Originally Posted by Zeraph

I would disagree with OP sentiments. It appears to be good business sense to let people do that. It's a lot like bars offering free peanuts and pretzels. It's something that get's the hunger for more up (hopefully resulting in a sale) and looks good to other customers because the place looks more successful with more people in it. It's almost like free advertising and it creates loyalty to some extent. Some of those people you see there every week that don't buy anything may just be tight on cash because of college...but once they get out the may very well get a good job and start spending an exceptional amount of money there.