Total Elegance, I wish I did what you did in my story as described below:
Picture it, McDonalds, 1999 *I couldn't resist*
I placed an order for my food, and paid my money. I gave her some change with my payment so that I could get my change back in whole dollars, not coins. She said, "Too late". I asked then if she could give me a dollar bill for a dollar in change. She said "I can't do that". I then said, "I thought the customer was always right." She said som smart@$$ remark and then started to use profanity at me. Seeing that this was an escalating into a shouting match, I shouted, "I WANT A REFUND!" She said some other smart@$$ remark, I said again, "I want a refund! Just give me my money, please!" This lady was still talkin' mess. I gave her the talk-to-the-hand gesture and said, "Feed the hand" (read: give me my money). When I got my $, she was still talking mess. I said whateva, ok, bye-bye *blew her a kiss to aggravate her* and left. I never went back to that McDonalds again.
Is it me, or is fast food becoming SLOW FOOD!
I mean, there is a Mickey Ds right across the street from my grad school and they are slower than a constipated mule. On Saturday mornings, the line looks like 1st of the month at the welfare office. I hate going there. I have nothing against young folx trying to make some $, but it seems that all the fast food joints are staffed by ignant teenagers who are there solely to make a buck. And they know that fast food help is hard to come by, so they knowingly do the minimum work and drag their [butts] b/c they are needed more than they need their jobs.
Am I on track or out in left field?
MG73