Never eat French Fries in the hot tub

[wmccall]

Well, at least with the title, the rest of this fits into this category  

I went into McDonald's today and noticed they did away with "Supersize" fries.  I know they did it for public pressure/health reasons, but I applaud them for it anyway.  Its been a pet peeve of mine that you have to remember what cute little name each fast food place calls their different sizes. I never could get myself to order "Great Biggie" as I thought it made me sound like an 8 year old.  So now McD's only has regular (can't say small), medium, and large fries.  What a relief! I hope others follow suit!

[Spatech_tuo]

I think the moive "SuperSize Me" was GREAT. If you haven't seen it you want to check it out.

[wmccall]

I think the moive "SuperSize Me" was GREAT. If you haven't seen it you want to check it out.

Agreed. While nobody's diet should consist of fast food only joints, it was enlightening.  I'll bet that was in influence.

[Brewman]

I agree, that movie was very good.  Except for the part where he lost it out his car window........

What is up with size names, anyhow?

It was so much easier when there was small, meduium, large, etc..

Now a small is a large, a medium is a Giaganto, and a large is a something else.  You get the same amount of stuff, and you get confused.  
Our local take and bake pizza joint just did that.  They have medium, large, and family size.  They used to just have medium and large.  Not sure why they couldn't use just big and small.  The new family size is the old large.  
But my coupons say large, but were issued to me before they changed the names (Not the size) of their sizes.  Try explaining that to the cashier with the IQ of a bent paperclip.

At the local Burger World:

ME: I'll take a small coke to go, please.

Idiot:  We don't have small cokes.

Me: I want the smallest serving of coke you sell.

Idot: That's a large.

Me:  Whatever. Ring it up..

[Dr. Spaâ„¢ Ret.]

Me on the phone to the pizza place.........

Me: I'll take a small

Idiot: We don't have a small, just meduim, large and extra large

Me: Ummmm, you can't have medium without having something both bigger and something smaller. Medium indicates it's a size inbetween. Gimmie the small.

Idiot: We don't have a small.

Me: Ok, do you have the number to the pizza place next door to you cause they do have a small.

Idiot: Yeah, hold on a sec

HE GAVE ME THE NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wmccall]

I know both of those stories are true, I've seen total idiots at so many fast food places.  I went into a McDonalds, my order came to $1.89. I gave the girl two dollars.  She keyed it in as $20 cash tendered. The register told her to give me $18.11 as change. She did, I just stared at her.   I had to explain to her what was wrong.

[Dr. Spaâ„¢ Ret.]

or....... the total comes to $1.81 and you give her 2 dollars, a nickle and a penny..... and they blankly stare at the change wondering why........ you say, "just key it into the register".......... they do, and are completely amazed.




(** you get back a quarter**)

[wmccall]

Any more I sometimes think it would be easier, in a fast food place, to yell. "I'm with the INS" and then help yourself after the place clears.

[Brewman]

When I worked at Burger King way back in the stone age, our cash registers only displayed the total.  
We were unable to enter the amount tendered into the register so it couldn't tell you what to give in change.
We had to learn how to count change, and count it back as we handed it to the customer.  I also had to do that at a liquor store I worked at in college.  Old cash register.

When is the last time anyone's had a cashier count your change as they had it back to you?
I always just get handed a wad of money- hopefully it equals what I'm supposed to get.  I can do this math very quickly in my head- and I know how much to expect back.  This has saved me several times from geting the wrong change, and several other times I got too much, but the idiot didn't know how to fix it.
Just stared blankly into their happy place.

[Spatech_tuo]

or....... the total comes to $1.81 and you give her 2 dollars, a nickle and a penny..... and they blankly stare at the change wondering why........ you say, "just key it into the register".......... they do, and are completely amazed.


(** you get back a quarter**)

ALL THE FRIGGIN TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I often quiz my boys when this happens to make sure they grasp the concept as I'd have a tough time thinking they were the ones on the other end with the blank stare. My wife rolls here eyes at my need to consolidate my change when such transactions occur but I can't help it, it's who I am!! I have to wonder if computers and calculators have added to the softeneing of people's ability to add in their head.

[Brewman]

I have to wonder if computers and calculators have added to the softeneing of people's ability to add in their head.

No doubt in my mind that this has happened.  I'm not even sure if they teach kids long division anymore.
My son still has a small glitch in his head with non digital clocks and watches.  

[wmccall]

 No doubt in my mind that this has happened.  I'm not even sure if they teach kids long division anymore.
 My son still has a small glitch in his head with non digital clocks and watches.  

When my daughter was around 4 or 5, she asked what time it was, I told her, "Quarter after 4". Her reply was
"Digital Daddy!"

[SpaMan]

Well, at least with the title, the rest of this fits into this category  

I went into McDonald's today and noticed they did away with "Supersize" fries.  I know they did it for public pressure/health reasons, but I applaud them for it anyway.  Its been a pet peeve of mine that you have to remember what cute little name each fast food place calls their different sizes. I never could get myself to order "Great Biggie" as I thought it made me sound like an 8 year old.  So now McD's only has regular (can't say small), medium, and large fries.  What a relief! I hope others follow suit!

Whats up with this?

[Brewman]

It's where they shunt off the poor schmucks who placed an order at the drive thru window and had the order messed up.  I bet that parking space gets a lot of use.

[HotTubMan]

I find it infuriating when I walk into a fast food place with no line up in front of me. I place an order and wait 5+ minutes while I see 5 or more drive through customers get served.

I alsl find it quite amusing when I pull into a Tim Hortons (Canadian coffee giant) in the morning. The drive thru is RAMMED. I park, take note of the last car in the drive thru. I place my order,  get it and I am out of the parking lot before that car I tagged is even placing an order.