I have a co-worker that eats very little besides McDonald’s. Not just a cheeseburger and fries a couple of times a week – no, I’m talking about a NIGHTLY (at least 5 nights a week) meal of a Big Mac Meal and 2 Double Cheeseburgers. Its always been a joke for the rest of us – “Where is so and so? Oh, he’s probably at McDonald’s.” Its also slightly a sore point for a couple of us that are a bit jealous that he eats all that and gains not an ounce on his skeleton thin frame (there are some rumors that he takes Adipex, but they are just rumors).
I hate going grocery shopping. I’m in that omg-it-is-so-hard-to-buy-healthy-food-when-my-budget-is-already-overshot and I-have-no-idea-what-to-fix-that-will-keep-for-a-week-and-that-I-won’t-get-bored-with-being-the-only-person-eating-it so I often don’t go shopping when I need to and end up relying on a coworker to go get me something to eat. I’m quite opposed to McDonald’s, for reasons in addition to the lack of healthy food, but every once in a while I have to rely on that McDonald’s loving co-worker to grab me something when he goes because there’s not much else open at 3AM nearby.
The other day was a day like that – I slept ALLLLLLLLL day and had no time to even root around in my fridge and look for something I could take with me. So, at 2:30AM when the food run was being made I threw an order in. My order? The chicken sandwich meal with a Coke.
“What do you want to drink with that? A diet-something?”
WTH? I’m offended by this on two levels. First – I’m a fat girl that just ordered McDonald’s. Really…what’s the point of having a Diet Coke with anything from McDonald’s? Honestly. What else? Oh, just because I’m fat you are going to ASSUME that I want a Diet Coke? That because I’m fat I should feel shame and order a Diet Coke because that’s what society wants me to do? Second – I’m a female in a male-dominated field…I’m guessing here, but I bet if a male had asked for something to be picked up his choice of drink wouldn’t have been questioned.
I turned, looked at him, and said “no, regular Coke will be fine.”
What did I get? A snicker and a smile.
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