Loopholes are like buttholes -- everyone is pretty well aware that they exist, and some people don't use them often enough (and some people use them a little bit too excessively). We've told you before about some great examples of people gaming the system in ridiculously circuitous ways. Here are some more schemes that drive a metaphorical monster truck over the fine print.

5 A Starbucks Customer Uses Their Free Drink Policy To Get A $50 Coffee

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Starbucks has completely moved out of the realm of "hipster gathering space" and become corporate enough that people are comfortable fucking with them. Our hero Andrew didn't know that he wanted to drink enough coffee to kill a horse until he saw this video.

In 2013, that YouTube video of a guy ordering a 40-shot espresso went viral. The total cost of the drink was $47.30, because it also included bananas, strawberry, matcha powder, and pumpkin spice. If you think that sounds absolutely disgusting, you are not alone. Andrew knew there must be a way to get an even more expensive but still tolerable drink.

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Of course, like the guy before him, Andrew wouldn't actually be paying for the giant beverage. Andrew was a member of Starbuck's loyalty program, which meant he got a free drink for every 12 he bought. Now, most people would go in and just order the most expensive thing on the actual menu, but that wasn't required. Basically, a "drink" was defined as anything the people behind the counter were willing to serve him. In the end, he was going to get himself more than $50 of free coffee.

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"Just to the halfway mark, please. I still want to be able to submerge myself in it."

Andrew put thought into his goal. While other people trying to beat the record messed up by bringing in fishbowls, he brought in a 128-ounce clear glass vase that was still ostensibly a drinking glass. He also made sure to tell the baristas exactly what his plans were and get them excited about it. Soon, everyone was doing the math to figure out how to break the $50 barrier.