Since it was Thursday and I had to stay through for handbell practice, I went out for dinner. I went to the diner again. This time, I had pancakes, eggs, bacon, and grits.
Mmm… It was so good…
I usually don’t pay much attention to the bill at restaurants. I figure that if I’ve already decided to pay for food, I should just enjoy it and not fret about what it costs. But when I looked at the receipt after getting back to school, my brain finally processed what I was seeing. My meal cost me $17.25. That’s a lot of money for that meal. That seems like a two-person total to me. Did I get ripped off? I think maybe I should start looking for another source of breakfast-for-dinner on Thursday nights.
Yes, you were ripped off. That’s about $1.72 worth of actual food, so their markup is astronomical. Is it possible it was supposed to be $7.25 and somebody was careless at the register?
I’m with you….that seems high. I think that meal should be less than $10.
What are you reading? My go-to activity when dining alone is crossword puzzles.
It’s Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I really like them. Just yesterday I was thinking about how I read them a lot when I was in middle school, and I think they had a huge impact on my moral development. Or perhaps they just resonated with what my upbringing had already established.
Whatever the case, I still think like a fairy tale: people who are kind should get the magic cloak; people who are mean should be made to dance in red-hot iron shoes until they die.
Ooo -ooo (waving arm in air like Arnold Horshack)! Can I nominate this year’s Cloak Wearers and Red-Hot Shoe Dancers?! PLEASE!?!?! (I especially want dibs on the latter category…we should talk…)
Breakfast is usually the cheapest meal of the day to eat out…..I, too, think it was TOO High Priced. The Bacon might have increased the price, but no that much!! I Love Breakfast ANYTIME Of Day. (So Did Your Grandpa Royuk)….Of all the things that we had to eat when I was growing up, Eggs are still on my “like” list. (Eggs are my meal of choice when I don’t know what to eat. Fixed ANY way…..) “chicken” however is on the “other” list…my LEAST preferred food on the “chain”…… Blessings On Your Day!!! <3 Aunt Bev 🙂