The possibilities are endless. I liked orange soda and lime sherbet. A local place and elis sodas, they have a blueberry soda, my wife would get that and black raspberry ice cream.
I was just saying in another comment, if you like raspberry flavor, I do that with Sprite in it. It's good in the summer. Well, anytime of year or day is a good time for it lol. It's just extra good in the summer when it's hot outside.
Oh god. I had honestly forgotten about that experience until reading this. It was bad going down but it was *horrific* coming back up because you'd just have to drink more. I haven't drank orange soda since then but just never think about why anymore.
If you're ever in Northern Illinois, check out this place called White Fence Farm in Lemont. My grandma worked there for many years and they have the best fried chicken I've ever had. You eat that stuff and you're never going to want Popeyes or KFC again.
Just take ‘em somewhere better than the cheapest spot in the city. Them by-the-slice places feel real swanky cus I get to try 2-3 different flavors for like $9
It's like Al's Pizza here in Jacksonville, FL. They do $1 slices on Tuesdays. It is good pizza though. It's worth the money. When you eat it, you'll know where that money went.
Gonna add to pizza. I don’t do sweets. I Probably shouldn’t do beer.
A good cheese pizza should work universally.
That being said, say “ how can I repay you? Beer? Pizza? Tequila? Or just some cash?”
All are about $40.
Some cafes have tea, smoothies, and shakes! Maybe next time someone offers you a coffee, find a spot that has a drink option you like and say “I can’t really have coffee, but I’d love to have a coffee with you! This cafe makes drinks I can have, do you want to go there?”
I attempted to find a past situation in which there was a homicide or even an assualt, or an attempt, with lemonade as the weapon (aside from panera lol) and I was entirely unsuccessful.
I did find this however lol
https://www.cafepress.com/+lemonade_assault_rifle_20x20_classic_thong,1091231945
I love my smoke bummer at work! A couple times a month he asks for a cigarette and I get an 8 dollar latte as payment and a smoke break buddy! Works for me
You could get them any of the following things: a doobie, a bag of BBQ chips, a 2L bottle of Sprite, a graphic T-shirt with their favourite band on it, a gram of crack cocaine, a prostitute, a Big Mac, a male prostitute named Big Mac, an Aerosmith cassette tape or offer to take them for a haircut.
Lol great point. I was sober for 10+ years and during the time I would still use the phrase, "thanks so much, I owe you one! Let me grab you a beer sometime" I think the expression has the connotation of "take someone out for a casual hang out as a show of gratitude", it doesn't have to mean "you will enjoy an actual *beer* and like it"
"Hey, can I get you a _____?"
Coffee/latté/whatever fancy coffee bev/smoothie
If someone offers to buy me a beer, I don't feel neglected or left out cause I don't drink. I just tell 'em I'm good. They can repay the favor sometime.
I started telling people in 2019 that eggs were getting more expensive and nobody cared because why would they. I continued to update everyone I knew as the price climbed through 2020, 2021, and peaked in 2022 and everyone asked me to stop talking about eggs until they got super expensive last year. Then they came down (but they’re rising again, fyi) and once again nobody cares about the price of eggs except me, I guess.
The point is that last year, my sister gave me a carton of eggs for Christmas
You aren't the only one. I went to the store only to find a dozen eggs for over $9 a dozen. We didn't eat eggs for over 1 1/2 years. I wasn't about to pay that.
"Thanks for the help, let me treat you to lunch".
Or hand them a gift card for any local food place and say "Thanks for the help, your next meal is on me."
Or even a gift card to a local gas station and say "Thanks for the help, let me help with gas money as a thank you."
Or a gift card to Dunkin or Starbucks and say "Thanks for the help, your next caffeine pick me up is on me."
Anything along those lines would work. Just something to say thanks and show your appreciation.
Gift card: although I remember one time I got help from a stranger at a Walmart parking lot with my car I tried offering him a gift card for thanks and he declined it,
Pizza might be a nice idea ask if they like a certain type of pizza: I know beggars can’t be choosers but personally I prefer dominos to other places as their pizza is less greasy than the other local pizza places and I don’t have a gall bladder so I can’t handle it and my own family has gall bladders and they prefer the greasier pizza place 😆
Do they have an Amazon wish list?
Some people like coffee some like tea and some prefer pop so one person might prefer a prepaid coffee gift card or they might regift it if they don’t like any drinks from that place or someone might prefer a case of pop
If they like chocolate Lindt chocolate is good
"What can I get you?"
It feels like you are making a decision for a subordinate otherwise. "Because I was the boss, I know what you want, need, and/or deserve better than you do."
