Editors Humour.
The speaker at the McDonald's drive-through window had been broken for weeks, and the staff had to resort to miming or writing notes to communicate with the frustrated customers.
One day a sweet elderly lady whom we would see every week pulled up to the window, leaned out of her car and smacked the glass in front of my face. "Hope this is bulletproof," she yelled.
There had just been a robbery at KFC, so I was touched by her concern.
"It is," I yelled back.
"Good," she continued, "because someone is going to shoot you if you don't get that speaker fixed."
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Mary feels inadequate when talking with a mechanic, so when her vehicle started making a strange noise, she sought help from a friend. He drove the car around the block, listened carefully, and then told her how to explain the difficulty when she took it in for repair.
At the workshop, she proudly recited, "The timing is off, and there are premature detonations, which may damage the valves." As she smugly glanced over the mechanic's shoulder, she saw him write on his clipboard "Lady says it makes a funny noise."
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Security and peace of mind were part of the reason John & Pamela moved to a gated community. Both flew out the window the night John called a local pizza shop for a delivery.
"I'd like to order a large pepperoni, please," he said, then gave him the address of our condominium.
"We'll be there in about half an hour," the kid at the other end replied. "Your gate code is still 1238, right?"
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After shopping at a busy store, another woman and Joyce happened to leave at the same time, only to be faced with the daunting task of finding our cars in the crowded parking lot. Just then Joyce's car horn beeped, and she was able to locate her vehicle easily.
"Wow," the woman said. "I sure could use a gadget like that to help me find my car."
"Actually," Joyce replied, "that's my husband."
