On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:11:49 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>We ate at some Roadhouse tonight. Not Texas. Uh...Jimmy Macs. Not sure if
>they are a chain or not. I had the chili and it was good although oddly a
>bit too salty. But...
>
>They offer you free peanuts in the shell. If you want them, you use one of
>those bamboo salad bowls and scoop your own from a feed trough. Then you
>eat them and toss the shells on the floor. The filthy, uneven, cement
>floor.
>I hated walking through the piles of shells to get to our table and I was
>seated at the end of the booth so I had to keep looking at them down there.
>
>What is the appeal of doing this? I ate one peanut. One. Not even a
>double one. Just a single peanut and didn't want any more. Not that I
>dislike peanuts but... The whole experience rather dampened my appetite and
>I am glad that I only ordered the chili and not a meal.

Some sort of trauma counselling might be in order?
So sorry to hear about your ordeal, I hope it becomes a distant memory
as soon as possible. Hang in there.