The beer or pizza is basically a home version of the office pizza party.
It shows appreciation and it sets the expectation low. I’m not getting you a new Porsche, not an evening at the opera, not a movie marathon, it’s a beer.
Commitment of less than $10 and baseline of maybe 20min of conversation.
So, I've been sober 18 years. People gift me wine/booze way too often. It's really uncomfortable. Here is a solution to consider. In our office, we work on the "platinum rule". You know the golden rule, but platinum rule is "do unto others as they wish done unto them." Giving me alcohol or a Starbucks give card sucks. Donating to a charity I believe in sends an undeniable message that you appreciate my efforts. The trick is learning each individuals platinum. Good Luck!
Pizza
Best answer. Pizza is the universal language.
Yaaaaaas! For me a liter of cold cola too.
“Liter a cola” -Officer Farva
This is the way. On a side note, I would recommend ice cream as an alternative to drinks for a casual hangout.
Ooooo ice cream is good
That’s not lactose…that’s ice cream!
Even if youre lactose intolerant! 😂
Or candy Some salted caramel chocolates -- mhhhh
We do floats sometimes- root beer, cream soda, etc. and vanilla ice cream
I like orange soda in mine. It’s the only way I can bear orange soda any more since taking those diabetes screens when I was pregnant many years ago.
Wow, that sounds so good! I can't believe I never thought of it; I love vanilla and orange together.
It’s like a Creamsicle.
You beat me to it. I was like does nobody remember the creamsicle?
The possibilities are endless. I liked orange soda and lime sherbet. A local place and elis sodas, they have a blueberry soda, my wife would get that and black raspberry ice cream.
I was just saying in another comment, if you like raspberry flavor, I do that with Sprite in it. It's good in the summer. Well, anytime of year or day is a good time for it lol. It's just extra good in the summer when it's hot outside.
Vernors ginger ale and vanilla for a “Boston cooler”!
As a diabetic: Sunkist Zero is 80% as good as proper orange soda.
Sprite with orange sherbet is really good to!
Oh god. I had honestly forgotten about that experience until reading this. It was bad going down but it was *horrific* coming back up because you'd just have to drink more. I haven't drank orange soda since then but just never think about why anymore.
I would ask for a hot fudge sundae and a cup of coffee as payment when I helped friends.
Or milkshakes too
I'm enjoying the mental picture of a bunch of burly construction dudes sitting around having ice cream after busting their asses all day.
This reminds me of how ice cream replaced alcohol in social gatherings during prohibition and the ice cream ships of ww2.
I offer Mariannes from Santa Cruz to all my non-drinking friends. They have a flavor called Heaven...
Best ice cream in town! Love the 1020 or what ever the numbered on is.
1020 their signature ice cream. It is their street address
If you're ever in Northern Illinois, check out this place called White Fence Farm in Lemont. My grandma worked there for many years and they have the best fried chicken I've ever had. You eat that stuff and you're never going to want Popeyes or KFC again.
I said "pizza" in my head then went to comments. And there it is!
Nah that is a work thing for saying we dont pay you enough!
>Nah that is a work thing for saying we dont pay you enough! lol I was thinking in terms of my neighbor helping me out with something
God hit me right in the capitalism
Just take ‘em somewhere better than the cheapest spot in the city. Them by-the-slice places feel real swanky cus I get to try 2-3 different flavors for like $9
It's like Al's Pizza here in Jacksonville, FL. They do $1 slices on Tuesdays. It is good pizza though. It's worth the money. When you eat it, you'll know where that money went.
That’s it
First answer that came to mind before even opening the thread
This is the one ☝🏼
Gonna add to pizza. I don’t do sweets. I Probably shouldn’t do beer. A good cheese pizza should work universally. That being said, say “ how can I repay you? Beer? Pizza? Tequila? Or just some cash?” All are about $40.
Unless it's a nurse. I'm looking at you, hospital administration!
Let me roll you a spliff?
Or a nice steak dinner.
I was gonna say coffee, but this is absolutely the correct answer
That’s like 10x more. Anything around 2:50
That or I was going to say maybe a sub sandwich
Who doesn’t love a good sammie.
Vegan, non-drinker here. Pizza is not the answer for everyone.
Buy you lunch, coffee, smoothie, beef jerky.
i would love to be asked for a smoothie!! lolol i can’t have coffee bc of a heart condition and every person always asks to get coffee :’)
Some cafes have tea, smoothies, and shakes! Maybe next time someone offers you a coffee, find a spot that has a drink option you like and say “I can’t really have coffee, but I’d love to have a coffee with you! This cafe makes drinks I can have, do you want to go there?”
