So I’m in line behind these stupid white people at the Burger King tonight. I bet you’ve been behind the same couple. They’re upper middle class and vaguely overeducated Baby Boomers, they’re eating fast food on a lark, and they just don’t get the concept. Especially the “fast” part…
These are the sort of people who mull over every item on the menu, pondering its relative fat content. As the line gets longer and longer, they ask the poor guy behind the counter about the ingredients on every sandwich, how the onion rings are cooked, whether the chicken is a frozen patty, etc…
The husband can’t quite figure out what a combo meal is. First he just wants a sandwich. Then he decides to get a drink. Then he goes for broke, makes the cashier void one more line item, and orders the whole combo. He asks if the drink is included and then changes his mind twice when ordering said beverage. I’m amazed at this point that he doesn’t ask for a wine list…
Finally they finish and get their food. Four subsequent customers manage to order their food in half the time it took this one couple. I am not surprised, somehow, to notice they drive away in a Volvo. I’m even less surprised when they try to turn into oncoming traffic on a one-way street on the way out…
