To be surprised by Pret a Manger

[Moanranger]

So I kinda like this chain, tasty fresh food, fast in-&-out, but heard the hype about the " free drink" thing, but as neither blonde nor twenty, not something I would expect.
So I am in the High Holborn branch getting "superfood" salad & fruit (yeah, I know, I know) and blurted to the nice Italian server that I just got out of court with my ex- husband & got offered a free drink -took a cappuccino.
A little less cynical tonight.

why is this in aibu ???

It was in that very branch of Pret where I accidentally said to the guy serving me "thanks, I love you, bye!" instead "thank you, that's lovely, bye!"

And I STILL didn't get a free drink.

YANBU anyway.

I thought it was all a myth until I got a free drink last week for telling the chap behind the counter a cheese joke he'd never heard before....

I'm 22 and blonde and never got a free drink, so don't think that tactic works either

I've never even been in one!

Surely this is chat not AIBU.
Or do you need your thread to stay around forever?

MrsFuzzy The complete sentence would be Am I Being Unreasonable to be surprised by Pret a Manger - is why it's here.

That's nice

Sorry Yabu, I don't understand the post really!

Yanbu!

The only time I've ever been given anything for free in Pret is when I fell arse over tit in there.

That's nice OP

Why do people care which board it's on?!

I think people care because everyone shoves everything in AIBU when there really isn't a question of bing unreasonable or not. In this case, it's a silk char thread about how Pret made the OP feel good. There really isn't any kind question of reasonableness at all.

Personally I tend to ignore it. The self appointed Tread Police feel the need to comment.

I think I need to hear the cheese joke.

I don't really understand - are you saying that you can get a free drink in Pret by being a grinning joke telling chimp? That's me forever paying for coffee then!

A couple of weeks ago I was in pret with my baby I care for. And I was buying a coffee and a sandwich and the baby was smiling away being cute and the server said the coffee is on the house, I was confused so I tweeted pret to say how nice the server was giving me a free latte and they explained that the servers can give away freebies to anyone who is being particularly friendly, kind etc or yes I guess if they find them attractive or if they are a regular customer. but it's in no way sexist as when I'm working as a nanny I wear plain gap clothes and no make up and had a baby with me! It made me smile and I will defo be using pret again.

You're clearly wrong if you think you have to be blue eyed and blonde. It's more to do with being a regular.
And yabu to try twist this into an aibu when it's not.

When my dsis was leaving her job, she went to her usual pret and they comped her whole lunch. She is a long way off 22 or blond.

It's too expensive to be a regular thing for me. After I have the twins I'll have to go in looking shattered and hope for a sympathy freebie

Interesting thread - happened to be given a 'free lunch' a few months back. Thought I was in there!! Now more likely that I visit every single day for those cheesy tomato croissant thingies.

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I'm just not sure why anybody would be bothered enough to remark on it. And the OP did ask if she was being unreasonable