*sigh*

[effervescible]

Me: Hi, I'd like to order a small pizza--
Phone Guy: We don't have small pizzas anymore. We have medium, large, and biggie.
Me:...well, medium is the smallest, right?
Phone Guy: Yes.
Me: Then that's what I want.

I know, he's probably just following the script, but still...that's bloody stupid. It's just another way to get people to think they're getting oh-so-much more for their buck. GAH. The smallest of the available pizzas should be SMALL! It's not medium if it's not between anything! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, am I the only one who can graps this?!

Comments

[nut-meg.livejournal.com]

My friend iamwellsrecently made a very similar observation (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=iamwells&itemid=50063).

[ursamajor]

heh ... they actually *do* have a "small" at starbucks now ... it's called a "short," you have to ask for it by name, and it's about the size of a normal glass of milk (8 oz).

[jphoenix.livejournal.com]

i don't know if i can graps is, but i think i can grasp it ;)

but that is pretty fucking stupid. small is small. if it's the smallest pizza they make, IT'S A FUCKING SMALL!!!

[drcristin.livejournal.com]

i "graps" it! i've always been bothered by places getting rid of their smalls and inflating their other sizes! instead of small-medium-large, it has to be medium-large-motherfuckingHUGE! grrrr... no one needs that... we must fight for the RETURN OF THE SMALL!!!!

=)

[greyvorfeed.livejournal.com]

And people wonder why obesity is such a problem in America... perhaps because a "medium" 12-inch Super Meaty™ pizza with a "regular size" 64 ounce cup of sugar-laden cola is considered a light lunch for one? >.<

And don't get me started on salad sizes. News flash: when I order a salad, I'm not looking for a lot of food! Therefore, it is not necessary to serve two pounds of dressing-drenched lettuce in a bowl the size of my torso! A dainty salad is fine, people! JUST FINE!

*sob*

[herogear.livejournal.com]

'I don't get it'

and I totally empathize ^^

at our computer store, I still don't understand why Apple brands their computers from 'fast', 'faster', to 'fastest'. Shouldn't fast be 'slow' then, if it's at the end of the spectrum?

*shrug*