Friday, March 26, 2010

THIS is what's wrong with Americans....

I am a creature of habit. Many of us Jewkes ladies are. I can pretty much tell you what I am doing on any given day of the week. On Thursdays I go to the gym and run. Then I go to the office in Hampton to use the internet and print off my coupons and shopping list off of my favorite website that saves me bumloads of money- southernsavers.com. It helps that the "chilrens" get to see their daddy while I am occupied on the internet. Then I go to McDonald's in Lovejoy and let Lincoln run around the playplace whilst I cut and clip my coupons for the week, saving me $100 this week alone. YEAH! Meanwhile eating lunch and feeding baby love Quincy. I go to get Lincoln some much needed ketchup I push the pump down only to be squirted by what smelled like rotten ketchup. I am convinced it was sour becasue it was orange, not red. Ew. It spewed EVERYWHERE. There were two innocent and unharmed bystanders. One was a very well-dressed middle-aged man. As soon as it happened I looked around (with ketchup spotted all over me) hoping someone at McDonald's would offer an apology and perhaps fix the problem (and maybe give me some complimentary ice cream or something). The middle-aged man immediately pounced on the situation and this was the foloowing conversation:
Man: Mam, are you ok?
Me: I am fine.....I just have ketchup all over me.
Man: Are you hurt?
Me: (I look at him incredulously) Hurt? No, I fine.
Man: Yes you are. You are hurt. Here's my card. You should sue.
Me: Are you serious?
Man: Yes. You should sue. You ARE hurt.
Me: Seriously? (I could not beleive this man)
Man: Yes. Here, take my card.
Me: Sir, I don't beleive in that. That's the reason why things are overpriced. Because of needless lawsuits.
Man: Ok. But I just won a man $10,000 for getting coffee spilt on him. In my opinion McDonalds needs to take a page out of the Chick-fil-a handbook.

TOUCHE! They certainly do. But really? A lawsuit for ketchup? RIDICULOUS. THAT'S what's wrong with Americans. Oh, and the new healthcare bill paying for abortions. That too.

Now....on to my routine-filled week.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW! That's insane.

And as far as the beef...YES, it's great to cut back. You need to watch the movie though. Seriously.

Rebecca said...

wow, that crazy. he probably hangs out in McD's every day to catch things like that. wacko. good for for telling him how it is!

The Fox Family said...

wow that is crazy! And as for your routine and coupon routine..umm teach me! I wanna be a mommy like you!

Rebecca said...

one question: where was that guy when you swallowed the razor blade at on the border?

Alicia said...

Oh gosh!! Some people are so rediculous....I would be ashamed to sue of something like that!

Jessica Sedgwick said...

Glad you told him what you thought. I bet he really does hang out at McDonalds to rake in some business. Sad.

Jill Bagley said...

funny funny,
well, you know they should at least give you free burgers for a year for squirting rancid ketchup on your lovely white outfit.

ha ha .
theres a lot wrong with americans. including the way they vote. if i had a dollar for every left wing activist that came knocking at my door!!!

Jake and Emily Hutchings Family said...

you were in locust grove or something, right? i mean, that explains a little bit.

Stephens Six said...

Oh my word! People are crazy, Kinda like the guy that sued McD's for MAKING him fat! I have had 2 real reasons I could have sued and yet I did not. Suing is just so aweful. If someone can apologize and just take note of there mistake and fix it, it is good enough for me. PS it was good to see you this weekend. I need to give your family my new blog so I hope you can like to it from here. Take care!