50 cents at a time on the way to riches

Continuing on my trifecta of healthy eating posts I stopped in at McDonald's this morning for a number 6. For those of you not familiar with McDonald's fare this is 2 breakfast burritos, a potato patty (aka a hash brown) and a small coffee. My local McDonald's has an interesting price breakdown on these items.

2 burritos (alone) is $2.79
The full meal deal is $3.29

So in effect you get the potato patty and coffee for 30 cents. I typically go for the full meal since there is so little difference in price and I happen to enjoy the grease soaked potatos and generally crappy coffee. It's definitely worth the 30 cents to me anyway.

This morning was a bit different than most days. The cashier decided to ring me up, not for a #6, as I had ordered it, but for two burritos and 1 small coffee. She didn't bother putting the potato patty on there although it was in the bag. The only way I noticed this is that with tax the meal is two cents shy of $3.50 but this morning it was two cents shy of $4.00.

Now I suppose you could get rich 50 cents at a time this way but is it really good for the public image?