Pet peeve du jour: MEDIUM soft drinks!!

[Critters2]

So, I'm driving back from a hospital visit, listening to Roland Martin ranting about something on Ron Reagan's show when I realize I'm thirsty. I pull up to the drive thru at an Arby's and order a MEDIUM Sprite. A MEDIUM!!! What I get is TOO LARGE to fit in my cup holder!!! If I wanted that much pop/soda, why would I not have ordered a large? I mean
:wtf:

How can a medium be too big for an average cup holder? Hell!! If it's that cheap, why don't they just give it away free?

Later, I'll rant about Roland Martin. Stay tuned!

[Shell Beau]

1. Well at least it wasn't too small.

Food and drink sizes have gotten ridiculously bigger.

[Critters2]

2. Seriously!! It is ridiculous!

But my life is good enough that THIS is what pisses me off. So, there's that.

I love seeing your baby, btw. Very, very huggable!

[Shell Beau]

12. Aw thanks!! I am with you! My life is that way too.

I can be pissed at the silly stuff because there isn't much more to be pissed at. Except for that woman at work!! :P


:hug:

[blue_onyx]

3. Usually there is so much ice...

that you need a large drink to get a decent amount of pop.

[SoxFan]

5. "Pop"?

:rofl:

[Left Is Write]

7. Why is that funny?

Those of us who say pop to refer to sweetened carbonated beverages DO make up a rather large segment of the US population, you know. :P

[SoxFan]

8. But those of us in New England are more important, remember

Hence, you shall refer to said beverages as "tonic". "Soda" will be tolerated but not encouraged.

[Left Is Write]

10. I'll think about that after I refill my glass of pop.

Which I'm not actually going to do, because I'm switching to beer.

:crazy:

[Radical Activist]

17. Oh, I thought you were from Chicago

since that's where the Sox play. They also say pop.

[blue_onyx]

21. Pop!!!!

Quite a large part of the country says pop....check out the map. I actually say coke more often since that's the brand I drink (guess I'm a southern in that respect). You NE liberal elitists trying to push your words on the rest of the country, lol.

http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html

[Radical Activist]

16. a large and WRONG segment.

:)

BTW, I still enjoy your sig pic every time I see it. I was there and it reminds me of a great event.

[Left Is Write]

20. 5 brazillion pop-drinkers can't be wrong.

I love the picture too. The campaign is over, but I'm reluctant to change that photo.

[mykpart]

4. I remember when a Small was an 8 oz. cup

and cost 10 cents. A medium was a 12 oz cup and cost 15 cents. A large was a 16 oz cup and was a quarter, but nobody ever wanted that much soda pop! This is why so many children are diabetics!

[Radical Activist]

6. They're trying to kill us all

by poisoning us with high fructose corn syrup and unhealthy foods. Do they even have a small size on the menu? Many places don't any more. I join you in petting that peeve.

[Critters2]

9. I honestly don't think there was a small on the menu.

Another good peeve to pet.

[Lethe]

11. There shall be no Roland Martin rants

cause the kid has put the steel to yo face!

[Critters2]

13. LOL!!!

But Roland just causes rants to swell up in my soul!

[Lethe]

14. man, i think we're talkin' about two different Roland Martins

i was talkin' bout the legendary bass fisherman.

[Critters2]

15. !

:rofl: Yeah, different guy altogether! I'm talking about THE Roland Martin, prize-winning journalist and all-around irritant on Anderson Cooper's show. Maybe he's the nicest guy in the world, but he grates on me. Here's our friend Roland: http://www.rolandsmartin.com/

[Lethe]

18. well thats who i'm talking about - THE Roland Martin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Martin_(fisherman)

He's in all three angling hall of fames!

Fishing in 69 tournaments, Martin's BASSMASTER career includes the following achievements - 19 tournaments won, 9 B.A.S.S. Angler-of-the-Year titles, nearly 100 Top Ten finishes, and 25 appearances in bass fishing's world championship event, the BASS Masters Classic. Also a record, he has twenty 2nd place ASS finishes. His career tournament winnings exceeded one million dollars in 2004.

Roland Martin was the first professional bass fisherman to be inducted into all three Halls of Fame (IGFA Hall of Fame, Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame, Professional Bass Fishing Hall of Fame).

:D

[Critters2]

19. LOL!! Roland is multi-faceted!

Who knew?! :rofl:

[susanna]

22. My peeve is there ARE NO SMALLS on the menu.

I tell them, "the one you give kids in those package meals is fine." They let me know, nicely, that they don't sell those separately. WTF?!

Like you, a medium is too freaking much for me, cupholder aside. My soft drink limit is about 6 - 10 ounces. I miss the really olden days when you could get 10-oz Pepsi (in a glass bottle). Now you can get 12-oz plastic bottles, which I do, and drink them at two separate meals to finish them off. I can't buy the 12-oz cans because I won't drink them in one sitting and they go flat. I have the same problem with 2-litre bottles. My goodness, the stuff would be pure syrup by the time I finished it...

Good thread, mostly because I got to vent too. :-)

[Fran Kubelik]

23. totally agree!

:thumbsup: