Would you like fries with that?

You order a burger and they say "Would you like fries with that?" You order a medium popcorn, and they say "Would you like a large for only 20 cents more?" You call a financial company and ask to cancel a service, and they go on and on about all the benefits you would get if you kept the service.

A restaurant employee who threw away some moldy strawberries was told, "Next time don't do that. We can cut off the moldy parts, and serve the parts that don't have mold on them."

If a company seems to be interested in giving me a quality product and helpful service, I am glad to give them my money, but I don't like dealing with businesses which are trying to squeeze a few more pennies out of me anyway they can. If I tell them what I want, they should have some respect for the fact that I know what I want, and not try to push more stuff on me. I have canceled accounts with companies for this reason.

I think we should start a movement that any time an employee tries to squeeze more money out of us, we say, "Never mind. I don't want to order at all." We should be polite to the employees, because they are just doing what their boss says. But it's a free market economy and if we don't like dealing with companies more interested in squeezing money out of us than in giving us what we want, then we can vote with our money and refuse to give them our business.