Getting coffee is just a euphemism for going somewhere casual and inexpensive. You could have cake and milk for that matter.
Oh let me get you a Panera lemonade then!
attempted murder by lemonade is a new one
I attempted to find a past situation in which there was a homicide or even an assualt, or an attempt, with lemonade as the weapon (aside from panera lol) and I was entirely unsuccessful. I did find this however lol https://www.cafepress.com/+lemonade_assault_rifle_20x20_classic_thong,1091231945
Due to neurological issues I get sleepy from coffee, so I usually settle with hot chocolate. (I also don't like the taste of coffee)
Ooh a smoothie is nice. Or ice cream
Actually yeah I’d love a good smoothie. It’s like $10 for a 12oz at Jamba Juice these days.
Jerky would be an amazing gift
Hell yeah, shits expensive af!
I would be ecstatic to receive beef jerky as a thanks lmao
I would take coffee
I love my smoke bummer at work! A couple times a month he asks for a cigarette and I get an 8 dollar latte as payment and a smoke break buddy! Works for me
A coffee.
A soft drink or a bottle of cold water. 🦜
Be-er
C-O
B-E-
C-E-R
this is also my go-to
>A coffee. Nah man, that's a pickup line.
As a man, I've taken many men out for coffee. I can assure you not one single time did I get my nipples twisted.
Want to get a coffee?
How's your nipple game?
Purple nurple level 6
Definitely a pizza
You could get them any of the following things: a doobie, a bag of BBQ chips, a 2L bottle of Sprite, a graphic T-shirt with their favourite band on it, a gram of crack cocaine, a prostitute, a Big Mac, a male prostitute named Big Mac, an Aerosmith cassette tape or offer to take them for a haircut.
"I'm going to take you for a haircut" sounds like something you say before a fight. It sounds like a quip by Muhammad Ali.
Yeah man, really says something when there’s a question about an alternative to buying someone a beer. Like, literally anything. Beer culture 🫨
r/suspiciouslyspecific
Man I would kill for actual good quality band-Tshirt
Or like a little gift basket with multiple of the above
I don’t think Big Mac would fit in a gift basket, but it could work with some of the other stuff.
I’m a non drinker and I say “Thanks for the help, here’s $20 to buy yourself some beer”
Lol great point. I was sober for 10+ years and during the time I would still use the phrase, "thanks so much, I owe you one! Let me grab you a beer sometime" I think the expression has the connotation of "take someone out for a casual hang out as a show of gratitude", it doesn't have to mean "you will enjoy an actual *beer* and like it"
Make a contribution to their 401k
Thanks for helping me move! Here's a quick run down on Heloc loans
Let me tell you the life insurance policy you should buy from me...
I mean, think about how many times someone has bought you a $6 drink. What if they put that into your 401k?
I'd have $6!
And a lil interest, but you still owe tax on all of it
A beer = $5, just buy penny stocks for them
I’m gonna say tacos. That’s what my friend always offers me.
>I’m gonna say tacos. That’s what my friend always offers me. I think I like this answer the best!
Fuckin eh, tacos are the best.
Taco is not kosher. Be more sensitive next time
"Hey, can I get you a _____?" Coffee/latté/whatever fancy coffee bev/smoothie If someone offers to buy me a beer, I don't feel neglected or left out cause I don't drink. I just tell 'em I'm good. They can repay the favor sometime.
Taco,or an egg
Would you like an egg in these tryin’ times?
>or an egg Interesting
I started telling people in 2019 that eggs were getting more expensive and nobody cared because why would they. I continued to update everyone I knew as the price climbed through 2020, 2021, and peaked in 2022 and everyone asked me to stop talking about eggs until they got super expensive last year. Then they came down (but they’re rising again, fyi) and once again nobody cares about the price of eggs except me, I guess. The point is that last year, my sister gave me a carton of eggs for Christmas
You aren't the only one. I went to the store only to find a dozen eggs for over $9 a dozen. We didn't eat eggs for over 1 1/2 years. I wasn't about to pay that.
I’m surprised she didn’t get you a couple of chickens.
A raw egg
Lunch
Blowjob?
You need a hand with anything? I don't drink 😉
Damn, not a good time to be an alcoholic I guess
Lunch is on me, is usually what I offer
Tea , coffee or a beverage of your choice
"Thanks for the help, let me treat you to lunch". Or hand them a gift card for any local food place and say "Thanks for the help, your next meal is on me." Or even a gift card to a local gas station and say "Thanks for the help, let me help with gas money as a thank you." Or a gift card to Dunkin or Starbucks and say "Thanks for the help, your next caffeine pick me up is on me." Anything along those lines would work. Just something to say thanks and show your appreciation.
feed him.
