Often time fades the sting of a bad experience. Other times the opposite is true.
Let me set the stage.
After a long and arduous night of consuming copious amounts of alcohol after the Zags tragic slaying at the hands of the Tennessee Volunteers in the 2007 Battle in Seattle, my GU crew and I decided we needed ot refuel on McDonalds. On principal, I avoid most fast food and very rarely touch MickyD’s, but on this day a sausage biscuit and classic Egg McMuffin had me pretty excited. Definitely something was wrong.
Stage is set, ACT I.
Walk into MickyD’s, everything is cool, no line, breakfast still being served, right on! Get up to the counter and start the order.
Brent (lazily pronouncing because of hangover): “Can I have a sausage mcmuffin, egg mcmuffin, and a yogurt ... to go”
Cashier (language barrier apparrent): “Ok, 2 sausage mcmuffin and egg mcmuffin.”
Brent: “Huh, no – one sausage mcmuffin and you forgot my yogurt.”
Cashier (no change): “2 sausage mcmuffins and egg mcmuffin.”
Brent (using hand gestures): “No, no. 1 yogurt, 1 sausage mcmuffin, 1 egg mcmuffin”
Cashier (seeming to understand, nodding): “Ok”
BRENT WAITS FOR FOOD, INTERMISSION
FOOD ARRIVES, ACT II
Here comes the food, disguised in the to go bag. Brent peers in, NO FREAKING YOGURT. Not having the heart to try to explain the situation to the rest of the language-impaired staff, Brent succumbs to his fate ... But, he does want some ketchup.
ACT III
Brent to food deliverer: “Can I have some ketchup please”
Food Deliverer doesn’t say a word, simply picks out ONE ketchup packet and drops it into Brent’s bag.
Brent: “THIS IS THE WORST MCDONALDS EVER!”
Brent walks out angrily (but still enjoys the sausage mcmuffin and egg mcmuffin sans yogurt).
THE END
A few lingering questions ...
1) Where is my freaking yogurt? Did I imagine ordering it?
2) Who gives out 1 ketchup packet? Are you serious?
