The decline of the Happy Meal

[Ranger REG]

Wouldn't it be easier to voluntarily ban yourself?

Why? I tip better than toddlers ... and I don't leave a "mess."

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Why? I tip better than toddlers ... and I don't leave a "mess."

I doubt it on both counts. Every parent I know who eats out with a toddler leaves a substantial tip, and unless you bus your table yourself, you do in fact leave a mess to be cleaned up.

More to the point, if you have a problem with part of the public which comes to restaurants open to the public, the easiest solution is to eat in private. I made that sort of decision about places I'd otherwise have liked to patronize for years.

 

[Ranger REG]

I doubt it on both counts. Every parent I know who eats out with a toddler leaves a substantial tip, and unless you bus your table yourself, you do in fact leave a mess to be cleaned up.

Blame it on my parents. When they told me to clean the plate up, I literally clean the plate up.

Besides, I'm not at the age of wearing diapers yet (give me 30 more years).

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Besides, I'm not at the age of wearing diapers yet (give me 30 more years).

er, you made up the diaper part. "The mess" is just from uncoordinated and sometimes enthusiastic eating. But I am enjoying the image of you carrying your dishes back to the kitchen and grabbing clean ones while the newer staff looks confused. "Um sir?" "It's just REG, kid, you'll get used to it."

 

[Thunderfoot]

Use the CDs as an opportunity to teach the kids a valuable life lesson: always use a coaster!

sweet -

 

[Ranger REG]

But I am enjoying the image of you carrying your dishes back to the kitchen and grabbing clean ones while the newer staff looks confused. "Um sir?" "It's just REG, kid, you'll get used to it."

Enjoy the image you want, even though that's not what I meant.

 

[ssampier]

sweet -

You mean there are coasters other than CDs? That AOL company used to send me a coaster a month for years. A crazy aunt of mine must have signed me up for it.

 

[Marchen]

The real hidden toy is the artery-clogging fat and hormone-dripping processed animal products that come with each and every Happy Meal! Viva childhood obesity!

Exaggeration, perhaps. But maybe not so much. Regardless, I know from my own regretful childhood eating habits that the whole point of a McDonald's toy was to hold interest for five seconds, then be discarded forever.