Fast Food Ranting, Once Again!
Well, tonight my wife and I were out working and we found ourselves with thirst. So we decided to go throught the drive through at Wendy’s to grab a few drinks. That all sounded good, but we forgot that nothing is really all that fast at our local Wendy’s in the evenings and the usual line of cars was there waiting for us. So we did what any self-respecting couple would, we drove a block down to KFC for our drinks. It was at this point that we were confronted with the embarrassing situation of trying not to laugh loud enough for the employee on the other side of the speaker to hear us. Why? Here is how the conversation went:
- Employee: “Can I take your order?” (two retorts could have fit here: “Where would you take it?” and “No, I’d rather you guess my order and hope you’re right!” I know, I know, they have to ask)
- Me: “Yes, we would like a small Sierra Mist and a medium Diet Pepsi.”
- Employee: “Um, we don’t have small, the drinks start at medium.” (it was at this point that we were trying to muffle the laughter)
- Me: “Really?”
- Employee: “Yes, sir. Would you like two mediums then?”
- Me: “No, um, make that a medium and a large.”
- Employee: “OK, which drink do you want which size?” (do the math?)
The conversation eventually came to an end and we drove forward for our order. As we did so, a question came to our minds and subsequently to our lips: “What does medium actually mean? Doesn’t it have something to do with being in the middle?” Well, according to my research, Webster seems to have thought so. “Medium” definitely does NOT belong at the beginning of the drink size index.
Just another interaction with fast food. When will we ever learn that the food isn’t good for us anyhow?
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