If I see what prices you guys sell in the US, it's far more than my country. Stupid Europe :(

Found out today my Pit Lily blew out her ACL yesterday while we were at the beach. I was hoping for a sprained foot or similar. Poor girl. So some more of my Lego must go to cover the $2000+ it's going to cost to fix her up.

I had the same thing happen to one of my dogs' years ago. She wasn't quite as spry after the surgery but still the happy girl I fell in love with at the rescue center. Anyway I hope your friend the very best.

Camping in the effing rain. Ugh. And it's a Scout campout so NO adult beverages.

Camping in the effing rain. Ugh. And it's a Scout campout so NO adult beverages.

Now THAT's roughing it!

Waited 3hrs for santa! Wth!

Did you go to Walmart for the free event today or a mall?

Camping in the effing rain. Ugh. And it's a Scout campout so NO adult beverages.

Not fun at all. I went camping a few weeks ago and there was only an inch of snow. We were extremely lucky. There's usually a good 6-12 inches of snow there by now.

That's what a flask is for.

That's what a flask is for.

I'm a den leader and am supposed to set an example :(

I hate craigslist people who haggle via several emails just to get an additional $5 off even after I've agreed to lower my asking price by $10. I waited until he relented and then I ignored his emails afterwards trying to set up a meet.

 

I've been buying way more than I've been selling over the past two months. I'm running out of space!

Found out today my Pit Lily blew out her ACL yesterday while we were at the beach. I was hoping for a sprained foot or similar. Poor girl. So some more of my Lego must go to cover the $2000+ it's going to cost to fix her up.

Bummer deal! Poor Lily. Sorry to hear about this CC. Breaks your heart to see them hurt.

Sleep, where the hell are you???

So I am in (horrible) Des Moines, IA on business today and I swing by McDonald's to get a couple of cheeseburgers.

 

As usual, I ask for no onions- and kindly, please, add mayonnaise.

 

I notice on the screen that this adds THIRTY CENTS PER SANDWICH to my cost.

 

Am I to believe they can produce an entire cheeseburger- bun, patty, cheese, pickles, ketchup, etc.- for just one dollar, but a dollop of mayo costs THIRTY CENTS more?

 

I do not work in the mayonnaise industry, or know anything about it really, but I have to believe they increase their profit margin on that mayonnaise by 900% by charging me thirty cents more.

 

As an MCD's regular, I have never seen this.

 

Plus...

 

Is there no trade-in value for the onions I am NOT requesting? Wouldn't the onions off-set the price of the mayo by something- even fifteen cents?

 

Rarely am I disappointed in McDonald's. But I have to say, I left that drive-through with a heavy heart today.

Edited December 11, 201411 yr by Cross

I left that drive-through with a heavy heart today.

 

Literally.

Yes, literally. 2,300 calories later.

 

I stand by my decision.

Is there no trade-in value for the onions I am NOT requesting? Wouldn't the onions off-set the price of the mayo by something- even fifteen cents?

 

Thanks for my laugh of the day. Years and years ago I worked at Burger King as a student. Only cheese and bacon cost extra.

You guys are making me hungry.  Stop it.

You guys are making me hungry.  Stop it.

 

You're in the right place to be complaining.

 

It took me 15 years to eat at BK again after I quit. I could go for a Big Mac right now.

My high-school job was Chick-fil-a... and regardless of "how we are doing", when my kids are teenagers, I want them to have the same experience I had- grinding out a 36-hour work week in fast food and receiving a $114 paycheck in the process.

 

It really, truly is a great way to teach them the value of a hard-earned buck.  

lol enjoying this thread greatly.

 

My employer allows a hundred bucks a day for food allowance when travelling... on a four-day trip I spend maybe two of them getting a steak or such at the hotel bar, and the other two just grabbing BK or MCD's and a 7-Eleven six-pack to take back to the hotel. I don't care if a Whopper value meal only costs six bucks... pair it with a six-pack of original Budweiser, and that fourteen dolllars goes a very long way.

Edited December 11, 201411 yr by Cross

My high-school job was Chick-fil-a... and regardless of "how we are doing", when my kids are teenagers, I want them to have the same experience I had- grinding out a 36-hour work week in fast food and receiving a $114 paycheck in the process.

 

It really, truly is a great way to teach them the value of a hard-earned buck.

The only fast food i eat (gave the rest up). Good old chik fil a.

Something about hearing my pleasure after every order. I can peg any ex employee. That saying sticks around with them into there next jobs

Raven I am with you... my Wife doesn't let me MCD or BK-bomb our house, it is my "on the road" guilty pleasure, but Chick-fil-a is ALWAYS welcome. It's an incredibly run company. And Chick-fil-a sauce itself, I suspect, came from the Kitchen of God, or some other higher deity.

lol enjoying this thread greatly.

 

My employer allows a hundred bucks a day for food allowance when travelling... on a four-day trip I spend maybe two of them getting a steak or such at the hotel bar, and the other two just grabbing BK or MCD's and a 7-Eleven six-pack to take back to the hotel. I don't care if a Whopper value meal only costs six bucks... pair it with a six-pack of original Budweiser, and that fourteen dolllars goes a very long way.

Flat $100? Do you get to keep the extra? My allowance varies by city ($46 to $136 so far).

Raven I am with you... my Wife doesn't let me MCD or BK-bomb our house, it is my "on the road" guilty pleasure, but Chick-fil-a is ALWAYS welcome. It's an incredibly run company. And Chick-fil-a sauce itself, I suspect, came from the Kitchen of God, or some other higher deity.

Agreed. Has to be the most efficient and consistently run fast food out there.

It was a big deal here when s truett cathy passed recently. Public memorial had 4k in attendance.

Mini... my company is small (very fortunately); the allowance is more a guideline. Larger companies in my industry run on very tight guidelines.

 

But they know there's a HUGE difference between lodging/food in a town like Des Moines, IA and lodging/food in San Fran, Chicago, etc.

 

There's no extra pay for lack of food allowance not spent. Either way, I top out the bill with sweet, sweet booze, which is, to quote Homer Simpson...

 

"The cause of- and solution to- all of life's problems".