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Midweek Rant

October 2, 2008 |

I’m all about getting the biggest bang for your buck. Shop around, compare prices, buy wisely. It’s the smart thing to do. But don’t beg. Don’t mooch. People who mooch beers here at the bar drive me crazy. I shouldn’t care too much I guess. I’m still getting  my money right? But you know what really drives me crazy? When somebody begs and whines and nobody will buy them a drink, then they pay me with a $20. That bothers me.

Where is this all going? I’ll tell you.

Have you seen the latest McDonald’s commercial? There’s a guy walking around town asking what he can get for his dollar. He gets a little palm tree and an empty dry cleaning plastic bag then goes to McDonald’s where he finds out from the cashier (who can actually speak in complete sentences and has a personality) that he can get a double cheeseburger for a dollar.

Wait a second! What about sales tax? The guy doesn’t ask what he can get for $1.06 or $1.08! He says for a dollar. I bet if I tried to pay $1 for a double cheeseburger at the McDonald’s out here that wouldn’t be enough.

To top it all off, at the end of the commercial they show this happy customer sitting outside biting into his delicious burger with a whole slew of other items on his tray. He’s got a delectable ice cream treat, a cup of only-good-at-McDonald’s Coke, some crispy golden french fries, probably a fresh baked apple pie or two. If he can afford all that, why is he worrying about what he can get for a dollar?

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My second day of work at Ticket Solutions one of the guys asked if I wanted anything from Wendy’s. Knowing that they had chicken nuggets for $.99 I said “Yeah, get me a couple things of nuggets” and gave him a couple bucks. I also said that because I only had $2 to my name at the time. Can you guess what happened? He brought me one order of nuggets and $.94. You can’t forget the sales tax!!


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1 Comment so far

    Anonymous on October 8, 2008 11:11 pm

  1. I find it sad that the guy couldn’t pitch in twelve cents to pay the balance of sales tax for you. He may find himself a little short sometime.

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