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There's a butt-load of McDonald'ses (McDoanld'i?) where I live, as I bet there are everywhere, and about 3-4 different franchise owners amongst them. The one I usually go to you can get a large-size Double Cheeseburger combo with an extra sandwich for $5 even, after tax.
Yeah, it's a lot of food, but I only ever order at McDs when I'm in dire need of quick bio-mass for the ol' reactor, and it's cheaper than a DQP meal.
Anyway, the place I usually go charges $5 with tax for my order, which I get swapped around so it's topped like a big-mac. I go to a different place because I'm working a split-shift and this one is way closer to work than my usual. I place my order and (Here's where a SC would blow a gasket) I get charged $5.30.
Not being a SC, I was about to ask, politely, what was up with the difference in the price, but before the girl serving me got back from grabbing fries I noticed that my receipt was on the tray, so I decided to look there first. Sure enough, the extra $.30 was because (Another SC gasket would go off right about now) this place charged extra for the shredded lettuce on my burgers.
Since the logic centers in my head work, I was able to calmly process that A) This store is on the opposite end of town from my usual place, which means B) It's likely owned by a different franchise operator, and C) Different franchises have different policies. I further realized D) Getting a $.30 cent charge reversed would cost me well more than $.30 worth of my time. Therefore, the only logical conclusion was E) Pay up and enjoy the hot, greasy goodness.
Oh, and the $.15 per burger got me a LOT more lettuce than the place that put it on free, which is just fine by me. Felt like I got my money's worth.
P.S. I think we could fix SC tantrums if we could somehow get them all to go in and have their gaskets upgraded to something more durable. Of course, they'd likely blow a gasket a the idea that their gaskets are faulty... which only goes to show...
Yeah, it's a lot of food, but I only ever order at McDs when I'm in dire need of quick bio-mass for the ol' reactor, and it's cheaper than a DQP meal.
Anyway, the place I usually go charges $5 with tax for my order, which I get swapped around so it's topped like a big-mac. I go to a different place because I'm working a split-shift and this one is way closer to work than my usual. I place my order and (Here's where a SC would blow a gasket) I get charged $5.30.
Not being a SC, I was about to ask, politely, what was up with the difference in the price, but before the girl serving me got back from grabbing fries I noticed that my receipt was on the tray, so I decided to look there first. Sure enough, the extra $.30 was because (Another SC gasket would go off right about now) this place charged extra for the shredded lettuce on my burgers.
Since the logic centers in my head work, I was able to calmly process that A) This store is on the opposite end of town from my usual place, which means B) It's likely owned by a different franchise operator, and C) Different franchises have different policies. I further realized D) Getting a $.30 cent charge reversed would cost me well more than $.30 worth of my time. Therefore, the only logical conclusion was E) Pay up and enjoy the hot, greasy goodness.
Oh, and the $.15 per burger got me a LOT more lettuce than the place that put it on free, which is just fine by me. Felt like I got my money's worth.
P.S. I think we could fix SC tantrums if we could somehow get them all to go in and have their gaskets upgraded to something more durable. Of course, they'd likely blow a gasket a the idea that their gaskets are faulty... which only goes to show...