I hate driving through fast food restaurants to find myself being verbally and mentally abused by the disgruntled employee at the window who can find no better outlet for his frustration than to make customers feel like incompetent retards.
Tonight, I drove through Taco Bell. The first indication that this was going to be a bad drive though experience came while I was ordering. I pulled up to the menu and the voice on the loud speaker asked me how I was doing. I said I was well and asked how he was doing. In long, loud, drawn out words, he answered, "Fine. I'm fine. I am just fine. Yup, doing fine. Order when you're ready." At that moment I contemplated quitting while I was still ahead and abandoning Taco Bell for another drive through. My craving for a 1/2 lb. bean burrito, however, ended up getting the better of me.
I ordered quickly and politely in an attempt to calm the seas before I pulled up to the window. It didn't work. With out even restating the total of my purchase, he grabbed the bills from my hand and slammed the window. After an unnecessarily long time he practically threw the change back in my car. Then, with out so much as looking in my direction he mumbled something. "Excuse me?" I asked, trying to be as polite as I possibly could. After an eye roll and long sigh he finally half-yelled and over annunciated, "Would you like and taco sauce?" Going against my gut instinct to say no, get my food, and get the heck out of Dodge, I meekly squeaked, "Yes please," avoiding eye contact at all costs.
There was an extremely uncomfortable and awkward silence for about a minute. After another series of eye rolls and sighs, he lashed out at me again. "Geeze lady, I'm not a psychic." Not really understanding what he meant by that, I once again asked for clarification.
"What kind of sauce do you want," he said as he gave me a look that said, "You are so stupid that you would be doing the world a favor by committing suicide." Being more of an Amigos patron, I wasn't sure what classifications of taco sauce Taco Bell offered, so I did the unthinkable and asked what kinds they had. I don't think I will ever forget that they offer Mild, Hot, and Fire. It is completely possible that I will have a reoccurring nightmare for the rest of my life of that attendant lividly hissing my taco sauce options at me through the drive through window. When I am 90 years old, on my death bed dying of Alzheimer’s, I will still remember this.
After what seemed like an eternity, I finally secured my burrito and was able to leave that hell that is commonly known as the Taco Bell drive though. Fortunately, it was one of the best burritos I have ever eaten. However, I'm not quite sure if it was worth the abuse I went through to obtain it.
In other news, I watched my sister perform in Kiss Me Kate tonight. Way to go Megan. You were the best whistler by far. All of your practice and previous whistling experience really paid off!!