Fast Food Workers

I was going to tell you about the annoying morning at the gym with the guy singing LOUDLY as he listened to his I-POD, the woman that talks (and laughs) loudly with herself while working out, and the chatty-cattys talking about their "friend" after she walked away. However, I have a problem that is bigger than that!

I went to a board meeting this morning. Afterwards I stopped to buy an iced tea at Mickey D's. You may recall a month or two ago I told you about the Mickey's D's where I ordered an iced tea with an Equal added to it and they gave me sweet T with an Equal in it which is way TOO sweet.

Anyway, same Mickey D's but new problem. Look at the picture above and what do you think the problem is? Styrofoam cup? Whatever! I am not trying to save the world. Just enjoy my iced tea. Yes, the Styrofoam cup is a problem... mainly because the straw can NOT get to the bottom of the cup as it won't slide down the side as a plastic cup would allow. I thus can not get to the iced tea at the bottom of the cup without picking the cup up and tilting it... so why give me a straw!? What's the problem? THE ICE! I bought this thing 40 minutes ago and the ice is still packed to within 1.5 inches of the top of the cup. Who the heck needs that much ice in their drink?

I get iced tea every day. I normally buy it at the coffee shop in my office building. It's self serve there so I get to put exactly 3 inches, give or take half an inch, of ice in the bottom of the cup. That usually chills the drink and finishes melting just about the time I am done drinking it. That means I have maximized my iced tea intake. I sometimes scoff when I see novices fill their cups full of ice.

Today though was not a novice but rather a professional fast food worker. Don't they train people anymore? I worked at BK back in '85. I remember being taught how much ice to put in a cup. I think they even had a line on the cup back then. Hmmmmm, maybe we are getting somewhere. Maybe it's really Mickey D's corporate who is at fault here and not the idiot who filled my cup!? Maybe I need to write a letter to Mickey D's corporate offices!? Maybe I should link to this blog? This is changing from a rant to a really good idea.

I gotta sign off as I have to go write to Mickey D's!

peace out.