chris t (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lifftchi) wrote,@ 2009-06-14 15:11:00 |
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assign a meaning to.
At a fast-food place recently, my comrade made the mistake of ordering a "medium" drink, which turned out to be some kind of gigantic basin, after the accustomed fashion of American fast food.
Of course, today I received my comeuppance. Got told, "We don't have small. Is medium okay?" I think the guy took my studied pause, dismissive gesture, and comment of, "Yes, I would like the smallest available size" as an insult -- but really I was just struggling to assimilate this new evidence that the universe is a giant engine directed toward keeping me humble.
At a fast-food place recently, my comrade made the mistake of ordering a "medium" drink, which turned out to be some kind of gigantic basin, after the accustomed fashion of American fast food.
"What, you weren't expecting that? Always order the small."
"But these places don't even have "small" anymore."
"I think, if you say small, they'll give you the smallest available size."
Of course, today I received my comeuppance. Got told, "We don't have small. Is medium okay?" I think the guy took my studied pause, dismissive gesture, and comment of, "Yes, I would like the smallest available size" as an insult -- but really I was just struggling to assimilate this new evidence that the universe is a giant engine directed toward keeping me humble.
