Late Lunch at Arby's

I have to admit I could each much more and much more often when I was younger. Funny to me that as I got older I ate less and gained more weight. lol

@porwest They say a person's metabolism changes as they get older.

@JudyEv Maybe that's it.

@porwest Sometimes Pretty is ready to eat by the time I have made something in the evening and sometimes she isn't. I put it on the table and she can eat when she's ready.

Oh gosh. I get enough flack from the wife for eating at 730pm, even though we have been doing that for the entire 17 years together. lol

@porwest Thanks.

It is basically horseradish sauce. So no. I don't consider it hot like spicy. Horseradish just gives a quick little punch and then it is gone.

Arby's is a place I enjoy, but for whatever reason rarely eat there. But it is always a bit of a treat when I do.

@porwest I suppose they do a lot of research to choose the right name.

@RubyHawk Not necessarily. Most of the time it's just a little bit of brainstorming that gets it done. And when it comes to business, many successful businesses know that a lot of the time less is more. BUT, a name is very important. It needs to be simple, identifiable, and even easy to slip off the tongue. It is funny to me that a lot of people don't know that the reason Taco Bell is named Taco Bell has nothing to do with a bell, but that the guy who founded the company's name was Glen Bell. Keeping it simple provides another example. No one would have shopped at Kresge Mart, but Kmart? Slips off the tongue, easy to remember, and even kind of catchy. Just like Walmart founded by Sam Walton. Would you shop at a Walton Mart? Maybe Walton's would have worked. But something tells me Walmart just says a lot more even if it less. Great names also become easily recognized by their nicknames as well. Wally World. Mickey D's. B-Dubs. Just to name a few.

It really is, when you think about it. But then, a lot of businesses are cleverly named. It's a part of their marketing in a way.

Yeah, it is a little bit of an interesting piece of trivia. The sandwich was good.

@porwest There is a very prominent attorney here in the southeast that posts some funny ramblings of his on social media accounts. One of his posts was making fun of Arby’s, speculating that it is a money laundering business of an organized crime ring. He suggested that (jokingly of course) because of the fact that there are never any customers at their restaurants, yet they stay in business and continue to expand the number of restaurants.

@moffittjc lol. Heck. Who knows? He may be on to something. Truth is often stranger than fiction, as they say. lol

@porwest I wouldn’t be shocked if that was in fact what was really going on. I just never see enough customers at any Arby’s to explain how they stay in business.