Don't Supersize That, Pleeease!

I usually do not post over the weekend, but today is offering nothing but torrential rains so we're stuck inside. While Mr. YnB is stretched out in front of the television clicking back and forth between football, Nascar, and possibly a baseball game, I decided to write what was planned for tomorrow's post. (If I do another tomorrow, is yet to be determined.)

 This entire weekend has been a wash out, so Friday afternoon a friend and I went to the movies.  I haven't been in years since we built our home theater room in 2002. (We wrote off movie theaters from then on.)  But, since we're up at the lake, my friend and I decided to go see "The Time Traveler's Wife" (a chick flick) which ended up being a real disappointment, but that is not the topic of this post.

When we arrived, the theater was empty.  Totally empty.  In fact, we were the only ones in our screening room.  You'd think that would mean extra room for us, but it was no different than being squeezed between other viewers.  The seats were so tiny.  How an overweight person could have sat down was beyond us.  And believe me, in this particular town, I have seen many, many obese people, but they must not go to the movies.  Anyhoo, this is still not the topic of this post. (It's a great day for rambling, so please excuse me if you are still here reading this blather)

Okay, I'm ready now to give you what you were waiting for (were you actually waiting for something?).  My friend, who frequents movie theaters on a regular basis apparently has this routine of buying popcorn, Junior Mints and a Coke when entering a theater.  She inquired if I would like some as well, so I thought, sure, what the heck, let's go all out (since she was treating).  I told her I'd have a small drink which was really a large drink at any other establishment.  She ordered the same, so the clerk served us two small drinks of our choice.  Then it came to paying.  Well, that's when the problem came in.  See, the "Best Buy" was a package that came with 1 Large Popcorn (which we had ordered and came with unlimited refills) and 2 Large Drinks (their "Large" was more like a trash can that required two hands to hold onto it).  Since the small drinks were already poured, we told him that's alright, but we don't want the large.  Well then, he told us, we can't get the deal.  She would have to pay more than if we had received the two trash can sized drinks (which came with unlimited refills).  Of course, there was some dialogue over this.  We are the only ones in the theater and they're telling us we have to be served the large drinks for the lower price.  Okay then, Mr. Smartypants give us your large drinks.  He then takes our cups and pours them into the trash can cups and gave them back to us without filling them up.

The following is not the exact dialogue since we are both ladies and would never think to speak like this, but you can get the feel of what was going on in our minds and would like to have said.

Us: Hey buddy, you tell us we have to get these huge-ass cups, then FILL 'EM UP!!.
Him: Well, I thought you didn't want the extra drink?
Us: Well, Mr. Einstein, if you are going to waste your company's money, do it right, and go all the way, okay!

Needless to say, we didn't finish our drinks.

And, exactly why is our economy  in the crapper, our health care system a mess, and obesity out of control??