Living with Discipline and apparently annoying everyone else

destinyag

Also, just curious. Most fast food places have salads that are actually pretty good. Why is this not an option so everyone could be accommodated? Is this a nutrition thing or a political/moral thing?

In the beginning it was about finding the core of why we were choosing these places to eat. In the end we realized it was because it was 1) cheap and 2) reallllllly convenient. The drive-thru made it entirely to simple to get fat at 3am when we usually were done with work and school.

Since our lives still involve working till really late at night, we kept the rule. The only exception is when the place with a drive-thru has waiters (like Steak n' Shake or Chilis). People generally try to convince us that it really won't be that big a deal to just eat at Arby's this one time or get a taco salad at Taco Bell, but it's the relapse of eating at these places that scares us the most, so we just prohibit them all and it's worked fairly well (except for pizza delivery, which I've basically ruled out in these last few weeks).

Also, it is partly a moral thing at this point as we discover more and more how poorly these chains are operated and the kinds of stuff are really in the food they serve. Not saying the other places we eat don't have skeletons in the closet, but it's an easy way to keep a large chunk of nasty out of our lives.

bwalters82

I like your last comment. One main reason why to not choose fast food is because they treat their employees horrible. McDonald's has done many things that are absolutely immoral. In-&-Out Burger supposedly does treat their employees well and offers higher wages, but I can't confirm that.