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how much revenue is lost at self-serve restaurants when patr...
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
premise is wrong, but regardless this has been done. I've s...
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really really bad
know-it-all milky liquid oxygen
  01/17/19
ty, but why
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
this is literally worse than the "jump to conclusions&q...
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aqua national
  01/17/19
Soda is essentially free for them, I doubt very seriously th...
talented potus
  01/17/19
lost REVENUE bro, not a big expense.
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
Your scenario involves people who are trying to scam for fre...
Vermilion dead address
  01/17/19
how about if they use a water cup in a soda fountain instead...
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You want them to pay to put chips in disposable cups? That w...
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Sepia french chef juggernaut
  01/17/19
two-dimensional bar codes?
beady-eyed partner persian
  01/17/19
lets say one chipotle has 10 patrons per day that do the wat...
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
You're assuming those patrons would get drinks if there was ...
Vermilion dead address
  01/17/19
well, the part where you assume that 100% of people so shame...
slippery native
  01/17/19
you're being nasty for no reason. I'm spitballing here.
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
ok. in the nicest possible way this is the worst business id...
slippery native
  01/17/19
your net worth?
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
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Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
absolutely devastating
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Lavender mind-boggling state
  02/11/19
The cheap way to implement this is have soda cups have purpl...
Aphrodisiac property
  01/17/19
sure - whatever's the most cost effective but also unable to...
Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
  01/17/19
I already tried to move into this space, brother. Trust me:...
wonderful avocado office cumskin
  01/17/19
you gave real money to this?
beady-eyed partner persian
  01/17/19
Yes. You should always be trying to start your own business...
wonderful avocado office cumskin
  01/17/19
Shouldn't you have figured out if the restaurants wanted it ...
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  01/17/19
That would be a rookie mistake, son. Dazzle them with your ...
wonderful avocado office cumskin
  01/17/19
seriously, how fucking dumb are you?
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  01/29/19
seriously, how fucking dumb are you?
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Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator
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wonderful avocado office cumskin
  01/17/19
wtf. how was that a violation to call someone dumb?
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  01/17/19
still mad about this
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  01/28/19
seriously, how fucking dumb are you?
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slippery native
  01/17/19
Pretty good
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Chilmata is using a community account now?
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this thread can be used to identify some obvious board retar...
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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:55 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

how much revenue is lost at self-serve restaurants when patrons ask for a "cup of water" then fill it with a beverage of their choice? it's likely in the billions per year. instead of relying on the honor system, what if restaurants could have a system that actually verifies if a patron purchased a beverage?

I'm thinking of a small QR code or chip on a cup that will authenticate a patron as a legit beverage purchaser, then allow them to fill their fountain drink. no QR code, no beverage.

stupid idea?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611533)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:54 PM
Author: lascivious magical tattoo indian lodge

premise is wrong, but regardless this has been done. I've seen it at resorts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37612264)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:56 PM
Author: know-it-all milky liquid oxygen

really really bad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611538)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:57 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

ty, but why

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611543)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:57 PM
Author: slippery native

this is literally worse than the "jump to conclusions" mat idea from office space

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611542)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:57 PM
Author: Cracking alcoholic cruise ship hominid



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:11 PM
Author: Zombie-like internal respiration



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611610)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:35 PM
Author: aqua national



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611735)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:58 PM
Author: talented potus

Soda is essentially free for them, I doubt very seriously this adds up to billions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611551)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:01 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

lost REVENUE bro, not a big expense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611565)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:13 PM
Author: Vermilion dead address

Your scenario involves people who are trying to scam for free. They won't find out they can't get soda from the machine until they already asked for water. You think they're going to go back to the counter and be like "oops, I meant soda. I'll pay for it." They'll just get their water.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611619)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:58 PM
Author: beady-eyed partner persian

how about if they use a water cup in a soda fountain instead of the sugary stuff it shoots out that red dye from bank robberies into their face and an alarm goes off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611553)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:51 PM
Author: heady wagecucks



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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:36 PM
Author: swollen blue piazza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37616064)



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Date: February 11th, 2019 7:29 PM
Author: Lavender mind-boggling state



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37765604)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 8:59 PM
Author: Vermilion dead address

You want them to pay to put chips in disposable cups? That will probably cost more than the lost revenue from soda. And the water cups are usually small anyway.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611557)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:01 PM
Author: Sepia french chef juggernaut



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611563)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:03 PM
Author: beady-eyed partner persian

two-dimensional bar codes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611573)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:03 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

lets say one chipotle has 10 patrons per day that do the water cup trick. a medium drink there is like $2, so that's $20 / day in revenue they're losing. that's pretty conservative imo.

if you multiply that over 5000 chipotles that's $100,000 / day in lost revenue, $36 million annually.

are my calculations off an if so, where?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611574)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:06 PM
Author: Vermilion dead address

