Posted by Big Daddy on June 24, 2008
Last night on my lovely ride home, I pulled my crashed up car into this Chinese joint I like so I could get some egg drop soup to bring home for dinner. When I got home and opened up the bag, I had my soup along with a packet of soy sauce, hot mustard and a small container of duck sauce.
Why would I need duck sauce, soy sauce and hot mustard for my egg drop soup? Am I supposed to mix it into the soup for “added flavor”? That is like going to the store to buy a pair of socks and they toss a head of lettuce and a bike tire in the bag. How about when I go to ”a certain fast food drive thru” to get my diet coke and they hand me the drink and 2 napkins. Do they think I am going to spill it? And these are the same people who nickle and dime me for an extra sweet & sour sauce that I actually need, but pass out napkins like they are party favors.
And when I go to ”my coffee store” to get a bagel, I always have a salt and pepper packet in the bag. That sounds yummy…a peanut butter bagel with salt and pepper on it. Why don’t you just toss a squirt of french vanilla mix in the bag while your at it…that would taste awesome!
I really hope that when I go to lunch today that Chef Adam tosses in a potted plant and a roll of scotch tape with my Pasta! That would just really make sense!
on the opposite side of things, i got chinese food the other day and instead of the signature fortune cookie that one should get with every chinese food meal, i got a doughball. whats up with that?! the best part of going for chinese is the fortune cookie and i got completely jipped and got a doughball instead.
Comment by Gert — June 24, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
that is so true! it happens to me all the time!
Comment by Jami — June 25, 2008 @ 10:49 am
RESAURANTS! I was at this restaurant with my kids and a few other adults. It’s a “family style” place”, their claim to fame is their fried chicken! I however felt the need to go outside the box. I ordered the thanksgiving meal. Yup…all the fixins, stuffing, mashed potatoes (you get the idea). As we were finishing up…..I asked for a box to go. (Sounds reasonable). The waitress informed me that they the boxes are only to put PIE in but she could give me a bag! A BAG? Surely she was joking! She wasn’t, she stood firmly on her giving me a bag. A little bag, like the ones that you use to put dog poop in! What else could I do at this point but laugh uncontrollably at the waitress! My daughter who’s 15 was extremely embarrassed by my behavior! I got my bag and proceeding to place my turkey breast w/gravy, mashed potatoes w/gravy, stuffing and of coarse cranberry sauce all in my one bag! Laughing hysterically along with all the other adults at my table! The waitress was crying! Needless to say we have never gone back to the lovely establishment! And my kids have not lived down the embarrassment! Have the high ups at all these places misplaced their common sense?????????
Comment by Anything But Ordinary — June 25, 2008 @ 11:47 am