Sunday, June 18, 2006
The Ultimate Krystal Adventure
My Cup is out!Chris had been traveling around Atlanta and decided to stop in at the Krystal in Norcross to see if he could snag a Jason box. Sadly, no Jason boxes, he did however, land a Krystal Kid cup! I think Chris said it best: The ladies behind the corner were quite amused at my excitement and word quickly spread that the dude on the cup was my 'amigo'. So I got an extra cup for free - they were gonna give me both, but I decided to fill one up as I needed something to wash down my delicious Cheese Krystals! Since I had heard nothing from the folks at Krystal about my cup coming out, I was shocked to hear this. I was full of questions and so excited that my productivity at work dropped to zero. Alright, so my productivity usually hovers around 10% most of the time anyway, but don't tell my boss. He doesn't read this site anyway. In bouncing e-mails back and forth with Chris trying to get a picture of the cup, Chris let these info-bombs loose:
With the news of a Krystal Cup sighting, I decided to dispatch the Krystal Adventure Research staff to investigate. That means I put my big butt in the pick up, cranked up the tunes, and hit the interstate. I would have gone on a search for cups that night, but I had a meeting to go to after work. The meeting happened to be at Shenanigans Café, an Irish pub around the corner from work. I did not get home til very late. My Krystal Cup would have to wait until the next morning. The next morning I went to my local Krystal to see if they had any of my cups. They said they didn’t and hadn’t even seen any yet. I bought a #1 combo since I was there, and went home to plan. I was working on a flyer to take to all of the Krystals in the Macon Metro area asking them to call me when cups came in. I was using the Krystal.com store locator to ensure I got all the local store. While I was there I decided to see where the Norcross Krystal was located. I found 2 very important facts: first, there are 2 Krystals in Norcross, GA, and second that's only 2 hours drive from Macon. I quickly decided that I would never respect myself if I sat at home knowing my cups were a mere two hour drive away. I've dropped everything and driven 5 hours (each way) to a hockey game before, two hours is nothing. I could hear my friend Ken in the back of my head saying his classic motivational phrase 'Come on you pansies!' I knew I had to make the trip. I called Chris to find out which Krystal it was. Chris wasn't home. I called Jimmy our compadre to see if he knew. He wasn't home. I tried Jimmy's cell phone and there was no answer. Jimmy, why have a cell phone if ya don't answer it? Goober! I know it's for emergencies, but what do you think THIS is? I'm on a quest for the holy grail for goodness sake! As I am mapping my quest I realize the two Norcross Krystals are only about 5 miles away from each other. I also realized this was a great excuse to visit 3 different Krystals in one day. At 3pm yesterday I was on I-75 going north at mach 5. First stop, the Krystal at 1700 Indian Trail. 98 miles, 4 traffic jams, and 2:45 later, I am there. I go in and explain my situation to the guy behind the counter. As usual, I use my Krystal Box as my calling card. It's amazing how many people simply don't believe you when you tell them you're on a Krystal box. He calls everyone from the store to come meet me, but sadly they all say they've never seen me on a cup. I buy a BA burger, because I'm there, and hit the road. Five miles of twisted Atlanta asphalt and I arrive at the Krystal on Peachtree Parkway in Norcross. I run inside and again, using my box as my calling card (and 'I'm not crazy' card), I explain my story. I am promptly told they don't have any of my cups. They don't have any of my cups. Someone at Krystal is lying! I run across the street to the payphone. (No, I don't own a cell phone. Jimmy has already shown they're useless, weren't you reading?) I put in a quick call to Chris to see if he's home. Lucky for us all, he is. He assures me it was the store on Peachtree Pkwy, the store I am looking across the street at. He said the cup has the title 'Secret Stuffing.' As I walk back to the store I ask someone getting in their car if this is in fact the Peachtree Parkway Krystal and they said it was. I now KNOW I am in the right place. It's time to play hard ball! I go back in and assure the man behind the counter that they do in fact have my cups. (There's no way they went through a whole stack of cups in 24 hours.) Behind the counter there are 3 stack of cups. He went through the cups one at a time in all 3 stacks. That was at least 50 cups. All where inductee #19 Frank DiPatri. I've already gotten about 5 of his cups, I don't need any more. Then the girl in drive through points out she's got a smaller stack back there. As she lifts one up I can clearly see 'Stuffing' written upside down on the cup. 'That's it!' I yelled. She started to bring one to the front and I told her 'Bring the whole stack.' I am not going to go through my exact method of acquiring my cups, but I did use one of the methods I described earlier for getting a Krystal box. The manager, Phillip, wouldn't let me have the whole stack of 15 cups. He explained that the cups he had were all of the cups he would have until next week. I left with 8 cups. Less than I wanted but more than I expected. I guess technically I could have bought 15 large Cokes and gotten them all, but I'm just not that thirsty. Had you been in north east Atlanta during that time you would have heard me laughing like a hyena on crack. (Folks at Krystal, the store on Peachtree Pkwy needs more cups!) On the way home I decided to detour over to Chris' since it was sort of on the way home. We hung out for a while and discussed the exciting events of the previous 24 hours. I gave him a box and signed the box and a cup, and assured him he'd get top billing on the web site. As soon as I can decide on a cup icon I'll add his sighting to the Where's Jason web page. So you've read all the way to this point and you're probably screaming one of two things: What does the cup look like? Or Where can I get one? Well I'm working on something special for displaying the cup on the web, so it will be a couple of days. As for getting one, the store in Norcross had 7 when I left. Get directions from krystal.com’s store locator. Tell them that Phillip is awesome. Phillip is the manager who dug through the cups to find mine for me. Ask for the 'Secret Stuffing' cup. If you find any of my cups elsewhere, email me and tell me when and where and I'll put it up on the map. So to finally wrap up this astronomically long post, in response to Chris' comments on the cup: It appears my dad has lost a lot of weight, but don't worry, it also appears my brother found it all and then some. Dad also appears to have gained about 15 years, but my 'sister' (if it is, in fact, Amy) has lost about 15 years too. Happy father's day, pops! Seriously, the cup is absolutely hysterical. I laugh like a lunatic every time I look at it. You will, too.  |
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