[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wisconsin_cur', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'I') would rather they just tax the Drive-thru. If people want their fast food at least make them get out of their cars to get it and if they still want to use the Drive-thru then they have to pay a hefty fee. Apply the Drive-thru tax to bank drive up windows too.

We are in the middle of an energy crisis and nobody wants to give up damn thing. Well it is high time people start waking up. A bucket of cold water and slap in the face is really what this stubborn public needs.

[BigQuake]

We do not have rulers in America, we have elected civil servants to do the peoples bidding...


Bet that made you blow coffee out your nose, dint it?

[dbruning]

"We do not have rulers in America, we have elected civil servants to do the peoples bidding... "

Had to reread it a few times...then wondered if you'd share whatever you were on.

Then realized you were just really really REEEEAAAAALLLLY old.

[pup55]

I was in a little McDonalds earlier. It's attached to a giant truck stop. There are several truckers in the truck stop part, only a couple of people in the McDonalds. There is country music playing over the intercom. The air conditioner is on full. It is cooler, and much less humid, than the outdoors. It's about 6:30 AM.

The signs out front: $4.78 and $3.94

I stand in line behind a black man. He is about 5-7 and about 400 pounds, wearing a black T-shirt and knee-length shorts. I do not know what, or how much he ordered. I want to order something different. He stands with his legs sort of spread apart, probably because he has to in order to hold up his weight.

A young fellow enters. He is about 16, about 5-8 and probably 260 pounds. He is wearing a gray T-shirt, and baggy blue jeans down about mid-butt level, and has a rather vacant expression on his face. His mouth is mainly open. I wait for my "food", and the manager, a bald man with a blue shirt and striped tie, emerges from the back.

"You must be Dan", he says, shaking the young man's hand. Come over and have a seat. I will be with you in a minute.

I am sitting not far away when they start their conversation. The young man is a SUCCESSFUL job applicant. He is supposed to show up at 9:30 tonight. His salary is $6.75.

I finish, and get rid of my trash. The manager says "hi" as I walk out the door. "Hello", I reply in a friendly voice. One of the workers passes by. She is a young female, maybe 25, about 5-4 and 180 pounds.

As I leave, I pass in front of the drive through. A commuter, a lady in a Kia Sportage, stops suddenly as I step in front of her. I can't tell how much she weighs.

[sciencegirl]

SO........

What a ridiculous post

ahem....and the sky is blue and the clouds are white, and and I want to hug you and squeeze you and call you George

[Hagakure_Leofman]

I think Pup is posting for the time capsule of the future. This is the kind of 'scene' that will both amaze and confuse future generations.

Not ridicious at all. I'd encourage more creative prose sciencegirl. It's good for the soul.

[pup55]

Topics for possible discussion:

1. Most of the people in there were badly overweight, in a place not known for its nutrition. Is the problem self-induced?

2. The economy is evidently not that bad, when an overweight sagger can still get a job.

3. The job is not much of a job. $6.75 will seem like squat if the guy has to drive more than a few miles to get to this place.

4. AC on full at 6:30 AM

5. This whole scene is 100% fossil fuel dependent, and this whole way of life is apt to come to a screeching halt in the near future, if some of the doomers are correct. I thought I would thoughtfully record the scene as kind of a time capsule of this way of life. Sorry you did not enjoy it.

[catbox]

Human observation. I do this quite a bit, maybe way too much! Sometimes I look around and think......How is all this possible? How do we keep going like this?


catbox

[jdumars]

Pup, I think of these like Red Pill moments. I have them literally all the time -- I have extracted myself from the culture way more than most, having not eaten any pre-prepared food for years, no softdrinks, no sugar, only local, seasonal food. So, no shopping at supermarkets, etc. I also buy used clothing, and so on.

Every time I walk into a store for any reason, it completely blows me away... the waste, the chemicals, the people, the horror. I get physically ill from all the off-gassing, flame retardant, food smells and such.

Keep writing these vignettes. I love them.

[hironegro]

Why are you shocked? The nation hasn't had a sane energy policy for many decades. The majority of the populace has embraced supply-side economics and corporatism.

[Hagakure_Leofman]

I liked it Pup

You've got to forgive her clinical response. It is sciencegirl. If it had been humanitiesgirl she might have seen the creativity. Instead, she was looking for the 'point'

[Madpaddy]

Pup,

Sounded like the start of a Dean Koontz novel. I liked it too.

[DomusAlbion]

Pup,

I liked your little snapshot of dysfunctional America. I could almost hear a Philip Marlow voice-over. However, you forgot to add one line to your list of questions:

6. What the Hell am I (pup55) doing in this gin joint? -- OR --
Why am I in this hand basket and where are we going?

[burtonridr]

this reminds of those damn stories in the language standardized tests I took in highschool

They left me feeling exactly the same way like WTF! Did I just get laid or something!

Then they would be followed up with multiple choice answers like, "if the man had not walked in front of the car, would the young man get the job?"

[Madpaddy]

burtonridr wrote,

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hey left me feeling exactly the same way like WTF! Did I just get laid or something!

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '6'). What the Hell am I (pup55) doing in this gin joint?

[cowuvula]

I liked the thread, it shows observational skill

Plusky, it is very important to continue to realize this all is going away, it might motivate SOMEONE

doubt it though, no one believes what is coming unless they own a bug-out store and could make a profit from it.

[Dreamtwister]

So what you're saying is, you saw some fat people in a McDonalds?

Quick! Someone call Katie Couric!

[DomusAlbion]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', 'S')o what you're saying is, you saw some fat people in a McDonalds?

Quick! Someone call Katie Couric!

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', ' ')I liked it.