I submit that the "smart people" no longer go to these places but YMMV.The smart people order through their app then walk into the store and pick up their food. The Drive Thru is for dummies and fools who like to waste their time. Or people who don’t bother to get dressed.
If that's true, then there's a S***load of dummies/fools around here. Drivethru is much faster around here than going inside.The smart people order through their app then walk into the store and pick up their food. The Drive Thru is for dummies and fools who like to waste their time.
My DW's trade association meeting had a McDonalds executive as a guest speaker (ca 1980?) He asked the audience (show of hands) "Who eats at McD when they travel?" Easily 2/3 of the group raised a hand. "Why? Is our food that good?" The man asked several folks to answer out loud and - to a person - they answered "Because I know exactly what I'm going to get and how much it's gonna cost, no matter what state, city or country I'm in."
I only visit McD's when I am on a road trip. McDs is fast, convenient, has descent coffee, and usually clean bathrooms.
YMMV.
Are you calling me and my ROMEO group (and others here) not "smart" people?I submit that the "smart people" no longer go to these places but YMMV.
I don't like food smelling up my car. If I pickup a pizza somewhere, I like to put the box in a plastic bag so it doesn't stink up my car. Anyway, I actually walked to Mickey D's this morning for a $2 egg/cheese/sausage McGriddles and a 75 cent senior coffee with refill and ate inside. Coffee was not very hot. About 4 miles round trip walk.I only visit McD's when I am on a road trip. McDs is fast, convenient, has descent coffee, and usually clean bathrooms.
My experience is that ordering a meal on the app in the parking lot and then going inside to eat it is less time consuming than waiting in the drive-thru lines, then going inside to use the bathroom, wash my hands, etc. I also get to stretch my legs after driving for hours. And, I don't get crumbs and coffee spills all over the interior of my chariot.
Let’s not get personal here. I regret my previous comment has been taken so seriously and started this. I hold almost all member of this site in high regard.Are you calling me and my ROMEO group (and others here) not "smart" people?
Chuck, my comment was in response to Kooalu's post.
That's why they call it soft-serve. Up here call them creamees but I don't see that elsewhere. And of course, here in Vermont, maple creamees are the thing (they are good).
https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/ct-gas-prices-decline-summer-travel-19506920.php
$3.09 at Sams. A far cry from the $4.30 I paid last month in Honolulu. But, not worth moving back to the Midwest (yet.)
Just looked up the blender I bought one year ago from Amazon. It's 10% higher now, although that's lower inflation than most things. The most expensive bills are also up about that much and sometimes triple that.
Technology (going back to the industrial revolution) has always been anti-inflationary. Actual "Cost of Living" is primarily driven up by currency dilution (IMHO.) Not to put too fine a point on it and, admittedly, I'm no expert so YMMV.
Just over a week later, and the price soared to $1.78 for those same eggs. That's a 15.6% price hike. Milk was up as well. The only thing down now is gas, although it's still high, just not to the level it was, for now.
Sorry, I can't get excited about any change in egg prices that is still under $2/dozen. They are often loss leaders. They fluctuate depending on the time of year, bird flu, etc.
If you're looking on amazon, look a lot. Sometimes prices go up and down in the same day by 20%.
I hope you didn't think I was excited now or even when eggs were down recently.
That's minimal in either direction compared to my massive increase in homeowner's insurance for example. It just happened to be that ONE thing that was possibly at its lowest price over the last year until it was up again this trip, so worth mentioning because of that. Also, it had nothing to do with the comparative cost of other protein sources, only the price change on the specific product, which is what this thread is about.
Yes, usually up.
