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Kali

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9. not a bad idea

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 05:43 PM

Feb 2012

with the usual places I go I know what I want but occasionally hitting an unfamiliar junk-food stand leaves me doing the 'durrrr' trying to figure out the menu

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST LIST THE FUCKING SANDWICHES, IT ALL HAS TO INCLUDE THE STUPID GIANT SIZE COMBO MEALS AND OTHER ASSORTED RANDOM GRAPHICS ALL SPLASHED IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE SO YOU WILL TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND ORDER NUMBER 3 (GOD KNOWS WHAT THAT IS - PROBABLY A BURGER WITH THE WRONG CONDIMENTS A TOO-LARGE ORDER OF FRIES AND FREAKING BUCKET OF CARBONATED CORN SYRUP, WHEN ALL YOU WANTED WAS A CHEESEBURGER AND A SMALL DRINK)

so yeah, check the menu first if you have a way to do so but it would be nice if the menu board was fucking legible in the first place

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Don't get in the take-out line until you know what you want [View all] taterguy Feb 2012 OP

amen to that. sometimes i get stuck behind someone who, it seems, has never seen a drive thru leftyohiolib Feb 2012 #1

You look stunning in white. rug Feb 2012 #2

I wish we had 1,000 more like him taterguy Feb 2012 #3

He's been blocked from both the Cooking & Baking and the Peacemaking and Community Groups. rug Feb 2012 #4

What sort of fascist would block the Soup Nazi? taterguy Feb 2012 #5

There were some nasty exchanges about broccoli stems. rug Feb 2012 #8

You know what's nasty? taterguy Feb 2012 #24

Is the Wyo. forum the loniest place on DU? Chan790 Feb 2012 #28

It is. I drop in from time to time for the peace and quiet. rug Feb 2012 #33

The town I was born GentryDixon Feb 2012 #46

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There's a time and place for everything taterguy Feb 2012 #7

waaaaaat? OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #37

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Are you serious? OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #49

"Doing the Lord's work" snagglepuss Feb 2012 #75

not a bad idea Kali Feb 2012 #9

Too-large order of fries? taterguy Feb 2012 #10

this is a secret - and I know it will make me look insane Kali Feb 2012 #19

If you want something to stay a secret . . . taterguy Feb 2012 #23

I'm guessing, "Let's give 'em Dick." MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #32

We have Dick's Drive-ins in Seattle siligut Feb 2012 #48

Dickburger? MrCoffee Feb 2012 #73

It's because they get just as much salt. bluedigger Feb 2012 #35

I've seen people swear rrneck Feb 2012 #40

that's the right attitude Enrique Feb 2012 #58

At an unfamiliar drive-thru, do what I do. Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #18

uh Kali Feb 2012 #20

LOL......... Curmudgeoness Feb 2012 #21

What could you possibly wear out driving around that isn't suitable for a fast food restaurant? bluedigger Feb 2012 #38

well...I am often shoeless ;-) Kali Feb 2012 #47

Please I routinely have customers that look like... TheCruces Feb 2012 #68

Oh, I hate when people do that. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #11

And here I thought it was an Aspie thing siligut Feb 2012 #15

I gotta hunger and a pocket full of pennies quakerboy Feb 2012 #12

Easy thing for someone who just orders 'one plain dumbass' every time. MiddleFingerMom Feb 2012 #13

By the same token... pipi_k Feb 2012 #14

No wait, maybe I'll have the ranch dressing instead of the blue cheese with my celery sticks. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #16

Just get there before me pintobean Feb 2012 #17

Good thing I rarely have a craving for pintobeans taterguy Feb 2012 #70

Eat me. pintobean Feb 2012 #71

I'm with you on that Sanity Claws Feb 2012 #22

You have a meter on your bicycle? hobbit709 Feb 2012 #25

Sounds like you gotta get your fix of artificial preservatives and surprise meat lunatica Feb 2012 #26

This is why I don't buy anything at Starbucks JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2012 #27

The non-standard sizes, the prices and the attitude siligut Feb 2012 #29

Nobody except the employees are required to speak Starbucks. Chan790 Feb 2012 #30

There's 5 grades of coffee hobbit709 Feb 2012 #31

We had one labeled "Nuclear Mud." mikeytherat Feb 2012 #36

I miss being a barista too! nadine_mn Feb 2012 #53

The Pentagon's Food Court has the world's finest Starbucks Burma Jones Feb 2012 #72

In that same vein, I have discovered there are three types of Starbucks customers av8rdave Feb 2012 #34

These reasons are why I drink my coffee at home. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #44

For me, it's writing personal checks in the express line. bluedigger Feb 2012 #39

Or even Phentex Feb 2012 #41

I'd get arrested. bluedigger Feb 2012 #43

Don't blame it on the person. Blame it on the stupid restaurant... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #45

The worst menu I have ever seen: El Supremo Feb 2012 #50

If the name on the front says Garbanzo . . . taterguy Feb 2012 #51

That's what hummus is made from... El Supremo Feb 2012 #52

I can't believe you falafel that! Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #54

Taterboy is just a Pita... El Supremo Feb 2012 #61

That's not really a selling point taterguy Feb 2012 #56

Dude! Most people know what they want when they stop in at the drive thru package store... madinmaryland Feb 2012 #55

I'm talking about take-out food, not boxes taterguy Feb 2012 #57

You don't know what a package store is??? madinmaryland Feb 2012 #59

I never saw a drive-through package store until I was in Ohio last year. El Supremo Feb 2012 #60

Actually, my town in Ohio was semi-dry. You could only get 3.2 beer. madinmaryland Feb 2012 #64

We call them liquor stores in my homeland taterguy Feb 2012 #62

+1! El Supremo Feb 2012 #63

I'll take all the time I want, thankyouverymuch... TreasonousBastard Feb 2012 #65

They say God helps those who help themselves, dickweed. Gold Metal Flake Feb 2012 #66

Fine. My indecisive ass will be second lining back from your Type-A grave! nolabear Feb 2012 #67

For real! Bake Feb 2012 #69

What I really hate... MountainMama Feb 2012 #74