![]() Do you ever get so hungry that you can't even think straight? Well, I do. And the longer I go without food, the more indecisive I become. I went into a cafe and bought two vitamin waters for $3.20. Then I realized they were both zero calories. That wasn't gonna do anything for my hunger. I drank one and then I decided I had to buy something with substance. I walked up to the counter at said cafe and said, "I'll take a sandwich." Hey, it's better than just saying, "Give me food please." He asked which kind and I just took the first one he suggested since I was starving. (exaggeration...it'd been like 5 hours since I'd eaten). He made it, wrapped it up, set it on the counter. I said, "Thanks," and I took the nearest seat. Immediately I was saddened to find that there was heavy chipotle sauce on this sandwich because I find chipotle to be undesirable. (side note: Whenever I said a bad word such as stupid, or dumb, or called my sisters names as a child, I was administered a single drop of Tabasco Sauce. Now whenever I eat something spicy, I feel inclined to swear since I'm already being punished for it.) Fortunately I didn't swear, I just took a few more bites of my sandwich when an employee approached me and said, "Excuse me miss, did you pay for that?" Offended I replied, "Yes....no." Actually I didn't. I never paid for my food. Looking like a thief and a dumb thief at that made me more embarassed than my smeared mascara (which I noticed about 20 minutes later). I took my sandwich and took a seat. Had I taken my sandwich to go, I probably never would have remembered that I never paid for my sandwich. Feeling sheepish and apologitic I went up and paid. He charged me for the sandwich and the two vitamin waters he saw on my table. Dishonesty cost me $3.20 today. I'm glad my integrity is worth much more than that. Too bad the sandwich wasn't that great.
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Lindsey
2/13/2015 11:42:52 am
Sorry it was a lame sandwich! It's a pretty funny story though :).
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