Thursday, June 5, 2008

Unbelievable

I think my title says it all...UNBELIEVABLE!!! So I have to go to our other office this morning to drop off invoices so that we can have checks cut for people by the end of the week. First of all, might I mind you that this is a 14.5 mile round trip now that everyone keeps moving offices. It now costs me 8.00 a week just to take invoices to our other office and go get the checks once they have been processed. I don't turn in mileage for various reasons that would make this a very long post, so I won't go there. However, I have decided that I am probably going to have to start turning in mileage. However, the mileage issue isn't even what I am writing this about, but something along the way on this invoice trip triggered this "UNBELIEVABLE" moment for me as I am referring to it now.

So, on the way to take invoices to the other office, I notice that there is a brand new Dunkin' Donuts at the corner of one of the intersections I go through. Let me tell you a little something about me and Dunkin' Donuts...I have one word...INCREDIBLE!!!! I grew up with a Dunkin' Donuts in Tyler which was 30 minutes away from where I lived. On the rare occasion that we were in Tyler on Saturday night and my parents were getting along and we had money, they would stop and get donuts for us to eat before church the next morning. Dunkin' Donuts was a special treat for my family, at least to me. I know, I know...nothing special to most people, but it was special to us. Dunkin' Donuts became the tasty little treat that began to rule my life. I will take a Dunkin' Donut treat over Krispy Kream any day. Sorry, but it's true. Ok, back to my "UNBELIEVABLE" moment. So, on my way back to my office, I decide that I am going to treat myself this morning to some donut hole treats. One of my personal faves from DD. So, I stop and get myself some donut hole treats and an iced coffee (which is slowly moving into my new favorite treat). I will have to say, though, that no one has McDonald's on their iced coffee. Trust me...I have taste tested. As I am one of those people that don't like to eat while I am driving and I am only about 5 miles from my office at this point, I resist temptation to rip open the box of tasty donut hole treats and wait until I get to my desk to make a total pig of myself.

SOOOO...I get in the office, get to my desk, and carefully unlatch the hooked ends of the box of my tasty goodness that is going to start my day off right. "How could my day be bad when it starts off with Dunkin' Donuts' Munchkins Donut Hole Treats?" I ask myself. Well, let me tell you how my moment of angels singing as I open the box comes to the record screeching end. Like a flock of starving vultures, everyone in their mom decides that they need to walk by my desk at the moment I unleash my tasty goodness in front of me. Being interrupted...whatever, stopping to swallow and not choke myself...whatever. Those are minimal compared to what I am about to tell you. I WORK WITH THE RUDEST PEOPLE EVER!!!!! Apparently the people I work with were raised in a home that you don't have to ask to take other people's food. Apparently the people I work with assume that my casa is their casa. Apparently the people I work with were born and raised in a barn. APPARENTLY the people I work with are RUDE. Not one, not two, but 5 people walked by my desk and without asking, stuck their dirty, nasty little fingers in my box of tasty goodness and proceeded to help themselves to a donut hole...without permission, I might add. Yes, let me say it again...not one, not two, but 5 people walked by my desk and without asking, stuck their dirty, nasty little fingers in my box of tasty goodness and proceeded to help themselves to a donut hole. No, Sherry, may I have one, or Sherry, those look good, may I partake, or Sherry, I realize this is your breakfast and your incredible moment with your tasty goodness that rules your life. No, just grabbing. All I can say is UNBELIEVABLE!!! I have to say that I have NEVER in my life walked up to anyone's desk at lunch and assumed that I could just take a bite of someone sandwich because I thought it looked good and it was acceptable to take something that wasn't mine. Did anyone chip in on my tasty goodness this morning...NO!!! But for some reason, everyone thought that it was ok to partake in my awesomeness that is the Dunkin' Donuts Munchkins. I get that they are hard to resist, but is it that hard to ask permission to stick your hands in someone else's treat box?

Maybe I was raised differently. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind sharing, but you should at lesat ask me first. Am I crazy??? Please, someone help me understand what goes through some people's mind. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!

6 comments:

Alison said...

You should have kicked them all with your good leg!! Unbelievable is the only word to describe it! If you wanted to share with them, you could have put the box in a community area, NOT your own desk. Get a clue people!!!

Just for the record - DD kills KK ANY DAY!!! I HATE KK! I just won't eat them. My friend and I used to schedule our orthodontist appts for first thing in the morning so we could stop by DD and get yumminess before we had to go back to school for the day. Definitely worth it!!

The Potts Family said...

Oh my gosh. I would have been SO mad too. Obviously their Momma didn't teach them anything about manners.j

Lisa said...

How did you not say anything. I would have torn them a new one. I don't think I could have been as nice as you. People are STUPID!!

Anonymous said...

I am with Lisa. I would have said, "You owe me $1! Oh, you thought they were up for grabs. Nope! All for me. Let me know when you want to pay me back. Oh, you don't have any cash? Then you can get me some Dunkin Donuts tomorrow morning to pay me back." Can you imagine 5 people having to pay you back in incredible treats?

JB said...

Just do what I do...HIDE THEM!!! If I have tasty goodness, no one will ever know.

Karl, Andrea, Kaden and Leland said...

All I can say is WOW. Seems like you need a big ol' fly swatter!