The most we've ever had happen was at various fast food restaurants that made a mistake with the order.  A few years ago, many fast food restaurants would occasionally give you the exact meal you had before for free when they made a major mistake in your order (added/removed some toppings, forgot an item, etc.).  So we have gotten a few free meals out of this.  It was rare, but it did happen on occasion.  We still have these problems happen, but we don't make a deal out of it anymore.  My mother feels it's not worth the hassle, and I think I agree, usually.  We usually eat at Chick-Fil-A when we get fast food, since we still have a ton of coupons from 2012.  Those calendars, bro.  They're still awesome, but you only get one free item a month using a card that comes with the calendar.  Used to be that you'd get free items whenever (there was a "please use by" date, but they were and still are awesome about letting you use them anytime).  We literally bought about 1,000 calendars because of this.  The investment has paid off handsomely.

First off, let me tell you that you are the luckiest man alive if you got that much free food from a fast food restaurant. Seriously, that's even more rare than winning the lottery.

But no, something like that has never happened to me...well not in real life. I did have a dream about it heppening though. Of course, like always, when I was about to eat it, I was woken up by my parents, so yeah...I was upset.

Ok not fair, you got a whole lot of free food even though nothing happened to your order! Wow your just lucky! The only time i get free food is when they mess up my order and what not.

zanderlex : no but i had this happen to me in a drivethrough fast food place , person:are you the little kid me:are there any other kids around here , person:well the person in front of you already paid for your meal me:wut...

I get free drinks at KFC. I don't know why but it may be by acident or they are supposed to do that.

wow... aside from having mistaken orders, I have never even HEARD of a fast food chain just giving out free food like that. lol  I've never seen it.. and I have to say I'm a little jealous. XD  I guess on really busy days though, it probably happens when there is too much that can be saved over to the next day or taken home by employees.

Never.

Closest thing to it was when McD had run out of drink containers, so they only charged me for a small drink when I got a large one. Then again, I'm not one to go to fast food restaurants often. I avoid them when it's unnecessary, so it's no surprise I don't get benefits as a 'regular', which is what you're describing.

When we used to live in Texas, we got a small box full of leftover sausage biscuits from Burger King. I enjoyed breakfast for a while after that. We have also received free sodas from time to time.

Surgiac :  Was it just because the morning shift was closing down?  I still find this a little surprising. XD I get free food at little events for teachers and when I was in college... for students, but never just as an ordinary civilian. I need to learn this trick. haha

Why the free sodas though?  Frequent customer?

Singelli : Someone was just being generous. It was a pay it forward kind of situation. My family usually pays it forward anyway but it was nice to be on the receiving end of one of those situations.

Surgiac :  oh I see. Awww, that's so awesome.  I've never been the receiver of a 'pay it forward', though I've known to do it myself.  How often does your family eat out and do that?  O.o  I can imagine that gets pretty pricey, but I've never known anyone to do it regularly. That's pretty cool.

Lol I don't go to fast food restaurants (I'm a vegetarian, so around 75% of the food there can't be eaten by me) but I remember I was on holiday in Italia and there was a little bar where we went for breakfasts and they had tic tacs with flavours I hadn't seen before so I asked my mom if we could have some (she's the only one in our family who speaks Italian) so she bought some and told the shopkeeper about us being enthusiastic with the new flavours and then he was very kind for giving us extra packages. The next day we went again to that bar and when my mom told that same man that we liked them he gave even more free tic tacs! That was one of the most generous people I've ever met

juuldude : hmm. I don't really know if tic tacs count as food. But that's really nice of them.

The very first time I ever went to Taco Bell (when it first opened in the town I grew up in) I got a free large Mountain Dew because somebody ordered one at the drive-thru and drove away without getting their drink.

Just recently I was at Burger King and was offered a free ice cream because it took them a little bit longer than usual to make my food. There was training going on in the kitchen.

However there was one time at a Jack in the Box in West Eugene where I literally waited 50 minutes for two Jumbo Jacks and a churro. I wasn't really all that hungry but after the 20 minute mark I just stood there to see how long it would take them. Other customers were complaining too, but then these two drugged up hippies walked in and started confronting everyone who had been waiting over a half hour for their food, as if these people didn't have places to be. By the time I hit the 50 minute mark I asked the lady why it was taking so long and she had the audacity to tell me to "pipe down and wait like everyone else". I immediately left the restaurant, drove 1 mile down the road to a Taco Bell (where there were LESS people working, mind you), and got my food in less than 5 minutes. I took Jack in the Box's survey from my phone while eating at Taco Bell and left a scathing review, mentioning the names of everyone who was working.

zanderlex : Hmhm, that's true but it was the first thing that came in my mind, but now I have another example!

When I was a little kid I went to the old Charlie and Chocolate Factory and with my grandma, my little brother and my little sister. After that movie, we went to a bakery and my grandma told the people there about the movie we saw. Then we got free chocolate breads!