true story
Today I was dying of needing an M&M cookie. Thankfully the food court Subway by work has 2 for 1 cookies after 3pm. Unfortunately this meant that Angie and I had to wait until 3pm. But we made it. Barely.
When we got there, the worker person was in the back and there was a man waiting at the end of the counter opposite the cash register. Angie and I went up and looked at the cookies to see if they had M&M (there were two), then got back behind the man. Finally the worker came out, and he slowly went about ordering his two sandwiches (which of course had to be toasted, since all we wanted were cookies now!). He finally finished. As he approached the register, I sat there thinking, 'No. No. Please no. Do not order cookies. Take your sandwiches and go. Don't get cookies!'
And then he said, 'Actually, can I get 6 cookies? You know, make it 8 since they're so cheap.' I looked frantically at Angie. 'How about 4 chocolate chip and 4 macadamia nut.' Sigh of relief.
'Actually, with the deal, you can only have 4.' Woman! Don't talk to him any more about cookies! He might actually look at the thing they're in and notice that he was dumb and didn't choose M&M. Package them up and send him on his way, quick!
'That's fine, just two and two then.' Phewph.
She grabbed the chocolate chip ones, then went to grab the others. 'Oh, these are broken. Choose something else.' NO! NO! Crazy woman! What are you doing!?! He wants two cookies and there are only two M&M left!
'Chocolate chip is fine.' Oh, thank heaven.
'Are you sure you don't want...' WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!
'Oh, I hadn't noticed...'
'He said he wanted chocolate chip.' It just burst out. 'There are only two M&M left. He wants chocolate chip.' I think somewhere I was trying to sound light and funny, but I think it came across far more aggressively than I meant it to. Like I think it came across how I was saying it in my head.
They just looked at me. She rang him up, and I tried to make amends by saying a little thank you, but mostly I think he was just confused as to why I all but shouted at them about the cookies.
When we got there, the worker person was in the back and there was a man waiting at the end of the counter opposite the cash register. Angie and I went up and looked at the cookies to see if they had M&M (there were two), then got back behind the man. Finally the worker came out, and he slowly went about ordering his two sandwiches (which of course had to be toasted, since all we wanted were cookies now!). He finally finished. As he approached the register, I sat there thinking, 'No. No. Please no. Do not order cookies. Take your sandwiches and go. Don't get cookies!'
And then he said, 'Actually, can I get 6 cookies? You know, make it 8 since they're so cheap.' I looked frantically at Angie. 'How about 4 chocolate chip and 4 macadamia nut.' Sigh of relief.
'Actually, with the deal, you can only have 4.' Woman! Don't talk to him any more about cookies! He might actually look at the thing they're in and notice that he was dumb and didn't choose M&M. Package them up and send him on his way, quick!
'That's fine, just two and two then.' Phewph.
She grabbed the chocolate chip ones, then went to grab the others. 'Oh, these are broken. Choose something else.' NO! NO! Crazy woman! What are you doing!?! He wants two cookies and there are only two M&M left!
'Chocolate chip is fine.' Oh, thank heaven.
'Are you sure you don't want...' WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?!?!
'Oh, I hadn't noticed...'
'He said he wanted chocolate chip.' It just burst out. 'There are only two M&M left. He wants chocolate chip.' I think somewhere I was trying to sound light and funny, but I think it came across far more aggressively than I meant it to. Like I think it came across how I was saying it in my head.
They just looked at me. She rang him up, and I tried to make amends by saying a little thank you, but mostly I think he was just confused as to why I all but shouted at them about the cookies.
posted by melilotnfosco | 11:19 PM
7 Comments:
I love this story!!!! Classic sitcom stuff :-D Made me smile. And way to go speaking up for yourself! You are a Neville-level Gryffindor at heart.
haha - I just really needed an m&m cookie!
I once bought two cookies there, one m&m and one chocolate, and offered one to a co-worker. I said, 'I didn't know which one you would want.' To which he replied, 'm&m, i'm not stupid.' I now think of that every time. :)
oh, and it's funny you said it's sitcom stuff. hobbitsister asked me today who I would cast as my husband, three kids, and grandparent or neighbor if I were starring in a family sitcom. now I have a scene for it. :)
Hahahaha, poor Melilot. :) How was your M&M cookie?
And, as you probably guessed, I like how "Neville-level Gryffindor" looks and sounds. :)
i don't even know. i inhaled it. and there were probably only 3 m&m's anyway.
and of course you do. :)
I am crying I am laughing so hard!!! I totally understand your need for M&M cookies from Subway because...yum! Especially when they are freshly cooked (which these probably weren't because there were only two). I might have had a similar outburst. Maybe.
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