Dear folks looking for a little class action:
I saw an article yesterday (yes, this is a Monday Musing even though it’s being distributed on a Tuesday) which said that people are suing fast food franchises because the food advertised bears little resemblance to the food actually served. Anyone pulling out of the drive-through and reaching into the bag knows exactly what the pending court battle is all about. Very few fast-food items deliver the mouth-watering quality promised by the menu pictures posted just a few hundred feet behind you. I’m not sure, however, if I approve of a litigious response to the bait-and-switch sadness of unmet expectations; but pulling into a parking space and walking the meal in to the manager to complain about the uncentered pickle seems like too much trouble. It also risks having you look like a jerk on social media video when someone records you complaining that the fries in your box are nothing but tiny little