This evening at about 7pm I went to my friendly neighborhood McDonald's. In the Bronx the line at McDonald's is always ridiculous. Poorly trained, apathetic clerks stumble through the ordering process to the verge of comedy. On this particular day I had my headphones on to drown out the sound of the hellspawn-destroyers (children) running loose,  jumping around and screaming. You know - the usual. After a 25 minute wait I was second in line. Though the sound of David Bowie was all I could hear, I could see the conflict unfolding in front of me. The customer in front of me had a winning game piece of some sort and was trying to redeem it. The clerk took the coupon to the manager who gave her an irritated look and waved her away. The customer was growing visibly frustrated and was holding up the line with at least a dozen people behind her. "What the hell kind of stunt is this lady trying to pull?" Sometimes life is more interesting than art. The headphones came off right about the same time the customer smacked her hand down on the counter and demanded that the clerk take the coupon. The clerk looked to her manager, who once again yelled at her not to take the game piece. "We only have Hot Cakes in the MORNING!" The clerk handed the angry woman her game piece. She yelled at the clerk and the manager that it was bullshit that they wouldn't take the coupon for breakfast food even though it was now 7:30pm.

After I tore her skull apart and ate her brains I wasn't really hungry for McDonald's anymore.