Reader: People Who Complain About Fast Food Have Eaten Plenty of It

After forty years, Burger King has resurrected the Yumbo -- just one of the fast-food items that Jenn Wohletz had hoped would come back. The chain's announcement that it was bringing back the breakfast sandwich drew both praise and complaints. But one reader thinks the fast-food bashers are too quick...

By Patricia Calhoun

January 12, 2015

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After forty years, Burger King has resurrected the Yumbo -- just one of the fast-food items that Jenn Wohletz had hoped would come back. The chain's announcement that it was bringing back the breakfast sandwich drew both praise and complaints. But one reader thinks the fast-food bashers are too quick to complain. See also: Five discontinued Fast-Food Items I Want Back

Says caligula:

My favorite thing during fast food discussions is watching self-righteous fools talk about how "gross" fast food is and how "offensive" it is to promote it, but those are the people who eat it the most behind closed doors, or especially when they're drunk. they're liars and are simply projecting their guilt at having eaten loads of fast food in their lives.

Nailed ya. sorry.

Do you eat fast food? Where and when? What's your favorite home-grown chain?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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