Marks, none of
his remarks recycled from other sources, says: At least For most
of my adult life I have been a bleeding heart liberal in thought, word and
deed. Today I am declaring that I am no longer going to subsidize 1.
I have been drinking at least one cup of black
coffee per day since I was 16. That means that by now I could have taken
at least a non-dairy When inside the same restaurant I will order the glass for - NO I
still
Reader Jon Marks (he of the National
Recycling Network), could be the last angry man. Or, at least the last angry
man in the general vicinity of certain fast food restaurants. I love a good,
long, seething rant:
those companies that have taken advantage of me for over 40 of my 56 years.
To wit:
farm of faux cows home in my coffee along with two or three tractor trailer loads
of artificial sweetener for FREE. I pay the same price for my plain black
coffee as the person who quaffs half mud half moo along with an hour glass of
sweetener that I subsidize.
2. Way back when the Golden arches were first erected, there was an
up charge of .10 for cheese on their illustrious quarter pound (when frozen, not
cooked) burger. About 20 years ago Corporate decided that everyone should
pay for the burger with cheese and it was a special order to have it without.
Not withstanding the fact that there is
no such thing as naturally occurring yellow cheese and that this product in
question is a cheese food; if you do not want it on your burger then you still
pay the same price. Let’s just say that I have paid to not have enough cheese
over 44 years to give everyone in Lambeau field for a Packers’ game at least
one slice of yellow cheese food.
3. About 20 years ago the fast food chains all became known as
Self-servearaunts. No longer would an acne faced teen be filling your
cup, hand you a napkin, condiments, and a straw. It was now our turn to
serve ourselves. I have witnessed for a score of years, and it becomes
more rampant every day with the current economy, customers either asking for water
cups (my favorite) or the smallest drink size available. I watch as the
free water turns into multiple re-fills of soda or the smallest drink size is
constantly refilled. I have never seen a single customer told no or turned
away from a refill even if it is a water cup. I on the other hand, a
father of three, always (until today) order the correct size that I expect to
drink. That is typically a medium or large drink. How stupid do I
feel on a daily basis being an Abe Lincoln Clone when I know full well that I
am paying the price for others? 4. Even though I make my living in part by
recycling plastic bags, I hardly ever ask that all of my groceries be put into
bags. Bottles of
laundry detergeant, cases of soda, and the like just do not need bags.
Are my groceries any cheaper because I refuse the bags? No.
Be it resolved:
The next time I fly Spirit Air and they charge me $2.00 for a cup of black coffee,
which they do, I am going to demand each and every creamer and sweetener on the
airplane. I will then price and sell my hoard to cover the
$2.00 and give away the rest. So there.
The next time I pass through the Golden Arches via the drive through I will order
the ¼ pounder with cheese and then in the presence of the drive through clerk I
will remove the offending item, place it on a napkin and demand that they put
my cheese on top of the cheese destined for the next customer so that they have
double the cheese food.
can’t do that one.
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