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In Kingston, near where I live, there is a fried chicken place called Pepe's Piri-Piri, which does a mixture of barbecued chicken wraps, a few Indian curry-type dishes, and a whole lot of standard-issue fried chicken and chips. When I first started going there, they had a "meal deal" for £3.49, which consisted of two bits of chicken, chips, a drink and a little pot of coleslaw. I used to dip my chips in the coleslaw, which added some non-fried vegetable material to the dish so I can tell anyone who asks (like Mum) that I've had a sort-of balanced meal. I quickly found that their chicken and chips combined with a fizzy drink made me want to throw up (and that combination doesn't do that to me anywhere else) so I asked for a bottle of water instead.
Sadly, they changed their meal deals and the nearest thing to that one had two wings instead of the coleslaw, with an increased price of £3.79. I usually managed to persuade the lady behind the counter to substitute coleslaw for wings, "like the old number 5", but it seems she's gone, and I started having to persuade other members of staff to give me the same deal. The other weekend, I went in there and the guy serving me flatly refused, so I walked out in a huff and got a kebab from the Algerian-run kebab kiosk the other side of town. But I decided to try my luck with Pepe's again last night. They do a "mini meal deal" of two pieces of chicken and chips for £2.19.
This time, instead of asking for them to change the meal deal, I added up the cost of the mini meal deal, the water and the coleslaw ... and it turns out, they come to £3.47 - so it seems I'd been begging them to overcharge me for months, all because I was too lazy to look at the price list and work things out for myself! But the kebab was nice and is actually a more balanced meal than a box of fried chicken and chips any day.
Sadly, they changed their meal deals and the nearest thing to that one had two wings instead of the coleslaw, with an increased price of £3.79. I usually managed to persuade the lady behind the counter to substitute coleslaw for wings, "like the old number 5", but it seems she's gone, and I started having to persuade other members of staff to give me the same deal. The other weekend, I went in there and the guy serving me flatly refused, so I walked out in a huff and got a kebab from the Algerian-run kebab kiosk the other side of town. But I decided to try my luck with Pepe's again last night. They do a "mini meal deal" of two pieces of chicken and chips for £2.19.
This time, instead of asking for them to change the meal deal, I added up the cost of the mini meal deal, the water and the coleslaw ... and it turns out, they come to £3.47 - so it seems I'd been begging them to overcharge me for months, all because I was too lazy to look at the price list and work things out for myself! But the kebab was nice and is actually a more balanced meal than a box of fried chicken and chips any day.
