I don't know about you, but I spend more than my share of time in restaurant drive-thrus.  (All that should change soon.  But that's for another blog!)  Taco Bell in particular.  Cheap food.  Pretty tasty, too.

Anyway one of the things they always ask is if I want any sauce.  They almost always ask and I always say, "no."  Yet, without fail, 9 times out of ten I come home and have taco sauce in my bag.  Why?

Why do they ask if they don't plan on listening?

McDonalds has two types of kids meals: Happy Meals (i.e. cheeseburgers and 4-piece nuggets) and Mighty Kids Meals (i.e. double cheeseburgers and 6-piece nuggets.)  Every now and then we let the kids have a fast food meal.  The little one gets the little kid meals.  So when it's time I order a Chicken Nugget Happy Meal.  Without missing a beat the response is always, "4 or 6 pieces?"

What the hell did I just say?  Is my English that bad?  Does "Happy Meal" sound like "Mighty Kids Meal" when it goes through the order board?  If I wanted a 6-piece meal would I not have ordered a Mighty Kids Meal?

Kinda like when a #3 is a double cheeseburger and I order it by number.  The fucklehead behind the counter says, "Do you want that with cheese?"  Does the kid taking my order think I'm one of the countless stupid people out there?  Just take what I said and run with it dude.

I can not stand when someone asks you a question and then questions (or ignores completely) your answer.  I got a friend who does that.  He simply can't accept what you've said.  Here's an example conversation:

Friend: Why didn't you get that book?
13W: I didn't want it.
Friend:  Why not?
13W: It's just something I don't want right now.
Friend: Why not?

You get the idea.  If I had something else to say I would've said it.  And I'm usually not at a loss for words.

Now if I could just get my kids accept what I say things would go much smoother for all parties involved.