There's No Such Thing as a Free Frosty

This weekend you can get a free Jr. Frosty at Wendy's. No purchase necessary. Just ask for it and you get it. Sounds simple, right? Well, yesterday I figured out how they can afford to do this.

I went to the drive thru and placed an order that was clearly for two people. Or I suppose it could be for one person that just likes to order two of everything instead of just getting a bigger size. As Victoria and I pulled up to the window, I politely asked for "extra napkins". This is key because you can never have enough napkins on-hand when feeding a 2 year old in the car.

The man told me, "They're in the bag" as he handed me the bag of food and turned to get my drink. I looked in the bag and identified *ONE* napkin which I pulled out to use as a visual aid in explaining my situation.

"No, this is just _one_ napkin. I asked for EXTRA napkins," I retorted. Surely by now he has seen that there are two of us and one of us is harnessed to a car seat.

"Oh, here you go," as he handed me T-W-O napkins.

I drove off.

So there you have it, the mystery is solved. Wendy's plans to save tens of thousands of dollars by shortchanging you on paper products and continuing to charge for "extra" sauce packets. I hope you enjoy your Frosty this weekend, but you better be careful with it -- they're stingy with the napkins! Posted by Chris on 5/12/2005 09:58:00 PM :: Permalink   
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