Free refill
As Free Refill (English for " free refill") is a anglizistischer term that generally mainly in the USA usual practice is called, in restaurants be drink to replenish for free or to have them. In German, the symbolic term `` bottomless cup '' is sometimes used for coffee .
Variants of the beverage refill
In fast-food restaurants, vending machines without a cash-in unit are sometimes available for replenishing purchased drinks free of charge , which usually mix drinks syrups with soda water . Such filling machines are also used for coffee or tea beverages .
The nature of the offer varies both in the individual restaurants and in different countries. Sometimes the empty glass is exchanged for a full one by waiters without being asked . In some fast-food restaurants you can refill yourself, the taps are in the guest room instead of behind the counter, but in German-speaking countries they are not always used for free refills, but sometimes only to shorten waiting times. A typical use of such beverages filling stations are also canteens . In the US, the free refill of drinks (this refers to juice or soft drinks, not alcoholic beverages) is often seen as a kind of "basic right".
literature
- Refill (includes free refill ); in: Jo Wüllner: German for Germans: The 666 most important words for survival. Albrecht Knaus Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-3-641-09428-7 limited preview in the Google book search
Individual evidence
- ↑ Free refills! from usaerklaert.wordpress.com, accessed February 24, 2014.