This time I think I’ll rant.
Treatment time, or chemo time, is also fast food time for Carmella. The medicines coursing through her system alters her sense of taste she becomes very picky on what she will eat. Treatment time essentially becomes hurry time which means fast food.
But I have had enough of people who can’t seem to understand what the “fast” in “fast food” means.
I have always wondered why some remain undecided even after standing for ages on a queue in a fast food place. The offering is there, posted all over, in-your-face and can be viewed from the moon. Why then the delay when ordering? Did they know it was suppose to be “fast food" for everybody?
Surely they have long decided what to eat. It was no accident they were in that particular place on that particular time of that particular day. They must already know what they want. Why the delay at the counter then? Have they suddenly realized on the final minute they were at the wrong place? Have they somehow forgotten they wanted to eat?
What can be particularly irritating is when a family conference all of a sudden takes place right at the counter. You can always bet someone changed his mind on something. Can’t they have a food conference way before actually standing on queue, maybe some 5 kilometers before turning into the fastfood driveway? Do we upsize? Do you want that with fries?
It is equally distressing what happens on the other side of the counter. Why should those handling the money also serve the food? Haven't they been informed of issues like contamination and Swine Flu? And why do these service people, busy as they are, should still allow themselves be distracted by small talk among themselves? Do these people understand that work time is rush time in a fast food place, never a buddy time?
There is this Asian saying that goes: “You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.” So are we in for monkey service because this is just fast food?
It is now clear why my Obi Wan would rather avoid fast food. Monkey service isn't her cup of tea. Better make that her slice of tiramisu.
Where's my burger and fries???
Where's my burger and fries???
