For a foodie, eating and trying new dishes and stuff
is the best possible mean to achieve real happiness. If you want to calm the
anger, offer them food; if they are crying; give them something to eat; if they
are tensed, food will make them feel better.
It all starts with food and ends with food. I can
understand the delicious thoughts of having meals and deciding an hour before
dinner time what to eat. And right after you finish eating you start thinking
about what to eat next.
I do not know if this is only the case with me or
does this happen to everyone that while I was in my university years I begin
this habit of hanging around so much with my friends. It almost always ended up
in having lunch and dinners at different place; outside my home of course.
After every lecture I used to feel these hunger
pangs. Maybe it was some magical spell casted by my friends who were always
like this and as they say that you are known by the company you keep I was also
now one of the most outgoing girls in my class.
My parents obviously didn’t approve of this much
liberty that I miss my meals with my family but then young age is the rebel
doing everything exactly the same as it is told to do. This time demands
liberty, freedom and space.
Youngsters tend to enjoy more with their friends
than their family. May be it is a little harsh for the parents but this is the
truth and thank God with time my parents understood my need of being free
willed. So, after a week of being grounded, I was set free from the prison of
the four confining walls of my rooms. Now I was free to miss my meals again and
this is the very thing I did after my release.
It was a May morning when we were about to go to our
last class. A boy with some brochures in his hand came towards us. At first we
didn’t notice what was in his hands and tried to ignore him. But then he
approached us and said “I am here just to endorse the opening of a new
MacDonald’s branch near your university”. As soon as he said this and handed
over those pamphlets to us, our mouths filled with water and a lustful gluttony
overcame us. We decided to go there right after our class.
During the whole 60 minutes of the class images of
smoothies and fries were hovering around my head. For a moment I though the
professor could see my imagination by the way he glanced at me with his frog
like popped out eyes.
He asked me to read the lines of Macbeth and there I
was reading Macbeth’s dialogue about life that “It is a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fries”. A roar of laughter echoed through the wall of the
class as I read it. Embarrassed by my gluttonous behavior I sat down lowering
my eyes.
The class was finally over and we rushed towards the
gate of our university. The first thing we did was opened the pamphlet and saw
the location of MacDonald’s new branch. One of my friends booked a cab and we headed
towards our destination.
As we reached there we were amazed to see how
stunningly the restaurant was designed and the ambiance was so pleasant and
refreshing. The staff welcomed us with a burgeon hospitality. We were not used
to such kindness and why not, that you will know soon.
We were finally about to fill up our plates, mouths
and stomach with loads of food. So we sat on a corner table and started to
choose our order from the menu. The waiter was waiting for us o place our
order. It was his generosity to stand there and wait but his continuous
presence was confusing us a little. Hunger is always bigger than confusion so
we placed our order.
We were four friends; all who were foodies so the
order was too much for the waiter’s ability to remember so he decided to write
it down. This was the moment I realized that we were little devils back then
who were always ready to exploit other’s abilities and enjoy it.
We ordered two Big Mac’s burgers and two Garlic
white cheddar burgers with butter milk crispy tenders and Bacon Ranch Grilled
chicken salad. Not to forget the Macdonald’s World’s famous fries bucket. In
beverages, one of my friend Iced Turtle Coffee and all the others went for
Coca-Cola. We were so excited not only for the food but because of the fact
that we were the first group in our class to visit this branch. Being popular
is one of the basic survival tricks in student life.
As we were waiting for our order, our restless and
freaked out wild young souls didn’t allow us to sit straight even for a minute
after the waiter left us. We were sitting on a table close to the play area and
there were no other families or people in this story apart from our squad.
We decided to go in the play area and live our
childhood once again. Now the fun begins; we begin to play around like wild
animals and then one of my friends couldn’t resist her to bring trouble and
embarrassment upon us.
She climbed up the kids’ tunnel slide and tried to
enjoy it but got stuck in it. We were confused whether to laugh or to help her.
I put my hands in the slide and held her with her feet to grab her out but
instead, his shoe came in my hand and I also fell down in the struggle. Thanks
to the lovely and patient staff that they helped us out and didn’t throw us
out.
After such an adventure we were now hungrier than
before. Our order came and we ate whole heartedly. The taste and quality of
everything was finger licking good. At the end of our lunch meal, they gave us
a survey
card to get reviews of our experience with them.
We filled it up and praised them for their patience
with customers like us. We also apologized for out not so decent behavior and
gave them 5stars. I had a lot of experiences with my friends and I still do but
this one is the most memorable and hilarious one that I can never forget.
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