i was thwarted at the last minute in my quest to satisfy my culinary desire this evening.
i felt like having a steak sandwich. for cultures that do not know what a steak sandwich is, it is a thin slice of tender steak that is fried and placed between 2 slices of buttered toast together with a slice or 2 of tomato, and a slice or 2 of beetroot, and with caramelized onions and lettuce.
here is an image of a steak sandwich (which i would reject because it is not well packed).
i like steak sandwiches with egg and cheese (the egg must be soft) and the sauce i like is barbecue sauce.
so i went to the takeaway shop that i like and...
her :hi there!! ! how are you??
me: yes a steak sandwich with egg and cheese and extra onions thank you.
her: ok.
me: can the egg be soft and i want barbecue sauce.
then she went to get the bread and she came back and told me that she had no white bread left, and she had only wholemeal bread.
i was derailed and i walked outside so my mental wreckage would not be visible to her, and i paced up and down the footpath thinking about what i could do.
i had decided after painstaking thought all afternoon that my dinner would be a steak sandwich, and i was unable to default to any other thought.
eventually i thought that maybe it would be OK if she used a white hamburger bun instead of the white bread and i went back in and told her to use a hamburger bun instead.
she accommodated my request, and prepared the steak--burger, and i went to the car and started to eat it, but it was thoroughly unsatisfactory.
there was too much sauce on it and the lettuce was not drained sufficiently, and the damned thing fell apart in my hand as i was eating it. i became annoyed, but i ate as much of it as i could before it looked too sloppy and disgusting for me to continue.
i then had a daydream about walking back into the shop and slamming the mess of a burger onto the counter and saying "that is why guns are illegal in australia!! thank your lucky stars that you live in this country. good evening"
that thought made me laugh and so i guess i got some value out of the situation.
but nevertheless i will not return to that shop again.
Last edited by b9 on 17 Mar 2012, 11:15 am, edited 1 time in total.