You're assuming those patrons would get drinks if there was a better system rather than settling for the water. Isn't the real question what they're losing on the soda? No way it's $2. It's probably a few cents.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611585)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:09 PM
Author: slippery native

well, the part where you assume that 100% of people so shameless they won't drop $2 on a soda are going to completely reverse those practices instead of actually getting water, bringing their own can of coke from home, or finding a work around to your brilliant system for starters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611602)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:10 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

you're being nasty for no reason. I'm spitballing here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611606)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:11 PM
Author: slippery native

ok. in the nicest possible way this is the worst business idea ive ever heard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611608)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:12 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

your net worth?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611615)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:16 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611631)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 7:32 PM
Author: sinister multi-colored bawdyhouse

absolutely devastating

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37617316)



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Date: February 11th, 2019 7:30 PM
Author: Lavender mind-boggling state



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37765610)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:03 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac property

The cheap way to implement this is have soda cups have purple bottoms and water cups have white bottoms. A sensor in the machine detects the color and determines if it is an acceptable cup.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611576)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:04 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator

sure - whatever's the most cost effective but also unable to cheat.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611579)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:22 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

I already tried to move into this space, brother. Trust me: it doesn't reward creative genius.

My business idea was called DrinkReview. Basically, whenever a customer bought a soda, they were given a 6 digit code to input into a DrinkReview app that they could download to their phone (free for the version with ads; $4.99 a month for the ad-free version). At the soda fountain, the customer would input their code into an electronic numberpad and then scan their phone on the reader (this way, the customer needs both code AND phone; if only one is stolen/hacked, it's no loss for the restaurant). Once the fountain gets both the expected code and the expected phone signal, it will unlock one of its soda options for the maximum allowance of a single cup-ful. I invested $95K of my own money into this idea, plus some money from friends and family, and I had a full prototype (for the app at least) plus a team of sales people ready to go, but every restaurant I spoke with said no. Maybe they don't trust technology, which is why I'm working on my next idea, Drink Notary, which would allow for an actual person to be on-site to notarize drink orders. Still in development.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611663)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:23 PM
Author: beady-eyed partner persian

you gave real money to this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611672)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:24 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

Yes. You should always be trying to start your own business.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611676)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:26 PM
Author: contagious crimson hell nowag

Shouldn't you have figured out if the restaurants wanted it before dropping $95K

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611688)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:28 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

That would be a rookie mistake, son. Dazzle them with your best creation, not your best idea. I think they missed the big picture: DrinkReview could have been extended to napkins and plastic silverware too, which people take from casual restaurants by the armful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611699)



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Date: January 29th, 2019 8:49 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

seriously, how fucking dumb are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37688088)



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Date: January 29th, 2019 8:49 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

seriously, how fucking dumb are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37688085)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:27 PM
Author: Appetizing Step-uncle's House Masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611691)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:29 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

Post removed by moderator for violating The Law of The Land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611707)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:34 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

wtf. how was that a violation to call someone dumb?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611728)



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Date: January 28th, 2019 8:42 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

still mad about this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37681214)



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Date: January 29th, 2019 8:49 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

seriously, how fucking dumb are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37688089)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:27 PM
Author: slippery native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611693)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 9:28 PM
Author: know-it-all milky liquid oxygen

Pretty good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611700)



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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:04 PM
Author: Costumed bat shit crazy principal's office laser beams



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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:52 PM
Author: heady wagecucks



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Date: January 17th, 2019 11:13 PM
Author: Outnumbered aquamarine gay wizard



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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:16 PM
Author: Smoky kink-friendly roast beef locale



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Date: January 18th, 2019 3:39 PM
Author: swollen blue piazza



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Date: January 17th, 2019 10:03 PM
Author: Costumed bat shit crazy principal's office laser beams

Chilmata is using a community account now?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37611917)



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Date: January 18th, 2019 7:24 PM
Author: Cerise business firm nibblets



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Date: January 28th, 2019 8:43 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin

this thread can be used to identify some obvious board retards, btw.

jfc we have some serious dumbs posting here now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37681216)



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Date: January 28th, 2019 8:55 PM
Author: Abusive olive trailer park dopamine

i've been saying this for months, xoxo 2018 is probably 20 iq points below xoxo 2006.

actual result is going to be the extra costs of RFID chips and scanners (incremental billions) versus very little incremental revenue. scammers obviously are not going to convert at a 100% rate for overpriced 90% margin soft drinks. They'll simply stop coming or actually drink water.

You can do the same OP argument for homeless people.

"omg soup kitchens are so stupid why are they giving away free food, if they charged $5 bucks per meal and they feed 100,000 homeless people 3 meals a day for 365 days, that's $547.5mm a year in revenue from homeless people".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4180106&forum_id=2#37681288)



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Date: February 11th, 2019 7:24 PM
Author: wonderful avocado office cumskin



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