Friday, October 1, 2010

A New Holiday!

Today is National Don't Eat at McDonald's Day. I stopped at the drive-thru to order an impulse Happy Meal. So I sat at the drive-thru closest to the buliding (there are two). And I waited.

And waited.

And started to reverse outta there cuz I was tired of waiting, but the driveway was too curvy to back out comfortably, so I waited some more.

Then another car pulled into the other drive-thru and got immediate service. So I called into the speaker, "Is anyone there?"

And a (imaginary) tumbleweed blew across the drive in front of the car.

Finally, I decided to go forward, past both windows, and take off. But when I got to the first window, a kindly teenager took my order: chicken nugget happy meal for a boy, with a Dr. Pepper.

I pulled up to the next window and was handed my order. As I opened the straw to take a drink, I realized my drink was a medium, not a small. Cool - slight upgrade.

And then I took a drink.

It tasted funny, so I took another drink. And then I realized why it tasted odd.

It. was. Coke.

Coke, people!

Do I look like the kind of person who drinks Coke?

I think not.

So I urge you, brethren, eat not of this restaurant this day, lest McDonald's think low-ish prices for "food" be an expected trade off for shoddy service.

Don't let them win. Not today.

1 comment:

Bethany said...

Sounds a lot like our local Checkers when we lived in Delaware! It was total luck if we managed to pick the drive-thru side that had someone answering, and no need to mention the wait times. I made your National Don't Eat at McDonald's Day an international affair, just for you. ;)