Thursday, April 16, 2009

First Impressions

So today was my day to pick up bagels for work... I stopped off at Panera's (is there any other place to get bagels? Panera's ROCKS!) I saw a big sign for their new Mango Smoothie. I knew it was going to be a long, hard, boring day so I decided to treat myself and give it a go. The girl hands over my smoothie....



What the?!?! First I thought the cup and girls hand were very tiny. That wasn't the case. Notice the straw is as think as my thumb!!! I didn't take it from her right at first, and just stared with a confused look. Finally I managed to murmur, "That's fun..." as I slowly reached for it.




I wasn't sure if I liked this monstrous straw. It required a lot of concentration while drinking because I didn't want to choke on the gush of liquid that exploded in my mouth with one quick suck. I felt attacked and caught off guard. I was looking for a reward-not a challenge. We had a love/hate relationship.




As the day continued, I grew fonder of my straw. I found myself smiling when I looked at it. I imagined this straw standing next to 'normal' skinny straws and it feeling like a fatty. I could relate. Plus also, it was purple, and lo and behold! I too was wearing purple! I felt like we were destined to meet. My office hoodrats and I bonded with it during the 9am fire drill.



It was there to support me during annoying phone calls with insureds who can't grasp simple concepts. It was hard to be upset during the calls with my new friend, foggy with frost, feeding me deliciousness. I smiled again.



But at the end of the day. I knew we had to part ways. I shed zero tears, but did have a 10 to 15 second moment of silence to show my appreciation of our day together.

3 comments:

Abigail said...

rofl. that was thoroughly entertaining, even if it did turn out to be a fairly known item.

Anonymous said...

maybe you just have a little thumb!

FoxFamily said...

You are freaking hilarious!