A hamburger does not have cheese. A hamburger with cheese is called a “cheeseburger.”
And you shouldn’t have to pay for cheese if all you want is a hamburger.
For years I have been doing battle with fast food clerks and restaurant waitresses over the difference between hamburgers and cheeseburgers because I do not like cheese on my hamburger.
People who want cheese on their hamburgers should be forced to say, “I want a cheeseburger.” I should not be required to say, “I want a hamburger, no cheese,” or even answer a question such as, “Do you want cheese on your hamburger?”
No, I say, because if I wanted cheese I would have ordered a cheeseburger which is what you call a hamburger with cheese on it.
This semantic battle became outright war one day when I was charged for a cheeseburger after ordering a hamburger with no cheese.
“Yes, you have to pay for the cheese because our hamburgers come with cheese,” I was told by a clerk who was rendered speechless when I asked if she would give me money for a diamond ring she did not request, and I planned never to give her.
I slowly explained that I ordered a hamburger and was now being told I had to pay for cheese that I was not getting.
“I’m sorry sir but you have to pay the same price because we sell hamburgers with cheese,” the clerk said, patiently explaining that I would not get any cheese on my burger and completely misunderstanding the point I was trying to make.
The majority of people I have spoken to about this seem to think it is perfectly acceptable to ruin a hamburger by putting cheese on it. Just order a hamburger with no cheese, they tell me.
Through the years I have been charged for cheese I did not order on sandwiches. I could be a millionaire if I got all my money back for cheese I never received.
Customers should not be forced to pay for something they do not want and did not order.
And people should never be forced to say they want a “hamburger, no cheese.”
