Last autumn when I was working out in the field, one day I decided to get lunch at Long John Silvers. I am not one for fast food or even eating out, but I was getting reimbursed for meals, so I got lunch there. It was quick, easy, and gross. I’ve avoided fast food for years, as I hate all the packaging, and I was equally grossed out on what I got.

Fast food is fried food, and it’s just plain gross, a mass of hot congealed fat with some fish dipped into it. I guess if you enjoy eating melted lard, it’s good, but it did absolutely nothing for me. I just wished as much that I had packed a sandwitch in my reusable container and passed on the work reimbursement as I often do.

There are better sandwitch shops and other businesses out there then the local chain fast-food, but most of them still come with what I view as excess packaging. But that was the place my colleagues wanted to go. I certainly wouldn’t stop there again on my own, especially not at my own expense.