Peanuts on the floor
On 8/12/2014 3:19 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> 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.
>
Does sarcasm spin counterclockwise down there too?
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