Con Your Way to Free Beer this Spring Break
Thursday, March 4, 2010 by
Chris Lesinski
First thing I have to do here... I have to admit that I have a subscription to Cosmopolitan. Okay. Onward.
So, I was reading the October issue and I came across a little thing blurb: "Drink for Free" -- I know what you're thinking because that's what I was thinking, too. Gee, Cosmo, you think I should go to the bar, pull off my skirt and put my hands down some guy's pants?! You got a slutty one-liner to accompany that?!
But Cosmo actually owned this one by presenting us with a hack -- more like a scam -- actually, more like a con -- actually, more like stealing. Whatever. Here's what they had to say:
Find [a half-empty beer] in a brown bottle -- like Budweiser -- and sneak into the bathroom. Fill the bottle the rest of the way with lukewarm water and saunter back to the bar. Tell the overworked bartender that the beer you got was warm ... and ask for another.
Oh, how devilish! Of course, this is only going to work at a nuts-o bar where there's like sixteen bartenders and total chaos because people are puking everywhere.
You know that bar. You've been there. I don't care what town you're in this month. That's a spring break bar.
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Reader Comments (4)
I'm sorry, but this isn't just "like stealing" - it IS stealing. It's like people who go to a restaurant, eat nearly all of their food, then proclaim that it "tasted awful" and demand a refund. Just despicable. It really bothers me that people would put this out there as a "cool tip" or a "hack." Here's a hack: go into a bank, point a gun at them and they will give you money! No, just no. This is not okay.
I agree with Elizabeth--this is stealing. And for God's sake...if you go this far, you have lost all sense of personal dignity and may be a full-blown alcoholic.
haha brilliant...do it to much and you could run into some serious trouble...but for that last beer or so...great tip.
So sneaky....too bad this wouldn't work for mixed liquor drinks :(