Plants and birds and rocks and things
A few mildly remarkable things about an otherwise unremarkable drive back to Minneapolis last night:
1. I went through an Arby’s drive-through and they gave me curly fries even though I hadn’t ordered them. When I told the man at the window this he said, “Well, now you have free curly fries.” That I ended up not eating the curly fries, and throwing them away instead, struck me as profoundly sad.
2. The man at the drive-through also told me to “enjoy my time.” Not “enjoy your meal” or “enjoy your evening.” “Enjoy your time.”
3. While listening to Chuck Klosterman’s novella about a woman who falls from the sky and lands on the hood of a car on the highway, a rather large bird came flying up and across the road from left to right, and struck the windshield of my car. Or perhaps I should say that my car struck it. The impact made a hideously loud noise and left a crack in the windshield running from top to bottom. It looked like a pretty bird, from what little I saw of it, mottled with brown and white. Needless to say, I also found this profoundly sad.
Posted: November 27th, 2006 under General.
Comments: 6
Comments
Comment from Jill
Time: 27 November 2006, 21:35
I think the story can only be complete if you also saw sand and hills and rings.
Comment from MRP
Time: 28 November 2006, 11:05
Once, my dad killed a pheasant in the same manner. He pulled over, found the bird, and we had it for dinner. I can only assume you did the same.
Comment from porovitch
Time: 28 November 2006, 12:10
h’m. sad because you got free fries, or sad because you didn’t care to eat them?
maybe you need a nice bubble bath or something.
porovitch
Comment from ae
Time: 28 November 2006, 14:48
Did you order normal fries and get curly ones? Or were they just probono curly fries? Cause the former has happened to me in the past, and It’s driven me blind with rage. Not all of us consider curly to be an upgrade.
Comment from Jake
Time: 28 November 2006, 14:54
I didn’t order any fries at all. But I share your aversion to curly: had they been straight fries, as God intended all fries to be, my chances of eating them would have been greatly improved. Being curly is a choice; no one is born that way.
Comment from BP
Time: 30 November 2006, 11:24
I think this sort of thing is all too common at Arby’s. I was rolling through the drive-thru at my local Arby’s and they needed a reminder to give me my Dr Pepper.
That being said, I must admit to being a fan of the seasoned curly fry. I find them to be delightful with a roast beef sandwich or chicken finger.
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