Coupons

Coupons

Noel Laflin

1-13-20

I just received a Bob's Big Boy Restaurant coupon declaring they had gone retro in price for the Big Boy Combo special (burger, fries, coleslaw, and drink) for $7.95.

Now, I normally would not have given this a second thought, except that our family was a family of experts when it came to good deals at Bob’s Big Boy – especially their burgers. Well, technically, my dad (who was also a Bob) was the expert as he had a secret handle on Big Boy coupons (by the fistful, or so it seemed back in the 1960’s) and as today marks his 104th birthday – r.i.p., pop – I feel it only right to challenge this ‘retro’ claim by the folks now behind the fat little boy in checkered overalls and red suspenders.

You see, back in our Big Boy retro days, one could get the same combo for about a buck - maybe a little more. Better yet, when you had ‘buy one, get one free’ coupons, as my dad provided us, well, you can do the math. That was a deal.

Ironically enough, David showed up with a Burger King combo tonight – one for each of us. Normally, he informs me, you can get two of these combos for $10.95 – but as he had a coupon, he got two dollars off.

Not quite as good a deal as what my dad used to come up with, but he’d be proud of the kid nonetheless.

So, in your honor, father, we salute you with burgers, fries, and a coke - and all procured with a coupon, of course.