re: McDonald's customer accused of putting soda in water cup charged with robbery

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As someone who has spent years in the food industry, this is the crux of the matter. It doesn't take long for a few thefts at each location turn into a very significant amount of money. I realize the manager was probably going overboard by chasing these hooligans, but you gotta draw a line in the sand somewhere

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You do realize how cheap fountain soda is right? You can buy a gallon of syrup for like $25. Mcdonalds probably gets it for half that. A super-size soda is worth at most 5 cents.

Even if you constantly have people stealing soda the most it could ever be worth is a couple dollars.