Pancakes, Vodka and the Evil Eye
So this morning my wife and I take our buddy Jay to the local Applebee’s where they are having an all-you-can eat pancake breakfast. This was a fund raiser for the Kiwanis, so besides only being $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes, it was for a good cause! We pull into the packed parking lot, then headed for the front door. Besides the chaos from all the volunteers inside, there were a bunch of Boy Scout’s helping out as well. They were going around picking up the empty plates of those that were finished with their round of pancakes. One of the Scouts in particular stuck out to us and we soon decided to save our empty plates until he came around. Now there was a family sitting in the booth next to us with their little toddler in a booster seat in the aisle and “our” Boy Scout/Waiter was coming our way. He stopped at the families table to see if they had any empty plates and the baby made some sort of noise while he was standing there. The Scout gave the baby the Evil Eye and made a noise that was somewhere between a sharp inhale and a hiss. My wife and i saw this and started to crack up! For the rest of the breakfast the Scout was now called Evil Eye (with me sometimes referring to him as Stink Eye)! He was totally going to get all of our plates for the rest of the breakfast. When we were ready to leave, Jay and Amy got out some quarters to give him as a tip, which he took with a bored look on his face then walked off. After we left Amy wanted to buy smokes so we headed over to the Discount Beer/Cig place which just happens to be right next door to a liquor store! So at 8:30 a.m., Jay and I make a trip in to buy some more vodka. I highly recommend early morning trips to buy booze. It makes you feel so alive! …ok, not really, but we were cracking up the whole time even after the cop walked in and looked us up and down. It was as if he was thinking, “who the hell buys vodka at 8:30 in the morning?”
Love life, eat pancakes.
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