Thursday, May 30, 2013

Defaults are hard to change

About 2 weeks ago, I pulled into Wendy's drive thru and ordered my large unsweet ice tea, no lemon.  I cut out my Diet Cokes almost 1 1/2 years ago so now I drink mostly water and tea.  This day, I ordered the tea and drove to the pick up window.
 When I got to the window...I told the girl I needed 2 Sweet n Low packets.  She looked at me kinda puzzled and made sure I said what I said.  I said yes....2 please.  Then she asked:  " You add Sweet n Low to your Diet Coke?"
I was stunned....I had ordered tea.  I asked her what I ordered and she said a large Diet Coke.  I was shocked.....I haven't had one of those since Jan 2012.  I guess my default mode kicked in and I didn't even realize what I had said.  I cleared it up with her and got the DC for Larry and a tea for me.

Funny thing though....about a month prior to that incident, I did the same thing at the McDonald's drive thru.  That time, the girl asked me at the ordering window was I sure I wanted extra sweetener for my DC.  I was able to clear that one up before the pick up.
Oh well....I guess old habits are hard to break.   I don't even like the taste anymore for DC.
That is truly hard to believe for me.  But I am glad to be rid of that addiction.