Why do some people order diet cokes with their fattening double cheeseburgers and super-sized fries?

Answer 1

Possibly because they're a diabetic and can eat the sandwich (although bad for you) but can't have a sugary drink.

Answer 2

Mother_of_three is correct. I do that. I cannot have the sugar. I do not have the greasy stuff often, but have a craving sometimes, and sugar could cause me to go into a coma, so I order the fattening other stuff and get the diet because I can have it. And I'm not diabetic, they call it hypoglycemic, say it's not a disease or diagnosis and then write hypoglycemic in the diagnosis box. Smart, huh?

Answer 3

I dont know sound crazy to me if im going to eat a fat burger and super sized fries I want a real sweet coke with that not diet...
but some people like diet cokes...

Answer 4

If you're going to indulge, why not continue to avoid the caloric content of the soda if they want to? Myself, I've drank nothing but Diet Pepsi since it came out on the market...why should I change just because I want a big juicy cheeseburger and fries??? Also, lots of people can't have the sugar in sodas. Ahh, judge ye not.

Answer 5

Maybe these people think that they reduce the calories they take by drinking diet cokes. It's not totally wrong anyways. Because by drinking normal cokes and eat fattening foods, they'll consume more calories.

Answer 6

As a waitress - I saw many weird habits. I have seen this done, not with the cheesburger, but with a 7 layer chocolate cake. So diabeties probably isn't a problem.

Another favorite? Half regular coke, half diet coke. Explain that one....and they can tell if you don't do it.....

I worked at Red Lobster and would see people actually drink the little ramikins of melted butter we sent out with crab legs. Diet coke with a side of butter please......

Answer 7

i agree with you..isee it all the time. i cannot drink diet colas ,the asprartame(nutri-sweet) gives me a miagrain headache. Also i prefer different flavored sodas like grape, orange, and root beer occqssionally. But the beverage that i drink 95% of the time is Ice tea with sweet and low.
Also some people cannot have regular sodas because they have sugar. Here is one example that i feel is the most common :Diabetics.

Answer 8

Because I like the taste of diet coke.

Answer 9

Two things; one u answered lil bro's minstrel show on my ? and i just wanted to say ur tight 4 that, that is one of the most active CD's do ur thing smile. To answer ur ? I do not understand that myself...i have a friend that does that like the diet drink will wash away 3,000 calories with one gulp! LOL

Answer 10

It might be that they can't have sugar, which has nothing to do with the burger. Or they might just like the taste better because diet is so different than regular soda.

Answer 11

I used to work at a movie theater and it would crack me up when people would order a Diet Coke and then berate me for not putting extra butter on their jumbo popcorn.