Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Just like nobody would ever take home bottles of OTC pain medication, adulterate the contents and return them to the shelves, ushering in the age of tamper-resistant packaging.
In any event, nowhere is there any indication that the (non-existent) bottle was "half drunk." The (non-existent) bottle not being full does not necessarily mean that some of its (non-existent) contents were consumed.
You are very good at the role you play. Wondering if you are this Rip Van Winkle.
It's not even a matter of adulteration. People reuse bottles and don't always bother to relabel them or take the label off when they do.
I've never seen anyone do a blindfold taste test between rubbing alcohol and quality vodka, but a person wouldn't need to have bad intent to reuse a fancy vodka bottle as their rubbing alcohol container, they might even find it funny as a private joke. Nowhere in that scenario would they have given thought to what might happen after it's been discarded. People rarely do.