Gross-out at Sonic

[MystyGlyttyr]

So my mom and I were at Sonic to get a quick bite to eat tonight. We're parked and the weather is fairly nice so we have the windows rolled down to place our orders...chili cheese coney for me and a burger and tots for her.

So we're sitting there and trying to eat our food when this red truck pulls up next to us blaring what sounds like some kind of HAWNKY-TAWNK country, so we figure it's a bunch of good ol' boys and ignore it. The window rolls down, and we see this woman, who starts to order in a voice I can best describe as "whiskey meets tracheotomy." She proceeds to order NINE cheeseburgers...double cheese, double meat, extra mayo, "HOLD THE DAMN RABBIT FOOD!!" Then she rolled down both of her windows, and my mother and I were able to see into the truck and note that she looked like Jabba the Hutt in a pink shirt.

Still, I tried to be...polite...and told my skeptical mother that she was probably ordering for a family...who were definitely not eating the most healthy things, but hey, we all get to have a cheat sometimes, right?

We got our orders at about the same time...and in the amount of time it took me to eat a quarter of my hot dog and my mom to have half her fries, this woman went through six of the burgers like they were going to be outlawed tomorrow. (Granted, though, we didn't eat fast since we were both staring at her in shock but it wasn't more than about ten minutes...)

I honestly thought I might have to lean out the window and yarf a couple of times. I finally just wrapped my coney and took off because I couldn't stand to look at the train wreck anymore. (My mom meantime was complaining that she wanted to watch and trying to bet me on how fast the last burgers would go, ugh.)

I just...I never saw anything eat like that that wasn't a half-starved dog before. It was...oh my God. I'm still feeling icky in the guts just from seeing it...

[iradney]

And that's most likely the reason why she's gotten so big. If you eat that fast, by the time your stomach sends the "I'm FULL!!!" signal to your brain, you've eaten too much already. (I speak from experience )

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah. A lot of buffet eaters run into this when they pile everything on during their first pass.

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[marasbaras]

I've never been to a Sonic, how would those burgers compare to a McD's sandwhich?

[RetailWorkhorse]

Hey, I've done that. Granted, I only ordered two double meats-double cheeses, PLAIN with ketchup, but I can still scarf them down....I'm skinny and tiny so what the heck do I know?

Still....yeah, that was gross. *ick*

[blas]

I've been considering writing a letter to the local television station about airing Sonic and IHOP commercials when neither of them are anywhere near here. The nearest IHOP is in Madison....I've never seen a Sonic in my life.

[Custard Chick]

I've been considering writing a letter to the local television station about airing Sonic and IHOP commercials when neither of them are anywhere near here.

Same here. The nearest Sonic to my current location is approximately 50 miles I'd say. Back home (Ohio) and in college (Pennsylvania), the closest one was in New York! Yet everyday I'd be inundated with commercials about their Sonic Blasts and breakfast burritos. Ditto with Chili's.

[Trayol]

This closest Sonic to Chicagoland is just outside of St. Louis. I lovely drive, don't you know?

[Jack7957]

You probably see the commercials because Sonic and/or IHOP bought a national broadcast package for their commercials. I know we get Sonic all the time up here, but the nearest one is almost 200 miles away.

[powerboy]

And that's most likely the reason why she's gotten so big. If you eat that fast, by the time your stomach sends the "I'm FULL!!!" signal to your brain, you've eaten too much already. (I speak from experience )

Happened to me, way back when. Now, I will order small portions, or when I do get a large portion. I will eat half and save the rest for later.

[Difdi]

There's lots of Sonic ads on TV where I live. Thing is, when they started airing them, the closest Sonic was 283 miles away. Like I'd really drive nearly 300 miles for fast food? The situation has improved a bit since then...now the closest Sonic is *only* 227 miles away. But the ads have doubled in frequency. Go figure.

[Crazeyal]

There are people with physical and psychological eating disorders. Not every grossly overweight person is that size because of their own hubris. The "RABBIT FOOD!!" comment erased any pity I would have at that person and I am glad I did not have to deal with them.

You can have a problem and deal with it, or you can submit to it. That person probably doesn't deserve all the snide and cruel comments thrown her way.. but no.. no sympathy and I would have left as quickly as I could as well.

[Andara Bledin]

I've never understood people who wolf their food down.

How can you possibly know what it tastes like when it spends so little time in your mouth?

Also, your digestion has got to be horrible as you can't possibly be chewing the food enough before swallowing. And that, in itself, is a choking hazard.

I like to enjoy my food. I eat what I eat because I like the flavor. If I just wanted sustenance or to stuff my gullet, I'd get protien shakes and use the time I spend not eating doing other things.

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[RetailWorkhorse]

If I just wanted sustenance or to stuff my gullet, I'd get protein shakes and use the time I spend not eating doing other things.

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Yeah, but if you do nothing drink protein shakes all the time then it feel REALLY funny when you're chewing on something. Almost like you expect your teeth to fall out.......what?

[Ironclad Alibi]

Then she rolled down both of her windows, and my mother and I were able to see into the truck and note that she looked like Jabba the Hutt in a pink shirt.

At least she wasn't wearing a pink camo t-shirt.