FYI

If you decide you are physically fit enough to absorb a breakfast meal from Burger King, and when you order, if the person asks you "small" or "medium," DO NOT BE FOOLED!

"Small" actually means "giant" and whatever rationalization convinced you it was okay to have Burger King for breakfast will pale at the sight of the massive serving of tator tots you receive.

Don't get me wrong—I love tator tots. So much that I allow myself the indulgence of BK "hash browns" on a sort-of weekly basis. But as you may or may not be aware, the breakfast meal already comes with a value size coffee and tots, so by asking for a small, you are actually upgrading.

I had this same experience on Monday, but was naive enough to think my enlarged coffee and tots were some kind of hook-up from the employees, since breakfast time was nearly over and I've always been friendly to them.

But no. They have tricked me twice, so shame on me. I don't like to feel so easily fooled, and in my defense, when the total is $3.15, you can reasonably assume you're not getting much. And they never used to ask me about sizes. And saying "small" sounds pretty practical. (But only until you see the size of small. Because it is GIANT.)

I am somewhat mortified by the amount of potato grease I have just consumed, and alarmed by the volume of coffee I now have to drink—I just wanted a splash to ward off a caffeine headache...a value-size splash, you might say. And if ever there was a morning for two different colleagues to drop by my office and see me eating breakfast, I would rather it not be the morning there is an extensive fat buffet spread out on my desk. But such is life.

I don't think I'll be having another BK breakfast anytime soon, but when it eventually becomes irresistible, now I know better than to fall for their "small or medium" scam. (It's like the Starbucks "grande equals small" b.s., but greasier.) It's only a value if you get value size.

Just thought you should be aware.