Fairfax sues Krispy Kreme over ruined sewer system | Washington Examiner
Krispy Kreme doughnuts appear to have much the same effect on a sewer line as they do on a human artery.
When I lived in Huntington, we would drive past the Krispy Kreme on Route 1 and regularly stop, drawn not unlike fat moths, if the "HOT" sign were visible from the road. I used to adore Krispy Kreme. I still adore doughnuts.
This all changed when they put a Krispy Kreme into Dupont Circle's seemingly unfillable little nook (it was many things, unsuccessfully, for years). With the introduction of a Blended Doughtnut drink that tipped the scales at over a thousand calories, I couldn't let myself participate in a company that allowed people to slowly kill themselves. A thousand calorie chewing-optional doughnut beverage in a plastic cup... never. I couldn't abide.
I don't find it surprising that a company that has no problem gently killing its customers also has zero issue with congenially killing a city infrastructure. Yes, this is now a company that dumps grease, fat, and yeast into the local sewer system, destroying it. Poor Lorton, VA. As if being in Virginia weren't bad enough. Oh, and the planet! Lets not forget that "the excessive quantities of highly corrosive wastes" could potentially reach our tributaries, destroying god knows what. What out for obese goslings.
Swami Sivananda teaches us that one of the tenants, the principals in fact, of yoga is a proper diet. That doesn't mean no doughnuts ever... but it sure does mean stay the hell away from Krispy Kreme.
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