>me, orders chicken sandwich<
>cashier rings up spicy chicken sandwich<
me: "why does it say spicy chicken?"
cashier: "you don't want spicy?"
me: "I didn't ask for it."
This has happened several times recently, at different places. Nothing I say during the ordering process even remotely sounds like the word spicy (I order by meal number). The only thing I can think of is, people subconsciously inject their preferences into this situation.