one quick thing

If I were to rank my biggest pet peeves, and I'm not about to go through that process, it might look something like this:

1. Bottled water
2. The phrase "pet peeve"
3. Late blinkers
4. Over-ambitious fast food menus

It's the fourth that's bugging me this week. Didn't we learn anything from Burger King's taco attempt? McDonalds' brief experiment with the bratwurst? Do what you do best. If I want a burger, I'll go to a burger place. If I want Mexican, I'll go to a taco bar. If I want a sub sandwich, I'll head to those establishments. I don't want confusion, I don't want overlapping. Period. Two restaurants have recently tested me. Arby's infraction is a bit more forgiveable, because to my knowledge, no fast food restaurant has previously tried a roast beef gyro. But somehow the reasoning behind that avoidance slipped the minds of the Arby's people. A roast beef gyro from Arby's sounds vomit in a pita. There's just no reason for this.

The second is more alarming, and it is brought to us by Hardees, the same people whose Monster Burger and variations caused more heart attacks than any other fast food menu option in history. Hardees has two new head-shaking menu items: the beer battered fish sandwich, and the TACO SALAD. I'm sure that reheated-from-frozen beer batter taste holds extremely well. And a taco salad? Not only is the taco salad on the menu, but it is heavily advertised on the restauant sign. You know how you feel when you get so worked up over something that the emotions clog any words you might possibly barf out? That's what this development induces in me. I simply cannot do my feelings justice with the words provided to me by the English language.