Highway Robbery

[fatrockstar]

When I flew to Savannah last week I brought my own Camelback bottle. It would go through security empty and I could get it filled with ice on the other side, right? Yeah, that's what I thought, too.

I asked the barmaid at one restaurant if she could fill my bottle, and she said they weren't allowed to because they served liquor. I could, however, go across the concourse to the little sandwich shop and they would do it for me. I went over there, asked, and was told

"$2.80."
"To fill my bottle? With tap water?"
"Yes. $2.80."
"You realize you are charging for something that comes out of the water fountain for free, right?"
"Is our policy - ice, water, both are $2.80."
"In my own bottle."
"Fill up bottle is $2.80."

I was incredulous, as were the other people in line. I made a smartass remark at the girl and went to the water fountain to fill up. How can they do that? Is it legal? Overpricing things isn't illegal, but it should be. I hate that if you want anything to eat after you pass security you have to fork over everything in your wallet for what you'd pay a fraction for on the outside.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

$2.80 sounds a little high. However, water may be free, but service is not. Not to mention, I'd be a little irked if there was a bunch of people in line for free water while I was a paying customer trying to get something to eat before I missed my flight. Why should they serve you when there is a water fountain? Just sayin'.

[winifred.livejournal.com]

I might agree with you if the concourse was busy and crowded, but this was 9 a.m. on a Thursday -- the place was dead. I wouldn't have been so inclined to ask if it weren't. I'm not what you'd call an "entitled" customer. If she had charged me fifty cents I might not have argued.