This drives me buggy!

[luvmysuper]

This example is Dunkin Donuts, but I've seen it in other places as well.

If you sell 2 sizes, the biggest one is "large", and the smallest one is "small".
If you sell 3 sizes, the biggest one is "large", the smallest one is "small", and the one in the middle is "medium".
It's impossible for your smallest one to be "medium".

me·di·um​

(mē′dē-əm)
n. pl. me·di·a (-dē-ə) or me·di·ums
1. Something, such as an intermediate course of action, that occupies a position or represents a condition midway between extremes.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

Maybe the little ones are better at conversing with the afterlife...

 

[luvmysuper]

Maybe the little ones are better at conversing with the afterlife...

A pleased fortune teller is a happy medium.

When asking for a small, I've actually had servers tell me "We only have medium and large."
To which I reply "Then your medium is small."

 

[Whisky]

A while back McDonalds used to sell any size fountain drink for $0.99. Maybe they still do, haven’t been to McDonalds in a while. When you asked for anything other than a large they’d just give you a large. I had to argue with a a manager one time because I didn’t want 64oz Dr.Pepper.

 

[brucered]

Wendy's used to be the worst, I think they were Big, Bigger and Biggie. It is still confusing to order a combo there. They always ask me what size I want. I reply with "whatever comes with the price of the combo".

..."The Biggie portion size, formerly the fast food restaurant’s equivalent of a large, will now be called a medium. It’s only a name change, and the portion customers get — the equivalent of almost three 12-ounce cans of soda for the drinks — won’t get smaller."

 

[FarmerTan]

A while back McDonalds used to sell any size fountain drink for $0.99. Maybe they still do, haven’t been to McDonalds in a while. When you asked for anything other than a large they’d just give you a large. I had to argue with a a manager one time because I didn’t want 64oz Dr.Pepper.

Here I get a "Senior" drink at McDonald's. It's only 79¢!

Yes, I'm so tight I squeak when I walk.

 

[Rhody]

Unless it’s a “grande”

 

[@ngel]

Unless it’s a “grande”

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=584659882858051

 

[simon1]

Sounds like Papa Murphey's pizza place...they have medium, large, and extra large. I walk in and ask for a small Papa's favorite just to watch the staff.

 

[Captain Pre-Capsize]

When you run out of size descriptions then you need to start modifying even the size.

 

[Dobric]

Meanwhile in Europe

 

[FarmerTan]

Meanwhile in Europe
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I would not be phat if my parents had sent me to Europe to be raised by werewolves in London doggone.

 

[DrStrange]

From the thread title,
I was expecting a pirate joke on this topic:

Buggy Whip - US Whip

Buggy whips are used to drive the horse in Buggy Racing, one of the most popular horse events today, and now a year-round sport in many areas of the country.

uswhip.com

 

[ctr]

So would you say your complaint is a small issue, medium issue, large, or a gigantic issue?

 

[luvmysuper]

So would you say your complaint is a small issue, medium issue, large, or a gigantic issue?

I think that they think that designation as small, medium and large has something to do with quantity held.
It doesn't.
If your largest size is 8 ounces, and you sell at least one smaller, it's a large.
If your smallest size is 24 ounces, and you sell at least one larger, it's a small.

 

[musicman1951]

 

[ColtRevolver]

I stopped in a gas station a couple of weeks ago for a fountain drink. The
medium and large sizes were cheaper than the small. I thought the pricing was an error until I checked the prices at a second fountain and found them the same.

 

[never-stop-learning]

It's impossible for your smallest one to be "medium".

Maybe calling it "small" would hurt its feelings?

 

[Whisky]

Maybe calling it "small" would hurt its feelings?

Setting it up for a lifetime of size/value ratio issues.

 

[NorthernSoul]

I'm sure it's driven by sales and marketing. That's why it doesn't make logical sense.

Probably people shy away from buying small, after all "bigger is better", right?