The biggest issue that I have with soda sizes is that they’re such a high-margin product for fast-food restaurants that you can no longer get the size you really want. What was once (when I was growing up) a “large” is now a “small” and people are forced to pay for additional volume beyond what they really want.
Now having said that, I don’t think that it’s government’s business to get involved, and it’s up to the consumer to be informed of the revenue-enhancing business practices and to respond accordingly. Several years ago I worked near a Taco Bell, would hit the drive-through regularly for lunch. After the third time they gave me a truck-driver’s special instead of the “small” I’d ordered (claiming they were all out of smaller cups, but still charging me full price for a massive drink), I just started hitting a vending machine on my way out the door at work then making a point to pop the $0.60, 12oz can when I pulled up to the window to collect the food.
>> I just started hitting a vending machine on my way out the door at work then making a point to pop the $0.60, 12oz can when I pulled up to the window to collect the food.
I’ll bet the minimum wage guy at the Taco Bell drive-thru was really steamed that you beat his nefarious scheme!