How Fast Food Has Tried To Steal My Soul!!!!

I DON'T LIKE McDONALDS!  

Hate is a very strong word that I will not use because I am a lover!  With that said, I dislike, very strongly, the cost of convenience in this day and age.  It's totally out of control in my opinion.  Just the other day, I had to be in Downtown Brooklyn for a very important appointment and it just so happened that I needed some food.  I traveled down Flatbush Ave, past the oversized Rocawear Billboards, to Fulton Street to visit our local Mickey D's.  I knew what I was already going to get for my lady and I:  2 Egg and Cheese McMuffins (minus the meat due to our new vegetarianism), 2 Fruit and Walnut Salads and 2 Orange Juices.  Now, I haven't bought fast food like this in a long while and usually when I go into McDonald's, it's for something snackwise. (a snackwrap or something else off the dollar menu).  On this day, I slipped!

As I first entered, I stood in the longer line.  Then I switched to a shorter on located along the wall.  As I waited, I realized that I had a very good vantage point to take a census of who was buying and who was sellings.  99.6% African American and other people of color.  This is that type of area so what else could I expect?  After I was done assessing the socio-economic food make up, I proceeded with my order and was totally appalled that the total came to over $15.  WTF??????  For this? 

These prices were totally outrageous to me and I guess they were outrageous for a few reasons.  One, I know better.  Two, for $15, I knew that I could have been better prepared by going to the local Food Bazarr @ Myrtle Broadway and spending that $15 on a 6 pack of Thomas English Muffins, 1 carton of vegetarian eggs, apples, yogurt and a pack of walnuts to compliment our fruit and walnut salad.  We could have eaten for 3 days off that $15 instead of having one serving that would do nothing but let us down by 3pm.

In conclusion, I know I am not everyone else and I say that with happiness but I will say that the prices that WE pay for convenience is "off the chain".  We know better therefore we should prepare ourselves to do better.  Plus, I like mine and Jessica's cooking better than the bodega or any fast food joint I can think of!  And I sure don't want any corporate slaves fixing my food!  That shit sucks for them and me!  Sometimes I despise having morals!  But it's better to have than not!