Would you like straws with that?
Published by Justin Biderman on 25 September 2008.Company loyalty and placing value on the assets of your workplace is important, but only to a certain extent.
I was at a McDonalds drive-thru the other day and I ordered a cheeseburger for my friend and a diet coke for myself. The girl handed me the bag with the burger, and the drink, both of which I handed to my friend. I asked gothic drive thru girl for a straw, and she told me there was one in the bag. My friend shook her head, indicating that the bag was strawless. I asked once again for a straw, and the emo in the window insisted she had placed it in the bag: same no-nod from my friend. This witty banter continued for a few minutes until I grew weary from the mental strain that it was causing me to explain the lack of straws in the burger bag.
I then changed strategies and asked for an EXTRA straw. Thinking that I am a straw bandit that is cruising the strip of London fast food places looking for freebies to add to my collection, the girl growled at me and THREW the straw into my car window. We laughed, and she gave us the finger and told us to F-OFF.
Now come on… as I said before, I'm all for company loyalty. But some girl vigilantly monitoring the straws at McDonalds, or the meat head in the Galleria Goodlife who hums and haws over validating my parking because I didn't work out at his location that day… who cares?
Just toss me a couple straws, stamp my parking pass, and call it a day. Can't we all just get along?
I'm pretty sure that after the conversation I had with goth girl's manager, she is now dressed in a bear suit handing our coupons at Storybook Gardens. I'm also thinking that she won't argue when someone asks for an extra coupon. Its hard to curse through a giant grizzly head.
