Saturday, July 15, 2006
Krystals At Work
| As you may recall I made a terrifying discovery at work when I saw that the vending machine sells frozen White Castles. I vowed to find a way to fight back against the evil empire. (Sounded a bit like Luke Skywalker there, didn't I?) On an interesting side note, the day after that post I noticed that one package of White Castles, likely in a fit of depression, had leapt to its death in the vending machine. I wanted to get a picture of it, but sadly my camera was nowhere to be found, and the ugly evidence had been cleaned up by the next day. Anyway, I felt I had found all of the strategies for obtaining my Krystals box but Brian and Adam have shown me there's more than three ways to get a box. Adam had his dumpster mini-dive (or "dumptser wading"), and Brian had his "find any excuse to buy lots of Krystals" approach. While I wont completely rule out poking around in a trash can, I'm not there yet. One of the lesser known perks of getting into the KLHOF is that you do, in fact, get some free Krystals. A sackfull each month for a year. It sounds amazing, but I quickly discovered a problem. As you know I cannot eat 12 Krystals at one time. As you may recall I tried it about 4 years ago. It took 4 hours and I was utterly miserable the next day. I can eat 4 or 6 easily. To get to 8 I need to skip the fries. It became clear to me that to take advantage of my free Krystals I'd need to bring in reinforcements. I decided perhaps to share the experience with those I work with. on Monday I began to test the waters by asking who would be interested in some Krystals on Thursday. The responses were all over the map. One co-worker replied "I have to me in the right mood to eat a Krystal." To which my immediate reply was "I have to be awake to eat a Krystal." Most of the others said they hadn't had a Krystal in a while. I announced I was bringing some in and they were welcome to them. The scheme was hatched. On Thursday I tried to see how many I was going to need, but everyone was very vague and non-committal. So much for plans. I loaded into the truck and hit the road to Krystal. On the way I mentally ran the numbers. I share an office with 5 other people, 2 men and 3 women. Twelve Krystals and six people. The odds weren't looking good, especially knowing I'd eat 4 minimum. I knew I'd need more Krystals, but how many? 18 seemed like a good number, but you can't really tell. Then it hit me: when Brian and I hit the Krystal in Gray we saw LOTS of people buying Steamers, the 24 pack of Krystals. I was amazed and quite envious. I had made the executive decision, I was going to order a steamer. I've seen at Krystal a few times when someone orders a steamer, the cashier will yell to the back "Steamer!" so the cook knows to toss more burgers down. So when I arrived, placed my order, and heard her yell "Steamer!" I had the most amazing feeling ever. You've really got to try it! Get some friends together, and go order a steamer. Even if they don't yell to announce it, everyone in the store will see you toting this big cardboard box full of steamy goodness, and they will be impressed, and perhaps bow down in your presence. Maybe not, but they will probably hold the door for you.  While I didnt get any of my boxes, or my own cup, it was still a great day. I got to order a steamer for the first time in my life. I got to spread the joy of Krystals to the rest of the office. Some admitted it had been years since they'd eaten a Krystal and one even said he didn't even know you could get cheese on a Krystal. It appears my work has a long way to go where I work. How is it where you work? You've never seen true joy in the eyes of your coworkers til you walk in the door with a Krystal Steamer case at lunch time. Perhaps the only thing better than eating Krystals is sharing Krystals. Although I must admit those onion petals are really really good, too.   |
