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It's 2am. I should be sleeping, but I'm not.
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It's 2am. I should be sleeping, but I'm not. My anxiety is super high today. Went to bed at 11pm, this is the second time I've woken up, so I might as well just..... Get up. As a special treat, I took my through the drive thru at Mickey D's and ordered a couple of items off the 2/$5 menu. When I got to the window, I had already waited in the line for a full 20 minutes and was feeling frustrated. So, when the guy turned to me, repeated my order, and told me my total was $10.34, I came unglued. Not in the deranged, scene-making screaming woman kind of way, but worse. I was sharp tongued and harshly critical. "You got the filet-o-fish and the 10 piece nugget with barbecue?" Mouth agape, limited intelligence, long fingernails. "Yes." "That's $10.34." Sweating. Missing a front tooth. "I ordered 2 items from the 2/$5 menu. That total is not correct." Not even trying to conceal my irritation. "She must have put your order in wrong." Still standing there with an outstretched hand, waiting for me to hand over my card. Stretch marks on his arms, fingernails grossing the hell out of me. "I'm not paying $10.34," I snapped back at him. Looking away. He slowly turned to fix my order. When we pulled away from the window, my asked me why I was so picky about money. She is 8 and now noticing stuff. I told her the truth. I told her that I have to work really hard to make money and it's not right to have to pay more for something than I should. $10.34 represented 1 hour of my time at work, which meant in order for me to pay for that mistake I had to be away from her for 1 hour. This, she understood. If it were up to her, I would never work. Unfortunately, I'm a single mom and the sole income in our household, so I don't get that option. |
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