There was a gal who decided to go with her mother to Salinas because her mother had to see a client the morning after and did not want her to go alone. This gal, we'll call her Nitsirk, and her sister both decided to go, both of which are vegan (with the exception of chocolate and the occasional butter intact at restaurants, very flawed vegans if I do say so myself) you will need that information for later in this tale.
Now upon arrival in Salinas, made famous by John Steinbeck and his boring, ohp very intriguing novels, all grew hungry. As they brought their luggage to there room 328, not 322, Nitsirk's sister flipped on the tv and began to watch Yes Man! as her mother flipped through the hotel guide looking for restaurants near by. The choices narrowed down to either and Applebee's or Outback, for Nitsirk was frightened of getting food poisoning any where else, she then chose Outback, however was over ruled by her sister and mother thus after turning of the television they hopped back into the car and drove to Applebee's.
Nitsirk has an excellent sense of direction (except for that one time in Fresno, but we wont talk about that any further) and became frustrated when her mother got lost and would not listen. Eventually they arrived at Applebee's and were quickly seated. Because it was a game night all the staff were in football jersey's of their favorite player, that will be revisited as well. After ordering waters and an iced tea for herself, Nitsirk took notice of the elegant lighting fixtures around the restaurant hanging above each table. She looked up at their own table and to her terror the stain glass fixture above her was home to over ten clowns, and immediately she covered her eyes and did not look up again.
Nitsirk ordered what she normally orders at Applebee's, "the shrimp and spinach salad with out bacon, or shrimp and Italian dressing instead of bacon dressing, and a baked potato to substitute with only a bit of butter on the side" being a (flawed) vegan for three years she has a regular order everywhere, however her sister a newly found vegan decided upon the "Chicken, Broccoli Alfredo, with no Chicken, no Alfredo, and no cheese on top, just oil instead."
The waitress gave her an annoyed look "So you just want noodles?"
"and broccoli and butter or oil, with it."
"mmhmm... and for you?" directing her questioning towards her mother. She orders but does not get any meat in her meal (she's trying the vegetarian for a while).
The waitress leaves and the three gals start to converse about various topics while Nitsirk takes a sip of her foggy iced tea. "This is disgusting." and sets it aside. They then spot a dessert menu and decide for dessert they will share a large chocolate chip cookie with fudge and have the ice cream and whip cream on the side for their mother.
The food comes out, there is no silverware, Nitsirk's order is fine, her sisters has neither oil nor butter, it is sticky noodles and half cooked broccoli. Their mother's food is all frozen and reheated and just looks disgusting and Nitsirk makes fun of it.
"So are you guys all on some special diet?!" The waitress jumped in out of no where,
"Well I'm vegan and they are mostly vegetarian." Nitsirk replied quickly, having dealt with ignorant people like her before. At that moment she looked at her green bay Farve jersey (Nitsirk doesn't like Farve) and ugly straggly bangs daring her to bring upon more judgment.
"My sister was vegetarian," began 'Farve', "are you the mom?"
"Yes." Nitsirk's mother smiled (uh her name is Eus)
"Oh, well my sister didn't raise her kids vegetarian, her kids ate meat."
Without reply she was off. The three sad there dumbfounded "well that was rude," "did she really just say that." "What a bitch." (that was Nitsirk)
'Farve' then and again would stop back in with one or two judgmental remarks, when Nitsirk said to her as she was filling her water (it was empty forever)
"Actually, I've been vegan for over three years, they just started and are trying this out."
"What do you eat, well besides lettuce."
"Alot, I eat-"
"Do you eat eggs?"
"No I-"
"In a carton?"
Nitsirk stared at 'Farve' thinking to herself, is this lady stupid, eggs in a carton? Her face reflected her thoughts.
"You know, egg beaters"
Still stuck with her "wtf?" face Nitsirk was silent and her mother chimed in,
"No, those are real eggs."
"I eat tofu-" Nitsirk awoke from her gaze,
"Oh I've had that," 'Farve' interrupted with a disgusted look.
"Its actually really good, you just have to know how to cook it." Eus said.
"Mmhmm, you don't loose any weight off that though." said 'Farve'
"It just is healthier" rang in Nitsirk's sister
"I've lost about fifteen pounds in the past two or three years-" Nitsirk began before being interrupted yet again.
"OH Well, I lost fifty pounds in four months on weight watchers,"
"Wow, how great" replied Eus politely.
"Yeah I was a hippo, I got married, gained fifty pounds, got divorced got on Wei..." 'Farve' said as she walked off.
"Oh my gawd I am about to punch 'Farve'. I don't even like Farve, egh!"
They finished their food quickly and stacked plate atop plate to be taken away.
"Do you girls want to order dessert?" 'Farve' asked as she began to pick up the stacks of plates. And before they could even reply she said it, in the most ignorant, bitchy, I'm-better-than-you-even-though-I'm-fat-old-and-work-at-applebee's tone, "or, can you even have dessert." And with that Nitsirk's eyes grew, she looked at her sister and mother telepathicly telling them, "say something or I'm going to bitch her out-" "Um we'll think about it." said Eus, and 'Farve' walked off.
"Do you want dessert?" Eus asked calmly to her daughters,
"I just want to leave, don't pay just leave, that was so rude."
"I wish, how about no tip and we can leave a mess." Nitsirk suggested.
Their mother did not agree to either proposition and instead flashed her credit card at 'Farve' the next time she came around.
"This is my copy, this is yours"
Eus signed, 'Farve' left without a word, no thank you, no goodnight.
"NO TIP! Don't double the tax, give her $2, or $4..No!"
Her mother wrote in $6.
"I hate Farve, he's so stupid!" Kristin remarked as they slyly passed 'farve' on the way out. Oops I meant Nitsirk, sorry about that.
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