Have you ever been to McDonald's and ordered a large order of french fries only to discover that they barely filled the container? But when you order a small size they overfill the bag enough to be almost a medium size? Have you ever been to a Panda Express and gotten less rice or noodles than the big guy ahead of you in line?
If any of these things has happened to you, then you are like me: A tiny girl that gets gypped when she buys fast food. Just because I am smaller in size does not mean I want less food, but that's the feeling I seem to emit to people who see me, because they inevitably give me less even though I paid for the same amount as the big guy. It's rather unfair, I think. Yes, yes, the amount of food they give me will fill me up better than someone twice my size, but I didn't pay for them to fill me up. I paid for a certain portion of food and I should receive that portion, regardless of what size I am.
The Panda Express experience, however, does not bother me as much as the McDonald's, because in that case, I specified a size, and they didn't live up to it. I paid for large and they gave me medium. I paid more for more and got less. And yet, when I paid less for a small, I got more, a medium. It seems that perhaps, in human nature, the size of the container doesn't matter, and the amount of fries they scoop in is a medium size no matter what the size of the container. And also, in following human nature, when they see someone wanting a lot more, especially someone so small, they feel the need to give that person less.
So now I am left to wonder if I should go out and do something about this: launch a study, start a poll, notify the local news to investigate. Or if I should just take my findings and learn from them: Buy small fries and I'll get more for my money. I suppose I could just ask for more food. "Excuse me, I'd like as much food as the guy ahead of me." We're paying the same price after all.
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