Ordering whatever the person ahead of you ordered in the fast food drive-thru is becoming a popular challenge! And rightly so! The thrill is similar to thrift shopping! You have no idea what you might (or might not) score! One of my friends had recently suggested that I do this and blog about it, and the other day one of my cousins (ask Mervin Smith about their experience!) regaled me with their tale of fastfooding it, piquing my interest even further. Since Mondays usually involve an Atmore errand run for me and Danielle, I decided that today was the day! Some people do a whole day of this adventure, but for us it was just lunch, rather late. I did no scouting or lingering to wait for what looked like a HappyMealdallic, but just slid in line at 1:20 pm behind a cream-colored Cadillac, hungry and hoping for the best! The voice in the box seemed a bit dubious of what I was trying to order, but soon figured it out and proclaimed that the car ahead had only wanted ONE VANILLA ICE CREAM CONE. "OK, that's what I want!" Stomachs rumbling, I slipped the attendant the cash, explained what we were up to, and asked if she was familiar with this challenge. She wasn't but wished us luck! I told her we were gonna "Go around again!" hoping to score more food! This time we were behind a small red car.... fingers crossed... but no bananas!!!! ONE LARGE SWEET TEA. Oh well, better luck at Burger King! Danielle, pleased to be eating dessert first, licked her cone in contentment while I sipped sweet tea and swung into the empty lane of Burger King. And finally we scored!!! LARGE CHICKEN FRY, BBQ SAUCE, LARGE FRY, and LARGE DR. PEPPER. We took the mother-load to the Magical Alleyway and feasted happily on our fry meal, I read in Educated, and Danielle found two kids books to borrow from the adorable little lending library that is now homed there. So the moral of the story is that life is an adventure if you are willing to look for it, but you might have to go around again, and again, and again!
Third time's the charm, you know.
