AIBU to get milk as my Waitrose free hot drink?

[ElleDubloo]

I normally don't want a tea or coffee when I go to Waitrose, but the toddler is partial to some cold milk in a takeaway cup that she can sip on the way home. AIBU to ask for a cup for a hot drink, but just pour some cold milk into it instead of actually getting a hot drink?

My logic is that, if I were to pay full price, a latte is much more expensive than a cup of cold milk. So surely the store won't be out of pocket?

But today I got a snarky comment from a fellow customer who saw me do it. Not sure anymore if what I'm doing is fine or not.

No, I don't think it is fine to do that, sorry.

Ask a member of staff if it's ok, not us.

The offer is a very simple tea or coffee, YABU sorry OP.

Babyccino is 30p

Just take a beaker of milk with you!

I don't see why not if you can have a free latte with the same amount of milk.

Waitrose staff member to decide. You should have asked them. When dd asked for milk at our local Waitrose they explained (nicely) that as it’s normally out all day they didn’t think it safe for kids to drink, so I bought some milk from the cafe instead.

I think it's cheeky but then I only go to we for the snarky comments I get from the more up themselves element who sometimes shop there. Comedy gold to see them seething over their pants bunched way where the sun doesn't shine

I don't think the lattes ARE free though are they? It's just free tea or free filter coffee.

Nope. Lattes, cappuccino, black coffee, and tea. Milk usually kept unrefridgerated on the side next to cinnamon and chocolate.

Lattes are free. Our Waitrose ask you at the till and I always say that's what I'm getting. I really can't see the fucking problem op.

And if they want to be fussy you can grab a tea bag too. There's no rule about how much milk you can out in your trea

In our Waitrose I'm sure it's just tea and filter coffee from the self service machine - possibly because there's no cafe in our branch? And milk out beside the machine.

If you can have a free latte I can't see the problem... although personally I'd be a bit embarrassed when the offer is for a free tea or coffee, not free milk for everyone's toddlers.

Pigface1 in the waitrose around here it's a free freshly ground bean to cup machine included latte as an option.

Babyccino's are free in Starbucks, so you could just take your kid there, they can do the ordering too.

Don't see anything wrong with it, total amount of milk is less than when coffee with milk or latte is taken, just ask a waitrose bod, they'll say yes...

Sometimes I've pressed the cappuccino option on the machine and only put the cup in when it's finished dispensing the coffee and started dispensing milk.

YABU. The offer is a hot drink, not whatever you fancy as long as it costs less than a hot drink.

Very cheeky behaviour.

I don't see why not if you can have a free latte with the same amount of milk.

I think this too. And Waitrose self-service machines do offer lattes and cappuccinos, not just filter coffee; my branch's does anyway.

Bollocks to the snarky customer. They could try getting a life.

Latte and cappuccino are definitely free. You could even run the Latte, let the coffee pour out and put your cup under the machine for the hot milk and top it up with cold milk. Of course that would be wasteful and ridiculous, so i wouldn't do it.

People are very officious, but I don't think there is anything wrong with taking a bit of milk. Of course the milk is safe. It is in insulated thermoses, and would have to be up to health and safety standards.

So you are the reason why the milk jugs are always empty! Jesus, why do you have to be so tight? Just buy a little bottle of milk and pour it in your cup instead.

You've just reminded me to put my reusable cup in my bag before I head to Waitrose!

The milk beside the machines in our branch is kept in a rather nice insulated jug with a lid.

I think yanbu OP. But if it's quiet when I get there I'll ask one of the staff her opinion and report back!

I never use the hot drink facility, but I could take just milk home instead.

They must owe me a cowful by now. Brilliant.

Well free milk for DCs isn't the offer, but I can't see what difference it makes. They are happy to give you a free coffee with milk and sugar in, so it's cheaper for them if you just put a bit of milk in the cup instead.

In theory you could get yourself a black coffee and 'forget' to put the milk in until after you had drunk the coffee. Your way is cheaper as you're not having a latte's worth of coffee.

I get hot milk for myself sometimes when there's no queue and I don't fancy a coffee.

It's the same as a latte, minus the coffee. It comes out of the same machine.

There's no free milk available at my local Waitrose, just those little UHT pots.

I never use the hot drink facility, but I could take just milk home instead.

What's the actual difference between taking a cup of milk and taking a cup of coffee with hot milk?

Jesus, why do you have to be so tight? Why is it tight? The OP is entitled to a free cupful of drink, just like me in my branch of Waitrose. I choose a latte; she chooses milk, from the same source, with probably less milk than my coffee has in it. What's the difference? If the milk jugs are always empty, the staff should be more on the ball about it. Ask politely at the service desk and I'm sure they'll sort it.