A week ago Pickles came home from an evening of running errands. On his way home, he stopped at a McDonald’s and placed an order for himself and Pineapple. The order consisted of 2 cheeseburgers and a Chicken Selects sandwich.
The orders were a little behind, so Pickles went around the corner to fill the drink cups, and then wait for the order to be ready. The girl behind the counter seemed to be having trouble because she dropped part of a basket of freshly-cooked fries on the floor and had to throw them out. Pickles wondered if this was her first day. A little while later, the girl brought out the order and Pickles headed home.
By the time Pickles arrived at home, Pickles and Pineapple were both past ready to eat. When they opened the McDonald’s bag, they discovered a double cheeseburger, a spicy McChicken, and a Mushroom and Swiss Angus burger. The counter girl must have had a really rough day.
Pickles and Pineapple needed to decide what to do. Pickles could spend a half-hour taking the order back and getting the correct order, or Pickles and Pineapple could just eat what was delivered. Rather than spend the time to get the correct selection, Pineapple proposed rather matter-of-factly, “You have the mushroom burger, I’ll have the double cheeseburger, and the Spicy McChicken can go to hell.”
Wow! Strong words for a simple sandwich. Pineapple is not prone to swearing, particularly about food. Pickles found the statement so shocking that he couldn’t stop laughing for the rest of the evening.
After some discussion about Pineapple’s derisive statement, Pickles decided to eat the Spicy McChicken to see if it really deserved to “go to hell.”
After two bites, he agreed. The sandwich is overly spicy without reason. The flavor is more like cardboard underneath, and the spice just seems to be there to cover that fact. Now, as far as Pickles and Pineapple are both concerned, Spicy McChickens belong in hell. ‘Nuff said.
And Pickles is still laughing…
