Place: Cici's Pizza
Lunch: Lunch buffet, Dr Pepper
Dora isn't on. Whatever IS on looks absolutely horrible. For awhile, we were getting the Madagascar penguins in the Dora time slot. I had no idea they had a TV series.
I'm starting to think I should stop carrying cash and just swipe my debit card wherever I go. Why? Consider today and this past weekend...
13th Avenue Warren Theatre, Friday - A movie ticket is $7.00. I give Ticket Seller $22. She gives me $14 in change. I stare blankly.
Ticket Seller: "It's $7.00. You gave me $21."
Me: "No, I gave you $22."
"Right. It's $7.00, and you gave me $22."
"Yes. 22 minus 7 is 15."
"I...oh."
She takes the $4 back and gives me a $5.
Freddy's in Topeka - Saturday - Lunch costs $6.42. I give Smiling Counter Girl $22. She stares blankly, then hands me back the $2. "It's only $6.42," she says.
Me: "Yes. But I don't want a bunch of $1's in change."
She doesn't understand and CALLS A MANAGER OVER.
He understands, of course, and tries to explain it to her. She doesn't get it.
"Just input $22 into the register."
She does, still looking confused. "You want all fives, then?" she asks.
"I don't care if it's a five and a ten. I just don't want a bunch of $1's!"
Light bulb.
"OHHHHHHH!"
Manager laughs. I don't. Manager realizes this and stops laughing as I shrug my shoulders and give him an 'Are you KIDDING?' look.
Today, Cici's - Lunch is $6.76. I give Counter Guy $22.01. He inputs $220.01. I am due $213.25 in change.
He gives me $13.25 in change.
"No, it's $15.25. I gave you $22."
He's confused, but eventually decides I'm right.
Is the youth of America really getting that dumb?
Or is $22 just a bad luck number for currency?
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Barstow Taco
Place: Arby's
Lunch: Arby's 'Shroom & Swiss, potato cakes, Pepsi
I can't remember the last time I actually liked an Arby's LTO. I like this one, though.
The NHL just announced that the Atlanta Thrashers have been sold to a group that's moving the team to Winnipeg. They haven't announced a name yet, but they HAVE to go with the Jets, right?
I still have a Jets jersey. Never saw them play in the old Winnipeg Arena, but I did see them play at Colorado in their last season. I did see a couple of concerts in the old Winnipeg Arena. That was one odd building.
You can add Henderson, Nevada to the short list of cities I wouldn't mind living in. A nice house in the hills overlooking the Las Vegas area. A telescope on the deck that allows me to view the strip and aircraft taking off and landing at McCarran. Easy access to all that is fun about Vegas from a safe distance.
I based myself there over the Memorial Day weekend. Played some pinball, ate at all the cool California fast food chains, wandered Fry's Electronics (where every answer from every employee is always "I don't know, that's not my department"), and spent all of two hours on the strip, which is a lovely walk on a Sunday morning. The strip's newest property, The Cosmopolitan, is really nice.
Started a road trip to Barstow that sort of accidentally ended in Los Angeles, where I visited my brother and had dinner with @nyssa23 and @jammer427. Checked out California's first Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, who are doing Wichita proud. Checked out the Barstow Del Tacos, whose tacos are so much better than the national Del Tacos, one has to wonder just what the national Del Taco is thinking not moving to that taco meat recipe themselves.
Barstow is the original home of Del Taco, and founder Ed Hackbarth and partners (family?) still franchise units there. But their tacos differ from the national chain. Their "Barstow Taco" meat has a different, milder seasoning blend, and the shells are fuller. $1.29 gets you a nearly full shell of beef with lettuce and cheese falling over the top. Eat a national Del Taco version afterward...in regular OR "classic" form....and you just might want to add Barstow to the list of cities YOU wouldn't mind living in.
Or take road trips to.
From Henderson.
Lunch: Arby's 'Shroom & Swiss, potato cakes, Pepsi
I can't remember the last time I actually liked an Arby's LTO. I like this one, though.
The NHL just announced that the Atlanta Thrashers have been sold to a group that's moving the team to Winnipeg. They haven't announced a name yet, but they HAVE to go with the Jets, right?
I still have a Jets jersey. Never saw them play in the old Winnipeg Arena, but I did see them play at Colorado in their last season. I did see a couple of concerts in the old Winnipeg Arena. That was one odd building.
You can add Henderson, Nevada to the short list of cities I wouldn't mind living in. A nice house in the hills overlooking the Las Vegas area. A telescope on the deck that allows me to view the strip and aircraft taking off and landing at McCarran. Easy access to all that is fun about Vegas from a safe distance.
I based myself there over the Memorial Day weekend. Played some pinball, ate at all the cool California fast food chains, wandered Fry's Electronics (where every answer from every employee is always "I don't know, that's not my department"), and spent all of two hours on the strip, which is a lovely walk on a Sunday morning. The strip's newest property, The Cosmopolitan, is really nice.
Started a road trip to Barstow that sort of accidentally ended in Los Angeles, where I visited my brother and had dinner with @nyssa23 and @jammer427. Checked out California's first Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, who are doing Wichita proud. Checked out the Barstow Del Tacos, whose tacos are so much better than the national Del Tacos, one has to wonder just what the national Del Taco is thinking not moving to that taco meat recipe themselves.
Barstow is the original home of Del Taco, and founder Ed Hackbarth and partners (family?) still franchise units there. But their tacos differ from the national chain. Their "Barstow Taco" meat has a different, milder seasoning blend, and the shells are fuller. $1.29 gets you a nearly full shell of beef with lettuce and cheese falling over the top. Eat a national Del Taco version afterward...in regular OR "classic" form....and you just might want to add Barstow to the list of cities YOU wouldn't mind living in.
Or take road trips to.
From Henderson.
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