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Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by JaggedJax on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @12:41PM (#5752023)
Here's another example of the perils of going from free to paid and why many U.S. WWII soldiers still resent the Red Cross:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/13/156737801/the-cost...

Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by LanceH on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @02:19PM (#5752756)
I would say at least as important is that the sodas disappeared without any input from the people using them.

It's a cut of a very small benefit, but it is still a cut. To do this without any prior discussion from the people receiving the benefit will only be taken badly.