It’s no secret…I like food.  My mainstays are meat and cheese.  Supporting casts are usually potatoes and ranch dressing.   Bread is only a filler or a means to convey food to my mouth.  Its use should be minimized so that I can maximize the meat and cheese consumed.

Today’s lunch break took me to Wendy’s.  As I waited on the vehicle in front of me, I tried to decide what to eat.  The “Baconator” sure did look tasty, but at $4.70, it seemed a bit pricey.  So, I ordered two Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers instead.  I removed the contents from one sandwich, slapped them onto the other and viola…a slightly smaller variation of the same thing…for 50% less.  But I had to waste an entire bun to do it.  Wendy’s was actually rewarding me for wasting their supplies.

Recently, I was in Subway…I wanted to “eat fresh.”  They have several foot-long subs that you can get for $5.  Given my affinity for meat, this seemed like a good option.  However, that’s an awful lot of bread.  My other option would be to get the 6″ version of the sub for $3.80 and then ask for “double meat” for an additional $1.80.  So for $5, I can get a footlong sub or for $5.60, I can get the same sub, but use less bread.  Naturally, I got the footlong, folded the meat over, and used the rest of the bread to feed the ducks behind our office.  Subway was rewarding me for wasting their supplies.

Now, a wise person would look at this situation and decide to simply speak to the person behind the counter, explain what you want, and help keep from wasting the excess.  My experiences have led me to simply avoid trying to get the person to do anything out of the ordinary.  Heck, my health would probably be better if I only ate one small burger or the 6″ sandwich, but the ducks wouldn’t appreciate me as much.