I say a lot of weird things, I hear a lot of weird things, but sometimes I just hear something that does not compute. Case in point, I was out late with a couple of people the other night and they wanted to stop into McDonald’s. The craving was over McFlurries, McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream mixed with candy.
The first order went like this:
Person 1: “Do you have a McFlurry with caramel?”
Cashier: “We can do caramel.”
Person 1: “You (McDonald’s) used to have one with Rolo, I don’t know if you still have that”
No response from the cashier.
Awkward, but nothing out of the ordinary (particularly for late night at a McDonald’s).
The second order went like this:
Person 2: “I’ll have the McFlurry with Reese’s Pieces.”
Cashier: “How many pieces do you want?”
Person 2: “I’ll have the McFlurry with Reese’s Pieces.”
No response from the cashier.
Everyone got what they wanted but…
Asking how many Reese’s Pieces someone wants? That got me. I hope it wasn’t a joke, because it’s not a great one if that’s that case. I hope this cashier thinks they have to ask. I hope it’s in their brain because enough people have either asked for them to go “heavy” or “light” on the Reese’s Pieces before. I want to live in a world where people order ice cream like that. Maybe I need to order ice cream like that. “Rainbow sherbet, heavy on the gummy bears,” I would say.
