CuppaJoe
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On my way to work, hobbling around with a cane, heavily medicated, I decided to stop in for some soul food, meat lasagna with coke. Real nice place run by a family, nice tables with city/business view. At the entrance I noticed people getting their Pepsi's (no cokes) from a cooler, I thought they had paper-cup cokes at the cashier, hesitated then decided to get the canned Pepsi. Meanwhile three people got in the food line ahead of me, I decided not to let that bother me when an obnoxious women (OW) cut in, still I thought, this is not going to become an issue.
She ordered vegetable lasagna to go, I ordered meat lasagna for here. Then, out of nowhere, she layed into me, "you eat meat!, you're not going to look like me (slim) when you are 71!" I wanted to do a variation on Jack Benny's response to "Your money or your life," something like I'll take a shorter life over spending any of it with you but all I could get out was, "I should live so long." Then OW got louder, "meat says in your system 72 hours!" I've seen people at this point turn the conversation around and get friendly, I wanted to bash her and was proud of myself that I did not.
Guy behind the counter took a spatula and put what looked like meat lasagna on a plate, OW said, "is that my vegetable lasagna," He said, "no, it is not your vegetable lasagna. Hey, what are you doing with a tray, you don't need a tray for to-go food." "Yes, I do, I'm going to eat some of it here but need the to-go box to take the rest home." Clearly her attitude was "I'm healthier than thou!" I was thinking for all i know that meat lasagna could have been ordered by one of the other people who cut ahead of me.
She paid for her food but it was not ready, my meat lasagna was waiting at the cashier.
What do you make of this, "don't sweat the small stuff"? Sometimes the tortoise does get there first? Ever w*rk behind a counter?
She ordered vegetable lasagna to go, I ordered meat lasagna for here. Then, out of nowhere, she layed into me, "you eat meat!, you're not going to look like me (slim) when you are 71!" I wanted to do a variation on Jack Benny's response to "Your money or your life," something like I'll take a shorter life over spending any of it with you but all I could get out was, "I should live so long." Then OW got louder, "meat says in your system 72 hours!" I've seen people at this point turn the conversation around and get friendly, I wanted to bash her and was proud of myself that I did not.
Guy behind the counter took a spatula and put what looked like meat lasagna on a plate, OW said, "is that my vegetable lasagna," He said, "no, it is not your vegetable lasagna. Hey, what are you doing with a tray, you don't need a tray for to-go food." "Yes, I do, I'm going to eat some of it here but need the to-go box to take the rest home." Clearly her attitude was "I'm healthier than thou!" I was thinking for all i know that meat lasagna could have been ordered by one of the other people who cut ahead of me.
She paid for her food but it was not ready, my meat lasagna was waiting at the cashier.
What do you make of this, "don't sweat the small stuff"? Sometimes the tortoise does get there first? Ever w*rk behind a counter?