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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by MaineFlyer16
Take it you don't follow the MilesBuzz category very often! I nearly spit out my soda when I read this.
No, my usual browsing is almost exclusively confined to the Virgin Atlantic, Amex and Marriott forums. On all of these cheating and dishonesty is usually condemned by mods and regular posters.

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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 3:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Nottingham Nick
No, my usual browsing is almost exclusively confined to the Virgin Atlantic, Amex and Marriott forums. On all of these cheating and dishonesty is usually condemned by mods and regular posters.

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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 3:45 pm
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I thought it was called an honor bar. If you don't fill out slip, does that mean you have no honor. Don't want to do business with you. If you are going to steal, steal Madoff big.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 5:39 pm
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Taking drinks from an honor bar without signing = stealing.
Using discount codes for which you are not eligible = stealing. (The Avis board is redolent with the scent of illicit rentals.)

There aren't different degrees of integrity. You either have it, or you don't.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by thegoderic
On the other hand, there's nothing to say how big a glass of wine (or, when Grosvenor House were charging for dinks, a glass of Laphroaig) should be.

I always pay, but sometimes my hand slips when pouring.
At $8/ glass, I am going to make sure I get a full glass. However, have you noticed that the glasses have gotten much smaller in many CL lounges? You are lucky to get 5oz.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 7:23 pm
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Originally Posted by plagwate
So riddle me this...

Does using a discount code that was not intended for you or staying on a rate in which you don't meet the qualifications set your moral compass askew? Wouldn't that be theft as well?
By my compass, it's theft by deception. YMMV.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 7:32 pm
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Originally Posted by plagwate
So riddle me this...

Does using a discount code that was not intended for you or staying on a rate in which you don't meet the qualifications set your moral compass askew? Wouldn't that be theft as well?

YES.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 8:51 pm
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Originally Posted by rebadc
I thought this would be a topic on:

cell phone use
workout attire
bare feet
loud children
holding meetings

however this one's pretty simple. THEFT
What about if you are at the JW I am right now... Free cocktails all night... (JW Cherry Creek Denver - if anyone is wondering)...

As to your comment, I agree that is clearly theft...
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 8:55 pm
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Originally Posted by The Uman
Not sure about this, thought I'd ask: I heard from a colleague that the little slips for drinks in the concierge lounges are really just for show, and that there is rreally no expectation that you will pay for drinks.

Any thoughts?
My thoughts; Marriott wants you to pay, but they are clearly aware that some people don't. Similarly, they would want you to limit yourself to a 5oz glass of wine or 1 1/2 oz of liquor for your drink, but recognize that you may not choose to do so. Nevertheless the honor bar is still there...at least until we screw it up.

...and as for the wine glasses getting smaller, I dunno, maybe they switched from red wine glasses to white. I'll have to see whats around next time i'm in a CL.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 4:56 am
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This is a very interesting thread, as an operator it's not suprising but it is called an Honor Bar, it's up to each person's personal set of ethics/morals to decide if they will record the drink's they've taken
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 5:05 am
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Fill out the chit. It's the right thing to do. I always hope the attendant forgets to enter them into the system. This has happened twice!
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 5:13 am
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Originally Posted by The Uman
Not sure about this, thought I'd ask: I heard from a colleague that the little slips for drinks in the concierge lounges are really just for show, and that there is rreally no expectation that you will pay for drinks.

Any thoughts?
You must be in the film industry, as your colleague sounds like Lindsay Lohan. Yep, the jewelry store only had the price tags and cash register for show! Sounds like a winning defense.
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 7:35 am
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Originally Posted by CJKatl
You must be in the film industry, as your colleague sounds like Lindsay Lohan. Yep, the jewelry store only had the price tags and cash register for show! Sounds like a winning defense.
LOL - spot on!
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by dd992emo
(The Avis board is redolent with the scent of illicit rentals.)
Eloquent
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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 9:47 am
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Originally Posted by Nottingham Nick
I can't believe that something like this would even be debated on a moral site like Flyertalk.

Failing to pay = theft. It is as simple as that.

Just my two cents.

Nick
Pretty well said. I've never thought that those drinks were free and have always filled out the slips. Maybe that's why I sleep so well at Marriotts!
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