I<\/span> was hot, sweaty, thirsty, and tired while driving the other day. I was almost home but I thought, “Man, an ice cold Coke Zero fountain soda from McDonald’s<\/a> would absolutely hit the spot right now. So, I pulled into the newest McDonald’s about 1\/2 mile from my house. I went through the drive through which was something I haven’t been able to do for about 5 years since my MS had made me legally blind during that time. I take GREAT pleasure in doing these simple lazy American tasks now. I mean, you have NO IDEA how much pleasure I get from the most seemingly mundane things now.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I order a large Coke Zero<\/a> very politely thanking the intercomed hard to understand ubaniked voice and waited my turn to pull forward into the merging drive thru lanes. $1.09 was the total. Simple enough I thought. Man was I wrong. I went to my cash on hand. I had a $20 dollar bill and a $1 dollar bill. My eyes were as big as saucers as I contemplated what to do while monitoring the cars in front of me and their movement vs. non-movement. Change.<\/p>\n

I need change. Center console. Center console is under my right arm which is partially detained by seatbelt. I blindly (yes, I’ve gotten fairly talented at this exercise) scrape up a half handful of change from under the sliding trap door in my Honda Ridgeline center console. Ok, next is coin identification.<\/p>\n

Watch cars in front. Moving? Slowly, now stopped again. Ok, that’s a big dumb worthless nickel, I’d know that stupid useless coin anywhere. Ridgeless, wide, fat, can’t turn a screw, can’t scrape a scratch-off for crap, costs more to make than it’s worth, has George showing off his fake pony tail and his ugly summer home on the other side coin is 5 cents so now I need 4 more. I need 4 because I cannot, I will not be that guy who gives the McDonald’s tweener a dime and says keep the penny. I also will not, and connot be that guy who gives said worker a dime and then extends his hand wasting his and her energy to exchange a PENNY implying that I NEED that penny, to survive.<\/p>\n

In a world<\/strong><\/em> with so many apps and computers and technology, how do we get to a point where we sell a soda for a $1.09? What is the point? I would gladly pay McDonald’s another penny just to be charitable to McDonald’s. No? Not ok? Ok, let them funnel all the rounded up extra pennies to charities of their choice. I DON’T CARE. Just help me to limit my potential for drive-thru vehicular mishaps and injuries to others and\/or myself for bending twisting and turning while seatbelted in a slow merging lane of Quick Service Restaurant food crazies.<\/p>\n

Just me? Probably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…canNOT be that GUY! I was hot, sweaty, thirsty, and tired while driving the other day. I was almost home but I thought, “Man, an ice cold Coke Zero fountain soda from McDonald’s would absolutely hit the spot right now. …<\/p>\n

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