Not So Fast Foods

The other day I began to yak about Almost Fast Foods.  I had one in particular that is really interesting and that is Five Guys.  They are Henry Ford's dream place.  They only sell burger's and those burger's are prepared only one way.  If you want it rare, med. rare, well done, or any other way you are just plain screwed.  It is strictly take it or leave it.  I happen to love places that have the conviction and balls to do what they want.  It is the American way and it is great....  Eat the god damn burger the way I make it and the way I serve it................or blow............God Bless America.......For those of you who have never been in a Five Guys store, you don't know what your missing.  This is a treat in itself.  You wait on line to order, pay and are given a  number to be used to pick up your order.  There are no trays, no plates, no silverware, in fact when your number is called you simply go up to some nice young kid who will hand you a brown paper bag with your meal or meals inside of it.  That's it.....simple as that.......Now find yourself a table and your good to go. 

     You will open the burger that is wrapped in aluminum foil and the fries are in a cup and all over the bag......the ketchup you will have to get yourself from the counter.  So why am I telling you all about this ???????????  Let's rewind a little bit........while on line to order there is a huge menu giving you those few choices I mentioned........But here is the best of the best........Either I am the dumbest guy in the world, or the world only consists of dumb and dumber people.....Here we go.....Drink Sign on Menu..................Coca-Cola        Regular      $.99             Large      $1.29         Now that sounds and looks like a very simple option.  The cups are right there, so you can see the difference between the small and the large.........................Once you have paid for your order, you will get a nice empty plastic cup either small or large to take over to the soda machine where you can add ice or get a coke or the usual coke products that you see everywhere. (orange drink, diet, iced tea,  you get it.)
        BUT.............there is a large sign clearly on top of this whole drink machine that Say's..............
"Free Refills" .............Someone please tell me.  Is there something wrong with me ? Is there something I am missing ?  Are we being tested for some worldly experiment ?  What is the deal ???????  I am really completely friggen stumped...... Surely I am not the first person to notice this. These are the things in life that bother me..  I went back to the 5 guys near my house a second time to make sure it wasn't me and guess what. ?????  I even asked one of the employees about it and naturally they had no idea, nor cared less.  However, I would have thought that if Mr. Henry Ford Five Guys only makes and serves his burgers ONE way..............he would take the same approach with his drinks......
    FYI...there are over 750 Five Guys in the US and Canada, and there is not a freezer in one of them. Everything is fresh especially the bags of potatoes that decorate the interior of the store. One would think I was getting paid to write this........The drink thing still bothers me......Why not just charge for the Ice and make the drinks free?????