Sunday, February 25, 2007

A Zero Sum Game

"People ask me if I wake up grumpy in the morning.... of course not.... I just bring her coffee!"

This falls into the musings category. I was standing behind a young woman in Starbucks this morning as she ordered a Tall Tazo Chai nonfat Latte (170 cal/0 g fat/0 g fiber/37 g carbs) and an Espresso Fudge Brownie (430 cal/25 g fat/3 g fiber/48 g carbs). My inner voice (fortunately) had to ask "what's with the nonfat?"

2 comments:

Wayward Mind said...

Ha! Had that happen innumerable times working as a cook: double-Pluto burger, sub'd poutine... diet coke. All I could think was "So... is the diet coke fat/calorie redemption incarnate, or are people stupid enough to believe that such a tiny thing makes a difference?"

K. Scott said...

That's pretty funny. You grasp on to what you can, I guess.