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In reply to the discussion: This Man Used His Unlimited Olive Garden Pasta Pass To Feed The Homeless {IMAGES} [View all]Moosepoop
(1,920 posts)121. Still waiting.
Rex asked to be shown where feeding the homeless with the pass is illegal.
You posted part of the FAQ's from Olive Garden's site, but the worst case scenario would be that what he did was against their terms of service, not illegal. You have not demonstrated anything that shows that what he did was against the law.
Furthermore, in the same FAQ's (in fact, only two sentences separate this from what you copied and pasted, so I don't know how you could have missed it), is this:
Can I order Never Ending Pasta Bowl ToGo and use my Pasta Pass?
The Never Ending Pasta Pass is intended to be used in our restaurant. We know you're busy, so if you'd like to order ToGo with your pass you will receive one dinner portion with breadsticks and soup or salad. A dinner portion is a pasta/sauce combination and a single serving of the topping of your choice. Refills are not available with ToGo orders because you're likely at home in your kitchen and not at Olive Garden's Italian Kitchen. Online ordering of Never Ending Pasta Bowl is not available.
So each time, he used the provision of their offered "ToGo" version, consisting of one dinner portion, instead of the unlimited, "all you can eat" dine-in version. This is why none of the 11 different OG restaurants refused to let him do it.
They offered the option of unlimited food with dine-in, or limited food with take-out.
He chose the option that did others the most good. Not illegal, not by a long shot.
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xchrom
Nov 2014
OP
I'll bet olive garden does something about that before they offer this promotion again. ..
pipoman
Nov 2014
#4
Everyone should send Olive Garden a thank you email. Maybe they'd get the message. nm
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#22
Agree with you, somehow there is no shortage of nasty people here who will do anything to
cpamomfromtexas
Nov 2014
#35
Certainly none by fraudulent means while posting my "heroics" to the Internet.
alphafemale
Nov 2014
#85
If he brought it home and gave it to his wife and family instead, would you be still attacking him?
enigmatic
Nov 2014
#119
Spending other people's money!!! The bar for heroics can be scaled by a slug.
alphafemale
Nov 2014
#104
Some do. Some grocery stores contribute the food they can no longer sell to charities.
JDPriestly
Nov 2014
#72
It's OK to be fraudulent against businesses. Especially less than popular ones.
alphafemale
Nov 2014
#110
If it is wrong to steal from a poor person then it is wrong to steal from a rich person.
alphafemale
Dec 2014
#158
heh, Hey everyone of these franchise owners has truckloads of cash pull up
alphafemale
Nov 2014
#113
Glad to see your post. I was thinking about the publicity being an encouragement for some, also.
Judi Lynn
Nov 2014
#87
The Pasta Pass is intended for use by the card holder whose name appears on the printed Pasta Pass.
ablamj
Nov 2014
#63
I hope he did tip all of the workers, but the food is not coming out of their salaries.
Rex
Dec 2014
#154
And you are remarkably callous, judgemetal, and insincere to the point of blatant dishonesty.
denbot
Nov 2014
#125
Nailed it! Except it was a really OG doing the shameless self promotion.
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#152
Agreement. The overdone background music. The timing. The scriptedness. The "want some OG?"
Dont call me Shirley
Dec 2014
#151
A selfless man that gives to others. Wow! We need to see MORE of this in this Country.
jillan
Nov 2014
#57
Would you have a problem with this if he was eating all those meals himself?
justiceischeap
Nov 2014
#136
Nice story of small kindnesses created gnashing of teeth once again proving beyond any doubt
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#130
Mind blowing levels of fucked up. It is everyday, issue after issue but what a stark illustration!
TheKentuckian
Nov 2014
#139
Hey all you 143 recommenders! You just promoted a Olive Garden commercial!
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2014
#142