Hmm. Fast food in general is one of those things that irks me – not judging here either, just ranting. If it is common as you say, perhaps more people should reconsider their fast food habits and seek out alternatives. It’s been a very long time since I went to any fast food joint, so I honesty don’t know what it is like at them these days.

I have seen, however, a handful of social media posts about prices being expensive. And honestly, selfishly, I didn’t care. If people want to pay extortionate prices for shitty, highly-processed, factory-farmed food made and sold to make greedy CEOs and stakeholders even more absurdly wealthy, that’s their choice. But I do know that one real problem is that the actual good, healthy food in America is also stupidly expensive. I suppose the choice then boils down to convenience. Or perhaps one’s ability or willingness to prepare and cook their own food.

Years ago, I once worked with a lady who refused to cook anything. She only ate fast food, three or four times a day. She was morbidly obese and had endless health issues. One day she brought in two ready-made hard-boiled eggs that she paid like three dollars for at a gas station, she had said. I mentioned that it would be far cheaper and easy for her to buy her own eggs and hard boil them herself, and she’d save money. But no! That’s when she told me she never cooks. I asked, how difficult it is to put a pot of water and eggs on the boil for 12 mins or so? Too much effort for her. Crazy. But she’s not alone in her choice to never cook.

“The food tasted terrible, and the portions were so small!”

Hope you didn’t get food poisoning, they left dairy and frozen foods out in the heat for hours. https://bsky.app/profile/melissastetten.bsky.social/post/3lusgzxb4tk2u