To Ice Or Not To Ice The Hot Tea

If a person about to order an iced tea notes that a large HOT tea is $1.09, vs $1.80 for iced, and if she knows full well that the ice machine and actual slices of lemon are freely available at the drinks area, if that person then creates her own iced tea from a hot tea, thus saving 80 cents, is that person a white collar criminal?  

Now said individual has been frequenting the coffee joint for over a week, as she is living in an Internets-free bungalow,  buying gallons of coffee, and risking obesity by indulging in pastries she never eats when at home, so it's not as if she's a piker or anything, and her inclination to "cheat"  came only after the thought of another coffee became repellent.

(A person's spouse just this morning commented that it might have been less expensive to rig up the Internets for a month than to support the coffee shop for two weeks.)

Curiously, for years this ersatz criminal's mother claimed full credit for introducing iced coffee to the iced tea-infused American Deep South. Mom and daughter were in Georgia eons ago when the Mom ordered an iced coffee. The white waitress was as stunned as if the mother had demanded the end to segregation. ( I digress.)

"Do you have a tall glass?"
"Yes, Ma'am."

"Do you have ice?"
"Yes, Ma'am."

"Do you have coffee?"

No fool, the waitress  had by then comprehended where this gambit was going. Mom was presented with a mug of coffee, a glass filled with ice, extra ice in a dish, real cream, and a long spoon. She created her iced coffee with grace, the waitress watching her every move.

When all was perfect, the mom held the glass high and proclaimed, " Iced coffee!---and thanks very much for making it possible," she added, directing her most merry grin at the woman, who seemed pleased indeed to have been present when a  direct yet cordial Yankee  had achieved alchemy of a sorts with hot coffee and ice.

( Iced coffee tks to http://www.mon-ami.co.nz/us/mealsSummerDrinks.php,  not tea, pictured.)

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This wonderful cup of iced coffee looks absolute yum. Give me such a cup any day and I would completely smack it off.

[Foodie]

Ha! I add loads of lemon, thus removing my tooth enamel..

[Rose]

Re 'white collar criminal'.

Maybe not. But what about cheapskate? One measly cup of hot tea, loads of ice in the glas? you call that iced TEA???? More like tea-flavored ice water.

Life is too short.

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But what about the criminal act thingie?? Pls advise.

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Not a huge fan of iced coffee but love the story of Maddy's iced coffee adventure down south.

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Grandson/ son of the above mentioned mother and daughter team at that Georgia diner drinks Iced Coffee almost everyday.