What is this "size" of which you speak?!

[Andara Bledin]

Yeah, size is relative. Medium or Regular is the mid-range size option. Small is usually too little unless you're a kid or drink very little, and large is usually more soda than anyone should drink in one sitting. Then you've sometimes got sizes above that which should all be labeled as bladder-buster size.

Sorry, yes, relative would be more fitting here.

... speaking of size, and relatives, and things "fitting" ... yeah, I'll stop now.

That's just.... Words fail me. And that was a manager

At McDonalds, mind you. While some very sharp cookies can be found working at McDonalds, my experience has been that if you aren't still a teenager or are guaranteed not to be able to find something better, they tend to be resistant to hiring you. I couldn't even get an interview while some of the people working at the one closest to my work are just >< this far from drooling, they're so slack-jawed.

As for the whole pizza question, I wish they'd just give the diameter. Screw all that subjective irregular sizing crap.

^-.-^

[Tito]

And charge them for a large!

No fair! You beat me to it!

[HawaiianShirts]

Regular implies it is the default size. But customers pretty much buy the sizes they want.

This even applies to electronics. Apparently, hard drives now come in Fast Food sizes. I ask people what size drive they're looking for, and I get, "Oh, just a regular hard drive." Then, inevitably, the middle range sizes are either FAR too small or FAR too large.

It's worse when they start asking for memory. "Just regular computer memory." Still need to know size and type, folks. There is no "regular" in computer components.

As to pizza sizes, I think many of the pizza places have smalls, but they don't put them on the menus because they're actually the child-size personal pizzas or something. That's a guess because we did have smalls where I worked in high school. I think part of it comes in the psychology of the words, too. Naturally, mediums are larger than smalls, and the prevailing attitude is that bigger is better. Ordering a 12" small is less appealing to most customers than ordering a 12" medium. That's why the owner of that pizza place changed his Shaved Ice sizes from "Baby, Small, Medium, and Large" to "Small, Medium, Large, and Jumbo."

[cinema guy]

"We don't have large. Only small, medium, and super-sized."

That's just.... Words fail me. And that was a manager

[Becks]

But seriously, someone asks for large, and you give them medium, rather than the size above medium? *shakes head at the memory*

If it makes sense, it's not allowed.™®©

[Broomjockey]

I dunno about the "starting at medium" thing, but I'd like an answer too, as I had a related incident at a McDonalds.

I'd asked for a large fries with my 10 nuggets, get my fries, and they are most definitely not a large. I talk with my cashier (who I later found to be the manager) and said "These aren't large fries."

"We don't have large. Only small, medium, and super-sized."

What followed next was an argument in semantics with me getting slightly sucky, but pointing out that if I'd asked for a size "They don't have" then she should have asked for clarification. But seriously, someone asks for large, and you give them medium, rather than the size above medium? *shakes head at the memory*

[BookstoreEscapee]

Sorry, yes, relative would be more fitting here. But I'm still waiting for the elusive answer to the pizza question!

I've always wondered that myself. Sorry, I don't have an answer for you

[Emrld]

I can understand confusion when it comes to shake size (drink size no, shake size yes)

Places that "hand" scoop, mix their shakes typically (as in not everywhere but for the most part) only come in one size . . . .
Whereas places that use a shake machine tend to offer more options.
So if you have grown up only getting shakes from the places where they only come in one size . . .so you have always said I would like a chocolate shake . . .it could throw you mentally for a moment when asked what size.

[Becks]

Just, that's what I do. I'm quite good at it.

[JustADude]

I've tried using my superpowers for good. It never works out. The evil always sneaks in.

That's why you concentrate on making things evil for those that deserve it.

[Becks]

Sorry, but making people lactose-intolerant is not one of my superpowers. But then I try to use them for good.

I've tried using my superpowers for good. It never works out. The evil always sneaks in.

[jayel]

Oh! Size is relative! Ah-ha!

Sorry, yes, relative would be more fitting here. But I'm still waiting for the elusive answer to the pizza question!

[DGoddessChardonnay]

In cases like this, just make her the largest one you have and hope to the Goddess she's lactose intolerant.

Sorry, but making people lactose-intolerant is not one of my superpowers. But then I try to use them for good.

[Killer Bees]

In cases like this, just make her the largest one you have and hope to the Goddess she's lactose intolerant.

[bendertiger]

Why don't they make a special offer called 'the milkshake lottery'.

Example,

Small=$2
Medium=$3
Large=$4

Basically, you have two buckets, one is filled with 'small', 'medium' and 'large'. Printed on some paper, the other bucket has all your various flavours printed on paper.

The customer, pays you $2 or $3 (not $4, for obvious reasons). They then (or the cashier can, doesn't matter) select one slip of paper from the size bucket, the size they pull out is the size they get, ditto for the flavour. Once the transaction is completed, the slips of paper get returned to the bucket and repeated for the next transaction.

Might get lucky, might get a large for a medium price and in chocolate. Or some really crappy lime flavour. Of course, you can always stack the odd's and no one would be none the wiser, OR, hell, you can go the whole hog and even stack the prices they pay! $2, $3 or $4. Now those sucky customers can ask for a 'milkshake' and really get one!