Here in the states, the fast food giants bundle food products into a "meal."
I'll order someting like "I'd like a this, that, & the other please, that's all,"
Then the server will ask the question I dread the most:
"Do - you - want - the - meal?"
I'm f'd when I hear that. What can you say to that? Didn't I just order a meal? If I say no, I don't eat. If I say yes, I get a pail of soda and three wheel barrow loads of french fries. I usually reply, "I can't tell you until I get to Neptune," or "I smoked but did not inhale." That seems to help. I've taken to wrapping my head in gaffers tape before I go in those places, just so it doesn't explode.
