As the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for."
The fact that GCC added the required drink purchase tells me that people b****ed about the $5 lunch, too. And the drink purchase is also because of people squeezing lemon wedges into the water glass to make their own "free" lemonade.
I'm seeing more and more nowadays that many people have never worked in a business where they can see there are fixed operating costs that the owners have to pay, regardless of whether only 3 customers came in during a shift when it's pouring rain etc.
Even if one has a bottle/can of soda from home in the car when they go thru the drive-thru at McDonalds or Taco Bell, the bill is going to be $5 or more without a drink. Of course, one wouldn't have to TIP at these drive thrus, so maybe that is the solution.
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