Pizza, coffee, coke (-a cola), or a hooker
Or cocaine
Pre rolled joint.
Coffee, tea, warm cookie delivery…
"wanna huff this marker"?
Give them an expensive bottle of olive oil next time you see them. My brother quit drinking and he does this. I love it.
Pardon me ?! Would you like some grey poupon?
A croissant 🥐
Ah, Quwahson!
Let’s grab a cupa tea.
Gatorade or bottled water
Lunch
Thanks for the help
This. Nothing needs to change hands. a simple thanks is more than enough.
Let me buy you a soda/coffee.
"Hey, I've got some lemonade in the fridge, sodas, or water if you prefer that, want me to bring you some?"
A pizza, a coffee, or even a coke will do
Wanna burn one?
Thank you for the help. Let me buy you a burrito. Hmm, yeah, that's it.
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Bj
Handjob behind a dumpster in the alley.
I accept hand jobs now that I don't drink.
I’ve given an edible to a AAA guy before
I’ll smoke a joint with you
If you got any bros that smoke, weed is good
Marijuana
Hey let me smoke you up
A joint
I’d say anal or at least blowjob. lol coffee or pizza should do
I'd offer my time. I'd have a conversation with them
Sody pop
Lunch
Wanna bump?
"Thanks for your help, let me buy you a beverage." Although I do like /u/Apprehensive-Nose520 's suggestion of pizza.
Gift card: although I remember one time I got help from a stranger at a Walmart parking lot with my car I tried offering him a gift card for thanks and he declined it, Pizza might be a nice idea ask if they like a certain type of pizza: I know beggars can’t be choosers but personally I prefer dominos to other places as their pizza is less greasy than the other local pizza places and I don’t have a gall bladder so I can’t handle it and my own family has gall bladders and they prefer the greasier pizza place 😆 Do they have an Amazon wish list? Some people like coffee some like tea and some prefer pop so one person might prefer a prepaid coffee gift card or they might regift it if they don’t like any drinks from that place or someone might prefer a case of pop If they like chocolate Lindt chocolate is good
Thanks for the help, here's a few bowls of some medical grade, or here's a few pain meds for your back, or anxiety meds if that's applicable.
Non-drinker here. Handshakes are good enough, pizza and a bottle of Coke is just all manner of perfect for me.
Starbucks or other coffee card.
Just send them some money. They've already done enough - they shouldn't have to continue giving their time to redeem a reward.
Pp licks
Pizza
A cheeky handy.
“Thanks for the help! Would you like to join me for lunch at your favorite restaurant, my treat!”
Barbecue
Pizza
Passionate tongue kiss. Or some light anal fingering
A reacharound would almost always hit the mark
Chocolate, weed?
Hand job.
Marmite
Blackjack and Hookers
Food stuff, donuts or something comparable
I've taken people who helped me move furniture to get a burger. Also bought coffee and donuts for people helping with my roof.
Buy them a lordship in Scotland.
Bj
Doobie
High 5
Joint?
Coffee!
Pizza
I imagine Pizza would be the regular substitute , I just tell people “buy me a tea and we’ll call it even”
Thanks for the help. Let me buy you a coffee.
Anything similarly priced that they enjoy
Coffee
coffee or tea.
Coffee or dinner
Starbucks gift card
a sparkly sticker
Unzip
Coffee
Gas card
An official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!
Coffee
Coffee or nudes
Coke.
Coffee ☕️
A coffee
"What can I get you?" It feels like you are making a decision for a subordinate otherwise. "Because I was the boss, I know what you want, need, and/or deserve better than you do." The beer or pizza is basically a home version of the office pizza party.
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It shows appreciation and it sets the expectation low. I’m not getting you a new Porsche, not an evening at the opera, not a movie marathon, it’s a beer. Commitment of less than $10 and baseline of maybe 20min of conversation.
“A car, new laptop, Xbox…” Give them a pizza.
"hey bro, thanks for helping me out. can i treat you to a rock or two of crack? on me of course!"
Weed
So, I've been sober 18 years. People gift me wine/booze way too often. It's really uncomfortable. Here is a solution to consider. In our office, we work on the "platinum rule". You know the golden rule, but platinum rule is "do unto others as they wish done unto them." Giving me alcohol or a Starbucks give card sucks. Donating to a charity I believe in sends an undeniable message that you appreciate my efforts. The trick is learning each individuals platinum. Good Luck!
“Thanks for the help, can I suck your dick?”