Pet Peeve

Since there is [tongue-in-cheek mode on] nothing important [tongue-in-cheek mode off] happening in the world today, let me comment on something very minor that annoys the daylights out of me.

I rarely eat at the fast food burger type places. I refuse to eat at McDonald’s any more, but when I did eat there, I would order a hamburger, and I was always asked if I wanted cheese with that. It didn’t matter what McDonald’s restaurant I was at, it was always the same. It must be corporate policy. And yet, hamburger is a completely different menu item than a cheeseburger. It was a blatant attempt to influence me to spend another ten cents (see I told you it was something very minor) and increase their corporate profits.

That was one of the reasons why I stopped eating at McDonald’s. When I wanted a fast food burger, I would go to Burger King. I never used to have particular problem at Burger King. But now, in the last year or so, I am seeing the same problem at Burger King.

There have been times when I have wanted to grab the cashier by the throat and yell “Excuse me! There are two items on the menu — a hamburger and a cheeseburger. I ordered a hamburger, do you understand what that means?” But of course, it is not the cashier’s fault. And so I haven’t done that. I have also felt like just exclaiming “What kind of burger place is this, if they don’t know that a hamburger has no cheese on it?” and then cancelling my order but that really wouldn’t do any good. I think I will just stop eating fast food burgers.

So what is your pet peeve?