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WCDT: 2613-2617 (Jan 6 - 10 2014) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Zwammy:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 11 Jan 2014, 14:29 ---What's funny is Dora is wrong about him meaning a large. Grande is used for medium (which is weird, consider the word LITERALLY MEANS LARGE).
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I think she was shaming him on more than one level - for using Starbucks-speak in the first place, and subtly digging at him because she knew (as you stated) that grande meant large and he was a douche for not just ordering what he really wanted, which seemed to be a medium.
katsmeat:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 11 Jan 2014, 14:40 ---Yeah, usually it happens the other way, like when McDonald's renamed their drink sizes a few years back - small became kids, medium became small, large became medium, and what they now call large is just excessive...
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Makes sense. If the size of the drink is doubled, the overall cost to make it goes up by what... 1% (extra water and slightly more paper in the cup). They then add 50% to the price, which is pure profit.
Though renaming the small size "kids" is clever. It psychologically puts it off limits to adults and makes it highly likely they'll buy the larger, more profitable sizes.
Zwammy:
--- Quote from: katsmeat on 11 Jan 2014, 16:10 ---Though renaming the small size "kids" is clever. It psychologically puts it off limits to adults and makes it highly likely they'll buy the larger, more profitable sizes.
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I used to go hit McDonald's when they had something called "All American Meal" and it was essentially a Happy Meal with no toy. Was only a couple bucks and the portion size was all I needed. They don't have it anymore, but I don't mind buying a Happy Meal and tossing the toy if it feeds me cheap.
bhtooefr:
When I did a cross-country Greyhound trip, almost every food stop was at a McDonalds.
$1 for a double cheeseburger or a crispy chicken snack wrap of some kind (330-440 calories), $1 for a small fry (230), quickly inhaled, and back on the bus.
Protip: Don't do a cross-country Greyhound trip.
Barmymoo:
I probably wouldn't have anyway, but thanks for the tip because I would starve.
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