Pomp and Circumstantial Evidence

Krispy Kreme had bad timing I think.  They did a huge expansion just (what seemed like) a few weeks before the Atkins craze set in a few years ago.  Just my opinion.

I like Rachel Ray.  I've never seen her show, but she looks hot in the commercials.  I like her voice too.  So gravellllllly.

Boobs too high up?  That's a new one. 

Well, no one else seemed to have been affected.

You know what else gets me? Shifts in size.

How many times did I have to go to Wendy's before I realized the medium is now the small, the large is the medium, and OH MY GOD ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY??? is the large.

Way to help the obesity crisis.

I think that maybe other donut retailers were less dependent on their carb-loaded, glazed wares.  Dunkin' and Horton's seem to be more of coffee places than donut shops.  I have no real evidence to back any of this up, too.  It's just what I thought...

It probably cost a pretty penny to expand through the northeast also, and I'm gonna assume they had trouble recouping the investment.

I haven't been to Wendy's/BK/McD's in ages.  I've gotten in the habit of ordering IHOP take-out on Saturday mornings though.  They've got some new New York Cheesecake Pancakes that are out of this friggin' world.  Best thing ever.  Man, oh man.  Gotta do take-out too...there's like a 20 minute wait for a table and probably another 30 'till you get your food.  Screw that.

Amy and I went to that IHOP once, and were standing out in the cold for like 45 minutes waiting. The whole time we were like "fuck it, we should just leave"

but we finally got a table and it was one of those deals where one seat is part of a giant booth, and across from you is a regular chair, and on eithere side of use were like 8 wiley kids. So we immediately got up and left before our coffee even arrived.

It was like, 11:30AM by that time so we ended up at Chilis.

Pointless story!

Take-out, dude!  The only bad part is how you get the evil eye from all the dopes waiting in line.  This is how it goes down...

Walk in.

They look at you with a look of both amusement and pity - they think you will be waiting forever just like them

Go to the counter and say 'Pick up for Ryan'

They stare as you grab two bags of food and pay (without tipping, mind you!)

Walk past envious, hung-over slobs and the post-church service crowd to your waiting car and laugh diabolically as you lay down strips of rubber while yelling something about the malevolent ruling nature of Iron Maiden.

LOL

I love not tipping people. Sorry kid! No expendable income here!

Here's a tip: show a little more leg.

That's what I'd say.

Tim loves Rachel Ray's smokers's voice. 

I like Dunkin D because for once I can walk into a coffee shop and feel catered to by the people behind the counter, which is not what happens in Seattle.  When you have a city of addicts, all the sudden every barista is a pompous dealer, supplying you with your morning hit, making you feel like it's from the goodness of heart, all the while giving you the smug and haughty look of a superior humanbeing.  Nothankyou, you work for me!

I just looked 'barista' up in the dictionary and I gotta say I like Joe's description better. 

I miss DD since we don't have any on our side of the H2O anymore.    :(  But if they were on every block like they seem to be on the east coast (like Starbucks is here), I'd probably hate them too.  I remember that when I went there last year, there were Indian people or white trash people working in like every one, no matter the city or state.

Btw, the cat in the book I wrote talks and has a Krispy Kreme fetish.