I had bought these microwavable curry dinner boxes...like an MRE type thing. Mighta been noodles. Idr.

It came in a plastic bowl with all the ingredients individually wrapped in plastic.

Remember the episode of Futurama, where Fry had to assemble his own oreos? Like that.

BUT...in addition to this, they greenwashed the whole thing by including the most worthless bamboo spork I had ever seen. Like it was flat...so not spoony...but also had rounded edges around the tines, so not exactly forky either. It was less comfortable to eat from than a toddler fork. An actual waste of bamboo, if there is such a thing.

Except you can choose to not add ice if the location has the fountains outside of the counter. Or if you just ask.

But true padding with ice is indeed the default. And just like gym memberships, there's enough people that don't even bother for them to make a significant enough profit out of it.

NGL I like my cola as cold as possible.

But any iced beverage just feels wrong to rawdog.

I don't drink as much soda as I used to...but I do love me some cold brew iced coffee. I wouldn't want to rawdog that, and I make it at home. I use a reusable straw, tho. I only use disposable straws for boba and smoothies because I can't find good girthy reusable straws.

And restaurateurs that aren't idiots run their soda machines at a ratio that accommodates for the ice.

also same in Australia

pretty sure this is just engagement bait for lemmy, seems to have worked