10-09-2006, 10:22 PM
[quote herbiesyufy]Milk is out there to be taken, ergo it must be taken, according to Elmo
Not must be taken; there's a difference between taking what's offered and feeling obligated to take something in its entirety.
If a jug of milk is offered, and I choose to enhance my Starbucks experience with some of it--as Starbucks intended--then I will. However, I will not feel OBLIGATED to take it just because it's there. It's not that I MUST take it.
You do have a way of trying to twist things around to mean what they don't actually say.
And when Starbucks looks at the customer with a smile and says, "Please, whatever you'd like--we want you to be a happy customer," YOU decide to be the judge on what they ACTUALLY mean. Right?
So now YOU are the one--the ONLY one--who has the "correct" definition of "reasonable"?
What about 18 ounces? 16 ounces? 14 ounces? Pray tell, what is it that YOU think is "reasonable"?
And why is it that YOUR judgment of "reasonable" is what everyone else "should" follow?
Not must be taken; there's a difference between taking what's offered and feeling obligated to take something in its entirety.
If a jug of milk is offered, and I choose to enhance my Starbucks experience with some of it--as Starbucks intended--then I will. However, I will not feel OBLIGATED to take it just because it's there. It's not that I MUST take it.
You do have a way of trying to twist things around to mean what they don't actually say.
Let me say that again: I'm not talking about taking a half ounce...I'm talking about taking 19 ounces in a Venti cup.
And when Starbucks looks at the customer with a smile and says, "Please, whatever you'd like--we want you to be a happy customer," YOU decide to be the judge on what they ACTUALLY mean. Right?
What's the difference between taking 19 ounces of "free" milk and 19 ounces of "free" mints?
Both are stepping outside the bounds of reasonable use.
So now YOU are the one--the ONLY one--who has the "correct" definition of "reasonable"?
What about 18 ounces? 16 ounces? 14 ounces? Pray tell, what is it that YOU think is "reasonable"?
And why is it that YOUR judgment of "reasonable" is what everyone else "should" follow?