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No ice. At home I don't even put cans of soda in the fridge, I just keep the boxes in the pantry and drink them at room temperature. I don't have an issue with cold sodas, and I won't complain if I'm given a glass with ice, I just really don't see much of a difference, as long as the soda isn't warmer than room temperature.
I want my beverages cold, so I want lots of ice. I don't drink fountain drinks, but I usually get iced water with lemon when I am out or an unsweetened iced tea so I want them cold. I also like to put some ice in my wine, but I want it on the side.
The reasoning behind that practice was so it would take nearly half the amount of the soft drink to fill the glass than it would if the glass had no ice in it at all....In other words, because the price of the soft drink stays the same regardless if the glass is full of ice or not, the customer was being ripped off by the restaraunt when their soft drink was full of ice.
This only works without refills. When refills are free, servers will skimp on the ice to save labor; customers are less likely to need a refill with more soda in their cup.
Anybody remember a generation back when the reasoning was that ice was the most expensive ingredient in a soda (except in certain situations, where it is the cup itself).
I have to have ice, but I do it myself anywhere I go, because drive thru people will fill over half the cup with ice and rip me off from receiving as much soda as I should!
If it's at a place where I fill my own drink I will put a very tiny amount of ice, if it's at a place where they fill your drink for you I just ask for no ice.
IMO most places put waaaaaaaay too much ice in drinks, it basically becomes Coke flavored ice water. McDonald's and Wendy's in particular are notorious for this rip off. I much prefer places where you fill your own drink.
If I'm filling the cup myself, I don't put ice in it. If someone else is filling the cup, I don't specify the amount of ice.
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