NAPLES, Fla. — A Naples man faces a felony charge after he was accused of walking out of the McDonald’s in East Naples without paying for a cup of soda. After filling a courtesy cup with soda Thursday at the McDonald’s soda fountain and then leaving the restaurant, Mark Abaire, 52, of the 500 block of 14th Street North, was arrested by Collier deputies and now faces a felony theft charge, a sheriff’s report shows. A manager told sheriff’s deputies that Abaire entered the store and asked for a glass of water around 10 p.m. Although the employee told him the cup was for water, Abaire filled it with soda at a fountain machine and sat outside the restaurant, according to an arrest report. During a conversation with the manager, Abaire declined to pay for the soda, valued at $1, refused to leave the premises, and cursed at the manager, the report stated.
So this makes probably 85% of people reading this felons, right? I mean, there's about a 0% chance that most everyone I know hasn't pulled this move before? "Umm, just a cup for water please." Bullsh*t. "You're food is overpriced and I think I deserve a free soda" is the correct translation of that sentence. But lets get to the important part. The manager seriously called the cops on this bro? I mean, he probably took a styrofoam cup, about the size of the cap to the top of your bottle of mouthwash, and took a few ounces of fountain soda. What's that equate to? Like a $0.04 crime? "Hey guy, loosen up. Bro's thirsty." 52 years old? 10 pm? Odds are this guy was day drinking with some of his former frat buddies and is too sh*tfaced to know what he's doing. Who's to say he doesn't wake up the next morning, see the cup, and notice he has an extra dollar in his pocket? Guy feels guilty and comes and pays you the dollar for the drink he stole, problem solved. It's not like he broke into SeaWorld to swim with dolphins and stole Dirk the penguin or anything.
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