Why Robin Will Never Eat at the Woodward Sonic Again...

Happy Friday!

Everybody sing! 

“The weekend's here and we'll have a can of beer,
We’ll relax, hallelujah, hallelujah,
And take off our slacks, hallelujah, hallelujah,
And sit around the house in our rotten underwear”

Thus singeth (or, sangeth) the Greaseman.

Glad this week is over, it was rough one.  I fully realize I was away from the great state of Oklahoma for many years.  I also acknowledge that I spent FAR too much time on the east coast.  That probably explains my attitude and actions toward O-DoT workers along SR-15 who hold up traffic in the morning and make me sit for TWENTY MINUTES without any sign off life down the road behind the dude with the stop stick. 

See, if that was happening on the east coast people would be honking and screaming out the windows and turning their cars around and revving their motor at the dude with the stop stick…well, you get the picture.  Stop stick dude has come to expect my raised middle finger when he finally allows me to go…again, with no apparent signal from anywhere…it’s like the start of a good day for him (a day without Robin’s raised middle finger is like a day without sunshine!).

So, I was kind of happy to discover another soul in Cosmic City who probably spent FAR too much time on the east coast. 

I pulled into Sonic on Thursday morning, thinking it had been awhile since I’d had a Sonic Super Burrito.  Now, let’s stop right there for a moment.  

In most fast-food restaurants when you order something the person behind the counter or the voice in the box asks if you want the combo meal or just the SANDWICH.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a burrito or a pizza pocket…it’s the sandwich.  I don’t know why that is.  I didn’t make the rules.  I’m a go with the flow kind of guy (except where O-DoT is involved). 

I pressed the button to make an order.  The Voice comes on and asks me what I’d like. 

I said, “I’ll have the super burrito, just the sandwich.”

The Voice responds in a surly manner, “Man…you want a sandwich or a burrito?”

I respond in an equally surly manner, “The BURRITO…just the burrito.”

The Voice shoots back, “Well, don’t tell me you want a sandwich if you really want a burrito.”

I was stunned, but then quick thinking on my part kicked in, mostly out of fear he would spit in my burrito, “I APOLOGIZE!” and realized I was yelling at the Voice.

The guy parked next to me is looking at me like I’m insane…which I probably am. 

The thought of the Voice spitting in my burrito was more than I could stand…I dumped it as soon as the car hop delivered it.  Guess I showed them. 

I’m certain the Voice did NOT spit in my burrito, but once that idea gets in your head you can’t get it out.

The Woodward Sonic has gone to hell.  A shame really for a drive-in that’s been in the same location since about the time I was born (yes, I’m that old).  And I believe the first, or second Sonic in America…it’s an historic landmark, I’m telling you!

Maybe the Voice was having a bad day…I dunno.  I recall that soon after I moved here there was an ad that ran in the newspaper for several weeks from the management of that Sonic store apologizing for the level of service people had been receiving. 

Oh, Voice…I APOLOGIZE for calling it a store…it’s a restaurant.

But, hey, the Voice and I weren’t the only guys having a bad day on Thursday.  As you may recall, yesterday’s post was about that online e-church that predicted the world would end this past Wednesday.  Last I checked, we’re all still here.

Well, the Right Reverend Chris McCann was so overrun on social media, etc (hey, when you’re handing out electronic religion that’s to be expected) about why his prediction didn’t happen, he felt obliged to explain (sigh).

He stated, on the e-Bible Fellowship Facebook page, “Since it is now October 8th it is now obvious that we were incorrect regarding the world’s ending on the 7th.” 

Yeah, that pretty well sums it up, I reckon.  Did he stop there?  Oh nooooo. There was more.  Pontificate away, RR McCann, pontificate away!

“The fact is that we consistently told people that October 7th, 2015 (being the end of the world) was a strong likelihood. And according to the good amount of biblical evidence at our disposal it was. Therefore saying it was a ‘strong likelihood’ was a true statement. We also openly acknowledged that there was a small likelihood that it would not happen.”

That might have been a good time to start asking for e-donations to be made to his e-church.  But he didn’t stop there either.  Instead, he took on all of the “other” churches of the world who don’t see things the way he does.

“The Bible teaches that the church age is over. And the churches of the world are all operating without the presence of the Holy Spirit. The numerous doctrinal errors of all the world’s churches prove the condition of their spiritual darkness. Therefore E Bible Fellowship is completely unconcerned with how any church or its members perceive us.”

Sigh.

BEAT TEXAS!