My wife likes to embarrass me, in her blog, so I thought I might turn the tables on her. The following is a short story I wrote that is closely based on an actual event that occurred about six years ago. An embarrassing event. Involving my wife:
Free creamers. That’s what she liked so much about going to McDonalds. She’d order a cup of coffee, then ask for, let’s see, how about eight creamers? Then she’d put just one of those creamers in her coffee and stuff the remaining seven in her purse, to be taken home for using later. McDonalds had always been so nice about letting her get away with this.
“Welcome to McDonalds! May I take your order?” the young lady behind the counter smiled.
“Yes, a cup of coffee, please. And can I have eight creamers with that?”
“Sure. Anything else?”
She calculated that she’d need a little bag to hold the extra creamers without them getting scattered in her purse. Then she was struck with a splendid idea. She’d order the hash browns, which come in a small bag just the perfect size. She was dieting, so she’d have to throw the hash browns out, but they weren’t too expensive.
“And hash browns.”
A few minutes later her order was ready. There on her tray at the counter sat the cup of java. Next to it were some steaming hot hash browns. But there were no creamers.
“Uh, excuse me ma’am, you forgot the creamers I ordered.”
“Oh no I didn’t,” the nice young lady reassured. “I put them in your coffee for you.”
She sat at a little table with a view of the Ronald McDonald playground, and gave the coffee a test-sip. Her face scrunched up to the left and to the right, and her gag reflex kicked in. And then she reflected. This little coffee break cost her $3.12, when she could have bought eight creamers at the store for $2.50.
She dumped the coffee and hash browns into the trash receptacle and departed the land of the golden arches, feeling a bit sheepish.
Lesson learned.
Categories: Humor
Chasing Unicorns 
I’m afraid I’d be like the girl in the window and put all the creamers in the coffee too.
Deb
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I think she was pretty clever to do that.
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By the way, you might have noticed that my blog post styles have changed a little. I watched that video you posted, about the Guttenberg Block Editor, and have learned a lot about it. For the most part, I like it over the Classic Editor, as it’s more versatile, so I think I’ll be sticking with it.
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That’s great! Might as well like it; it’s here to stay (until the next “upgrade” 😉).
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Encouraging… I’ve been fighting with it and was ready to quit, but managed to find a way around it and back into the “classic” editor.
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You might want to check out the Widow Badass’ blog. In a post from about two weeks ago, she includes a youtube video that explains the Block Editor. I found it very helpful.
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Thank you…I will. (ツ)b
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thanks for this info – I will check out the video…
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Thank the good Widow Badass. It’s a helpful video.
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So she grimaced at the over-creamed McDonald’s coffee?
People who drink black coffee never have this issue.
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True! They just grimace over the BITTER flavor! 🙂
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LOL!!
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So do you turn purple like Grimace, as you grimace while drinking bitter coffee?
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I think I would definitely grimace while drinking those candy-corn pumpkin marshmallow toffee lattes that you like.
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Oooh at your age its so easy to get confused isn’t it!
No Candy Corn lattes, just Pumpkin Spice! 🙂
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😄
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But maybe it saves them from a slow death, as the poison will kill them more quickly.
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Well he has been drinking black coffee for a long time. He is already Over thr hill, so apparently the “poison” doesn’t work very fast!
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He must have cast iron guts.
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LOL!
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No, they take their poison straight.
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Poor Kay! 🙂
Whenever I have gone to McDonald’s they always put the cream in my coffee, but their coffee does make me grimace, and not because its too sweet! One needs a bunch of creamers for their coffee!
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That all sounds interesting, but I can’t relate, as I don’t drink poison.
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Poor you!!
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Says she with the coffee-stained teeth.
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No coffee stains on my teeth, smartie!
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Loved it, Tippy. That is classic. Since when do McDonald’s employees try to be so “helpful”?
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Maybe when they realize you’re getting away with something, and they feel jealous.
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next time she does that, I’ll take her hash browns…
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LOL! I had almost said the same thing!
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Seems like a sad waste of hash browns.
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I agree!
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Yeah I wish I was there, or I would have taken them. What a waste.
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Wonder why she didn’t bring it home to you? Poor Tippy! 😉
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That’s right. Poor Tippy. 😞
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Do you want a violin solo?
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That would be lovely.
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Sorry its broken!
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Pffffft.
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seems like everyone but your wife likes hash browns…
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She likes them too. But she was on a diet.
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I think I would have found something else to give up…
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From what I understand, all you have to give up is calories. And who would want to eat a calorie, anyway?
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Are you now competing for the Nobel Prize in Science? You’ve got the Economics one wrapped up…
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Why not? If Trump can be nominated for three Nobel Prizes, I should be nominated for a few, myself.
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I can’t argue with your logic…
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I should win the Nobel Prize for Logic.
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I hereby nominate you…
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Thank you. Well, I guess I better buy a plane ticket for Oslo, now.
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all your travel arrangements will be taken care of by the committee…
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Oh good. So the logical thing to do is just sit at home and watch my mailbox.
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exactly…
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I think I just spit out my drink, after reading that comment! 🙂
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Good. If it was coffee this should be a boon to your health.
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Bahahaha! Now that’s funny. Sorry Mrs. Tippy but it’s funny.
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I thought so. It was good karma.
I cleaned the fridge out once, and you wouldn’t believe all the old creamers and sauce packets I found, gumming up one of the crisper drawers. Took a lot of scrubbing to clean that out. I think my wife has a poverty mentality that leads her to hoarding stuff like that, even now when we’re not in poverty.
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I totally understand that.
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