"Me: Can you take the small vanilla cone and stick it upside down in the cup, and then when the ice cream falls into the cup, throw the cone away? (I can hear my wife grumbling)
DQ Employee: Ummm, that would be a cup of vanilla ice cream."
At that moment, the DQ employee becomes the asshole.
Unfortunately? Are you kidding? It's your personal monopoly, and the title of your first book. "To Be an Asshole or Not To Be an Asshole." or "Assholes May Have Ruined the World, but They Can Also Save It" or "You Could Be the Asshole Who Changes the World!"
It may be 100% BS that they don't have a cup of vanilla ice cream in the system, but the story is 100% true. I think the girl was new and couldn't figure out how to ring it up, so instead of asking someone, she offered up this brilliant solution, lol. We've been to that same DQ and gotten a cup of vanilla ice cream dozens of times before.
hahaha never thought you were bs-ing! Tell her to look for buttons 'small' and 'cup' next time and charge $1.20 as it should be! I would have loved for you to be my first customer when I was first day on the job.
The DQI (Dairy Queen Incident) made me frickin' laugh out loud. Priceless. Please keep walking the line of questionable asshole and sharing stories about it. (I would have been worse.)
I don't think there is an “unhealthy” way to approach it (unless you eat nothing but French fries and Oreos.) I did it cold turkey. But if you wanted to ease into it, the easiest thing would be to replace the meat you eat with a plant-based meat product a few days a week. I personally don't eat a lot of plant-based meat anymore, and when I do, it’s usually chicken. But when I first became a vegetarian, I ate a ton of it. It's gotten a lot better in the last 18 years, lol. I eat a lot of rice/pasta and vegetable dishes. And I eat nuts every day—walnuts, almonds, pistachios, and of course, peanut butter. I have a smoothie or two each day with protein powder as well. I like plant-based powders, but I will use whey powder sometimes. I am probably the worst guy to ask for specific recipes. I am so simple and repetitive in my diet. I never look for new recipes. I just eat the same thing over and over. My wife does have this recipe for an amazing vegan soup. It's the best soup I've ever had. I'll find it and send it to you.
Hahahahahaha. Definitely no to french fries and daily Oreos. I don't really eat much meat in general, I'm more of a chicken person, but I play with going veg sometimes. It seems to take a lot of experimenting to make sure energy doesn't take a dip, though.
"and of course, peanut butter." lol
I actually don't mind repeating the same meals over and over either. If I like something, that's pretty much what I do anyway, so I hear you!
PLEASE send me the soup recipe when you get it! Soup is my favorite.
You're definitely not the asshole in that conversation. But that is the the type of stupid conversation I would also have so maybe I'm bias.
"Me: Can you take the small vanilla cone and stick it upside down in the cup, and then when the ice cream falls into the cup, throw the cone away? (I can hear my wife grumbling)
DQ Employee: Ummm, that would be a cup of vanilla ice cream."
At that moment, the DQ employee becomes the asshole.
Thank. You. Mak.
That's what I tried to tell my wife, lol.
We all have asshole moments (I can think of a dozen I had in the past week) but that doesnt make us permanent assholes :)
hear! hear! 😀
Unfortunately? Are you kidding? It's your personal monopoly, and the title of your first book. "To Be an Asshole or Not To Be an Asshole." or "Assholes May Have Ruined the World, but They Can Also Save It" or "You Could Be the Asshole Who Changes the World!"
Lol. I love your optimism. All of those titles actually sound like books I would read.
DQ was my first *official* job.... this is 100% BS!
It may be 100% BS that they don't have a cup of vanilla ice cream in the system, but the story is 100% true. I think the girl was new and couldn't figure out how to ring it up, so instead of asking someone, she offered up this brilliant solution, lol. We've been to that same DQ and gotten a cup of vanilla ice cream dozens of times before.
hahaha never thought you were bs-ing! Tell her to look for buttons 'small' and 'cup' next time and charge $1.20 as it should be! I would have loved for you to be my first customer when I was first day on the job.
I'm going to take that as a vote for 'not an asshole' 😁
The DQI (Dairy Queen Incident) made me frickin' laugh out loud. Priceless. Please keep walking the line of questionable asshole and sharing stories about it. (I would have been worse.)
Thanks, Rick! I have enough stories like this, it could probably be a permanent section of the newsletter, unfortunately.
Hit us with your favorite veggie recipes, Randy!!
Also, how would you recommend someone get into vegetarianism--aside from just going cold turkey--is there a "healthy" way to approach it?
P.S. You're KILLING me with this Dairy Queen dialogue 😂
I don't think there is an “unhealthy” way to approach it (unless you eat nothing but French fries and Oreos.) I did it cold turkey. But if you wanted to ease into it, the easiest thing would be to replace the meat you eat with a plant-based meat product a few days a week. I personally don't eat a lot of plant-based meat anymore, and when I do, it’s usually chicken. But when I first became a vegetarian, I ate a ton of it. It's gotten a lot better in the last 18 years, lol. I eat a lot of rice/pasta and vegetable dishes. And I eat nuts every day—walnuts, almonds, pistachios, and of course, peanut butter. I have a smoothie or two each day with protein powder as well. I like plant-based powders, but I will use whey powder sometimes. I am probably the worst guy to ask for specific recipes. I am so simple and repetitive in my diet. I never look for new recipes. I just eat the same thing over and over. My wife does have this recipe for an amazing vegan soup. It's the best soup I've ever had. I'll find it and send it to you.
Hahahahahaha. Definitely no to french fries and daily Oreos. I don't really eat much meat in general, I'm more of a chicken person, but I play with going veg sometimes. It seems to take a lot of experimenting to make sure energy doesn't take a dip, though.
"and of course, peanut butter." lol
I actually don't mind repeating the same meals over and over either. If I like something, that's pretty much what I do anyway, so I hear you!
PLEASE send me the soup recipe when you get it! Soup is my favorite.
I don't remember having a dip in energy, but it was a long time ago, so maybe my memory's just bad, lol.
I'm going to include the recipe in my newsletter this week so keep your eyes peeled 👀