Super Size Incentive

On my way into school for a Saturday of studying a few days back, I stopped into the local McDonald's. I start to order something with sausage in it when the girl stops me to say that they're on lunch. Not wanting a ton of food, I ask if the McNugget meal can be done with 6 pieces instead of the 10 (10!) they make it with now. (When did this change?) She tells me they can, but it will actually end up costing more than the value meal. I really don't want that much food, but I'm certainly not going to pay more for less. In law school they teach you big words like "disincentivize." So with this price structure, McDonald's is actually disincentivizing healthier choices. Before I went to law school I would have just said they're giving me even more reason to get fat. But if you were going to pay someone to write about a point of law, wouldn't you expect it to look more like the former (that means "first")?

I also noted that my server's name was "Wenndi." I am not making that up. I find this only slightly worse than Brandi. The snide part of me wants to say something like, "Note to Wenndi's mom: your daughter works at McD's. What did you expect?" The other part . . . well there just isn't one.