Its Complimentary

It's time we reigned in the rather liberal use of the word "complimentary" by restaurants and clubs promoting package deals. I passed by a place today that had a sign out advertising their new years eve party. For 75 dollars you get an open bar, appetizers, they'll include you in a champagne toast at midnight, and at the end of it you get a "complimentary" bag of party favors. So apparently the 75 dollars covers all except this bag of unspecified goodies this is just something extra they give you because, hey they are just nice people. So at what point when paying for something do things stop being inclusive and start being free extras or complimentary? Apparently whenever you want. You see this term being thrown around all the time. Dinner is $100 but the drinks; those are "complimentary" as in free so apparently the $100 didn't cover it. For $10, you can get a hamburger bun and a complimentary meat pattie. I'm sure one day you'll be informed the drink you just bought comes with a complimentary glass at no extra charge, how wonderful! So in the spirit of this I'm going to throw my own new years eve bash. For 35 dollars you can share a bottle of Gordons vodka with me, you get a slice of frozen pizza, and if I'm still awake at midnight you can participate in a toast with me and a bottle of Corbell. If you're thinking how can this get any better? Well, at midnight I promise we can make out, and I'll sloppily and aggressively grope you and I'll do it for free!