "refillable mug people" are bad.

I question the people who spend their vacation time monitoring and judging the "refillable mug people" and then spend even more precious time fretting about it.

As Pete once said..."it's SODA folks.....get over it."

 

[VAN]

What is this thread about, anyway. Someone purchases some cups that promise a lifetime refill and then uses them that way. They made the commitment and are coming back to the pizza place, right? Just what Chucky-Cheese wanted!!!! The marketing ploy worked!!!

Now at WDW, it is my understanding that you purchase a mug for unlimited refills for the duration of THAT STAY and then only at that resort, not as a life-time free-refill opportunity. Coming back with your mugs for a separate vacation is tacky, and wrong.

Chucky-Cheese pays pennies for a cup of soda-pop (see, I used both), but it gets customers returning where they will spend money on pizza and games. The promotion is doing exactly what it was meant to do.

I also don't get the comment about how these people were dressed. I've seen people spend hundreds of dollars on jeans that are worn and have holes cut in them. How is this more fashionable than a poor person's second-hand clothing???