Dave’s Way….
If you’ve ever gone to this little restaraunt in your town for some “fat, I mean fast..food”, you may have seen the sign on the wall that simply states, “Dave’s way”. At the nearest competitor’s place down the street, you can have it “your way” but I was pretty hungry while searching for someplace to stop for lunch and Dave’s place got the nod. As the lunch crowd line slowly meandered toward the order-taking lady behind the cash register, I looked up at the menu to see what my choices were for the combo meal. I chose the 1/2 pound double with medium drink and fries. I sat down with my order and started with the fries. Hmmmm…….hot and kinda fresh! But somehow they must have misunderstood me because the burger I unwrapped looked nothing like that picture directly above the words “1/2 pound double”. Somehow, those very thick, very juicy slabs of beef I saw on the menu bore no resemblance to the flat, limp, slivers of ground beef that stared up at me from my tray. I looked at the picture, then back again at what I had. Was it wishful thinking on my part to expect food that at least looked similar to the way it was pictured.
Was THIS what they meant by “Dave’s way”? What ever happened to “truth in advertising”? What they really should have on the menu is two different sets of illustrations, one under the heading, “What you can order” and the other being “what you’ll actually get”. I understand that there’s some shrinkage involved during the cooking process but it’s still deceptive by any standards when what you are served is at best a sorry excuse for a hamburger, flat, grisly and a far cry from what you saw advertised on the menu.
So, the next time YOU decide to dine at the restaraunt that has that girl with the pigtails smiling down at you, you might ask, “Hey, Dave, where’s the beef?”