The heroic bastions of good will at Taco Bell have announced that this year, instead of the popular “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” promotion from years past, Taco Bell will provide a free Black Jack Taco to every Taco Bell guest on Saturday between 6 p.m. and midnight, while supplies last.
Amazing.
Debate rages over whether Taco Bell is providing free tacos to celebrate Halloween or to celebrate the World Series, or if Taco Bell is just providing free tacos because the restaurant chain is dedicated to ending world hunger, one taco at a time.
The Black Jack Taco, if you were unaware, is like a regular taco, but blacker. It also comes with delicious pepper-jack sauce, familiar to lovers of the now-defunct (but still usually available if you just ask) Cheesy Gordita Crunch.
If you live in the vicinity of multiple Taco Bells, you can probably figure out a way to get several free tacos out of this. In fact, you can probably figure out a way to get several free tacos just by returning to the same Taco Bell in half-hour intervals on Saturday.
But please, don’t take advantage of Taco Bell’s generosity. Taco Bell did this for you. And think of all that Taco Bell has done for you in the past. Repay Taco Bell by purchasing other menu items while you’re there.
They’d probably have more traffic if they gave away free tacos between midnight and 2 a.m. It’s been a good ten years since I’ve been to a Taco Bell during the p.m. hours.