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In article <4AUG199400552180@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov>, peipyy@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov (PETER YASUDA) says:
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>In article <entrpoop.775924597@access3>, entrpoop@access3.digex.net (Dexter Medley) writes...
>>kbass@clark.net (Ken Bass) writes:
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>>>  A lot of time I order ice tea. I expect the server to come by and bring
>>>refills why I'm done with the glass. In a lot of places, the entire meal can
>>>go by without seeing the server.
>> 
>>That's a reasonable expectation in the south, but not in the north. 
>>Refills are not always included in the price anywhere else I've
>>ever been apart from the southeastern US, bounded by the Mississippi
>>River and the NC/VA border. Around here, some places offer free refills,
>..
>
>Refills are universally free in LA. My brother gets really annoyed
>when they're not free when he visits here. I agree with him. I
>hate getting gouged on refills. I don't mind paying a reasonable
>price for a refill (say 10-50 cents (would you believe I just 
>noticed this keyboard has no cent sign? And I haven't used my
>manual typewriter in years...)) but $1-2 is too much for iced tea
>or soda. 
>
>pyy

I must only in the cheap places around here.  Every restaurant I have gone
into in the DC area has had free refills.  I'm from central PA and most of
the restaurants up there have free refills on tea and soda.  

oh well, just my $0.02 worth.

Joel Rudy