re: #555 ObserverArt

The original Wendy’s was on East Broad Street in downtown Columbus. I think it opened in 1969. I started at Columbus College of Art & Design in 1972. Our apartment/dorms were about three blocks away. If I remember at that time a single was $0.69 and a double was $0.99. Fries were $.49 and a medium drink was $0.49.

Yeah…we pigged out big time. Starving artists and all.

$2.00 to $3.00 bucks and you were good to go. I’m not sure, but I think that same single today is 10 times as much.

I knew people back then that dipped their fries in their Frosty. You are not alone.

Edit…Haha…I spelled East as Eat.

The original Carl’s Jr. was in Brea, CA. But they called it #2, because Carl built a nice, new headquarters in Anaheim, which was called #1. I worked at the one in Brea. It was my first above-the-table (on the payroll) job. My first raise was when minimum wage went up. Then I learned about Carl’s politics. So many things about that job pissed me off.