So I googled French Fries again in the news, since I forgot about this blog, and have been incredibly icky feeling/busy, and found an article (here) about a woman observing the use of ketchup in fast food restaurants.
People often will grab so many ketchup packets (more than they'll use) and just throw the rest away.
That really is a waste of food if you think about it. I know at my house, we have a drawer in the fridge filled with packets from McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell, and we use them when we run out of the bottle stuff, but there are many people who just discard the unused food. French Fries are one of the main things you use ketchup for, besides other things like burgers or hot dogs.
Sometimes (kind of related) when I go to Dunkin' Donuts, I want a single ketchup packet for my bagel sandwich. I tell this to the teller, and I usually get two. And then I just wonder what I'm going to do with the other one. So I let it sit in this little change-dish type thing in my car until I get another sandwich, this time, not asking for the packet.
But yeah. We waste ketchup a lot. Does anyone else try to conserve?
I also have a a lot of ketchup packets in my fridge at home. I agree that it is very wasteful to grab a lot of ketchup and then throw them away. I am actually pretty cheap and hope to hoard ketchup packets for the rest of my life!
Christi said...
April 1, 2008 at 7:55 PM
I didn't even realize how true this is! I know that everyone just grabs a handful of ketchup not caring because it is free. But so much of it just stays on the tray and then goes right into the barrel. I have a big bin in my fridge with BK and Taco Bell sauces too. I remember seeing this man on Oprah or something who claimed he was so cheap that he would take the ketchup packets from McD's and squeeze them into his own ketchup bottle!
Shannon said...
April 5, 2008 at 1:01 PM