I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!
I had an IHHE Moment recently.
My family traveled up to Burlington, NC to teach the Financial Learning Experience. We arrived on Saturday evening and went out to get dinner.
My lovely bride spotted a restaurant that does not exist near our home, so we went there.
It did not go well. It was 8:00 PM, but we had to wait twenty minutes to be seated.
I took one look at the menu, and began to employ my hero, Paul Marshall's method of choosing what to eat. I looked for the cheapest item on the menu and decided it was palatable.
This place sells hamburgers. HAMBURGERS. But not just any hamburger. They sell $10 hamburgers. What a RIP-OFF!
And then I see that the kid's menu has mac-n-cheese for only $4.99.
ONLY $4.99. I can buy AT LEAST twenty BOXES of mac-n-cheese for that amount of money.
I suffered through the experience. And, NO, I did not let my daughter order the ridiculous, outrageous, enormous, cruddy, massively overpriced mac-n-cheese. She had to share my $10 burger.
What a rip-off.
I am really sick of being ripped off by the so-called kid's menus at restaurants.
Who's with me?
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$4.99 Mac-n-Cheese
February 26th, 2008 at 02:12 pm
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February 26th, 2008 at 06:47 pm 1204051630
Speaking of expensive mac and cheese, I spotted some pre-made in the convenience food section of Wal-Mart that was $4.59. I can't believe people pay that for about the same amount that the Kraft box makes.
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Hey I hate eating out and we rarey do unless we are traveling. So just try to enjoy the experience and great idea.... look for the cheapest thing on the menu and see if it palatable to you. I like that idea.
PS I make my own mac and cheese too with an egg mixed in, bread crumbs on top and baked for about 20 minutes at 350. Yum!