Dude, who put a screw in YOUR spring roll?
The day before yesterday, after an all-around abysmal experience flying with US Airways which involved a missed connecting flight (it was their fault but they were still RUDE as could be about it), a flight attendant from hell, and deferred checked luggage that I had to go back to the airport to get (note to self: Never check luggage again), a friend and I went out for Thai food at one of our favorite restaurants. We ordered spring rolls as an appetizer, and as I bit eagerly into one, I felt something hard. I looked, and there was a SCREW in my spring roll!! Of all things! Kind of like this but shorter and not pointed:
They didn't even give us our meal for free. They brought us more spring rolls, didn't charge us for those, and apologized, but we had to pay for our entrees. What a terrible day it was. Anyway, as a result, I'm trying to introduce "Who put a screw in YOUR spring roll?" as a variant of "Who pissed in YOUR Cheerios?" So start using it; I haven't been that successful so far in introducing expressions. Some time ago I tried to get people to use the term "stool sample" as a negative term for a person, like "That guy at US Airways was a total stool sample." You don't have to curse or invoke a gendered slur that way.
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ugh!...
At least it was something that was never alive! :P We found a bug (whose name I shall not repeat for fear of barfing)in our entree @ a Chinese restaurant once, and we didn't get a free meal either! They offered to make us another plate, and he acted like it was no big deal (more protein perhaps?)!! Yeah, I was really hungry after that. *rolling eyes* He didn't make us pay for that entree, but we had to pay for everything else. Bad customer service, booooo. I'm just glad you didn't chip a tooth! :)
Jen (clark)
Hmm... my dad once found a th
Hmm... my dad once found a thumbtack in his fish at a Chinese restaurant.
Screws and such
I like "stool sample". Thanks for the meme. I wandered here because for reasons beyond my comprehension, I am also listed in the blog list on the "Write On" page at SIUE. (http://www.siue.edu/IS/WRITING/Newsletter/index.html)
Looking forward to coming back to "100 things". I've never undertaken to compile such a list. At my age, maybe it should be 1000 things. :-}
US Airways
We lost a day of our Spring Break waiting for our luggage--which was in Philadelphia--to arrive in St. Thomas. At least it was brought to the resort for us. This is the second time US Airways has left behind our luggage.
Unfortunately, sometimes you have to check it. I've decided from now on I'll be sure to keep certain things with me though--like clean panties ;-)
Cindy