A Blog Entry of Great Import. Or, Why I Hate Burger King.
Recently, I was in a situation where I was forced to think about my extreme dislike for Burger King. I can't remember what I was doing or why I thought it needed to be traced, but imagine my surprise when I "remembered" why I disliked it so! Even more recently I was in a Facebook conversation where I had to type it and thought, "oh yeah, I can blog this. THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW!" Lucky you.
Growing up, we didn't eat a lot of fast food. In fact, we ate almost none. On a very basic level, I couldn't have told you if I liked McDonald's or Burger King or Wendy's better, or what a favorite order was at each place, etc. In college, I found that I really liked the Hardee's breakfast sandwiches and would have one on the way to church every Sunday morning. I distinctly remember when McDonald's started selling chicken nuggets - I was also in college, and I loved a 9-pack with BBQ dipping sauce. I'm sure the fact that at some point I started buying the 20-pack had nothing to do with the fact that I went to college at about 130 lbs. and ended my freshman year at 162.
Life moved on and I never really did become a big fast food eater (no pun intended), but if given the choice, I'd have a Wendy's burger over anything else. McDonald's would be my next choice, but I really don't like Burger King. Why? For many years I didn't think about it; I just knew I didn't like them.
And then I had my memory epiphany. I never really ate a lot of Burger King, but I ceased altogether when they came out with the "croissanwich". I was so offended by what they did to the word croissant that I never wanted to eat there again. My only regret is that I wanted to boycott them again when they came out with that creepy Burger King ... King as a mascot. Holy cow, I wished I'd been spending millions there on a weekly basis so they would feel the big gaping hole of me NEVER EATING THERE AGAIN as a result of that stalker mascot decision. *sigh*
Anyway, that's why I don't eat Burger King. Ever. And "because I like food" is the reason I don't eat at other fast food places. Also, see: $$. Last, I've seen Supersize Me and it freaked me out. ... although I did recently eat a McDonald's burger in the Whole Foods parking lot, which gave me an evil satisfaction I can't fully explain.
Growing up, we didn't eat a lot of fast food. In fact, we ate almost none. On a very basic level, I couldn't have told you if I liked McDonald's or Burger King or Wendy's better, or what a favorite order was at each place, etc. In college, I found that I really liked the Hardee's breakfast sandwiches and would have one on the way to church every Sunday morning. I distinctly remember when McDonald's started selling chicken nuggets - I was also in college, and I loved a 9-pack with BBQ dipping sauce. I'm sure the fact that at some point I started buying the 20-pack had nothing to do with the fact that I went to college at about 130 lbs. and ended my freshman year at 162.
Life moved on and I never really did become a big fast food eater (no pun intended), but if given the choice, I'd have a Wendy's burger over anything else. McDonald's would be my next choice, but I really don't like Burger King. Why? For many years I didn't think about it; I just knew I didn't like them.
And then I had my memory epiphany. I never really ate a lot of Burger King, but I ceased altogether when they came out with the "croissanwich". I was so offended by what they did to the word croissant that I never wanted to eat there again. My only regret is that I wanted to boycott them again when they came out with that creepy Burger King ... King as a mascot. Holy cow, I wished I'd been spending millions there on a weekly basis so they would feel the big gaping hole of me NEVER EATING THERE AGAIN as a result of that stalker mascot decision. *sigh*
Anyway, that's why I don't eat Burger King. Ever. And "because I like food" is the reason I don't eat at other fast food places. Also, see: $$. Last, I've seen Supersize Me and it freaked me out. ... although I did recently eat a McDonald's burger in the Whole Foods parking lot, which gave me an evil satisfaction I can't fully explain.