On Dec 10, 1:42Â*pm, Tommy Joe > wrote:
> On Dec 10, 1:16Â*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
>
> > I'd like to use lingo like "on your 6" but my wife doesn't speak
> > macho. When she worked at Jack in the Box while going to college,
> > "cheese at the window" meant a good looking guy at the drive-thru.
>
> Â* Â* Â*I rarely use the clock lingo; not sure I ever have - but I've
> heard it from others and it makes sense. Â*Now drifting slightly off
> topic (if there ever was one), I remember Jack in the Box when I lived
> in L.A. Â*.. Â* It was one of my least favorite fast food joints.
> Everyone thought it sucked. Â*A bunch of people got sick one time, up
> in the northwest I think, and soon the Jack in the Boxes closed down.
> But a few years later they opened as "new and improved" - and funny
> thing is, they really were improved. Â*That rarely happens. Â*Usually
> it's just a term businesses use. Â*But Jack in the Box in my opinion
> really did improve after they shut down and reopened. Â*I remember the
> one in Hollywood Ca that I would go to now and then. Â*There was a guy
> from somewhere in the middle east who seemed to always be there. Â*I
> could tell he was bright, probably also working his way through
> college. Â*He always had a smile on his face, very easy going - looked
> like nothing bothered him. Â*He was so happy and friendly that I
> wondered if one day he might explode and kill a bunch of people. Â*I
> had trouble understanding how someone could hold a job of any kind and
> smile all through the day. Â*I still do.
>
> TJ

The guy that cleans our condo's common area is overly friendly like
that. My wife and I think he's a serial killer. 🔫
We have a JIB in our little burg that does OK. If I had a million
bucks, I'd open one of those burger places that serves just burgers
and fries and that's all, with only a drive thru window. Come to think
of it, all restaurants should be like that. Maybe any store that sell
anything should operate that way. �