Finger Licking Good

About 3 weeks ago, my wife and I bought KFC for lunch, and having arrived home we discovered that some of our order was “absent without official leave.” (The military man coming out in me, I guess). At any rate, it seems fast food employees get it wrong as much as they get it right.

Now, I’m not one to “make waves,” and, in such cases, (my counselor lingo) it’s not my thing to do anything at all. However, Jean was not willing to leave it alone, and said the next time she had the opportunity she planned to retrieve the remainder of our order.

Today was the “next time” she had the opportunity.

“Pull in a space and I’ll go in and get our food.”

I complied. Anything to humor her, (especially if I could avoid being part of the ‘food police.’)

I sat in the car and texted several people while I waited. Finally, I saw a familiar figure walking out the door; accompanied by more food than I’d seen since my 16^th birthday party.

“Uh. Whatcha got there?”

To which my wife bravely replied,

“Well, I have a carton of popcorn chicken, a keg of cold slaw, a chocolate cake, and 4 chocolate chip cookies.”

I smiled a “finger licking good” sorta smile, and responded,

“Oh okay. Did they give you a hassle?

“Uh no. No hassle. The manager gave me the chicken, and cold slaw, and asked if there was anything else she could do to make me happy.”

“And?”

Jean continued, “Well, I told her the chocolate cake looked pretty good, and when she ‘upped the ante’ again, I told her I’d been wanting to try some of those new KFC chocolate chip cookies. And you know she just wouldn’t leave it alone, since as I was about to leave, she asked if she could get me anything else.”

And with that I had one of those “snort through your nose whatever you’re sipping on” kinda thoughts, and chuckled.

“Maybe you should have told her to give you everything they’d just finished cooking, or better yet to step aside and make you the new manager.”

By William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 6