I'll start (of course): here in the US we've got a big chain of warehouse stores called "Costco". In addition to all the bulk packages of detergent, tube socks, candy and consumer electronics and just about everything else, most Costco locations have a lunch counter, where you can get a hot dog and fountain drink for $1.50.
I go there a lot. Not for the shopping, but for the cheap eats. Today was windy and the lunch counter is outside, so I got my hot dog (well, 2 Polish sausages and a slice of pizza, actually), paper cup, straw and plastic lid and attempted to hold onto all these items and the books I'd brought while I walked over to the condiments station. I'm from California, so naturally I know that ketchup belongs on any sausage with a bun - I put down the empty cup so that I could work the ketchup dispenser. The wind immediately took it and tossed it across the counter to land under the relish dispenser, the lid landing smack in the middle of a big glob of pickle slime. So I shifted my grip on my food, picked up the cup and carefully wiped all the green junk off of the lid. It took a while, but I got it to where I was reasonably certain I wouldn't be smelling pickle juice every time I sipped my soda. Satisfied, I threw away the big wad of used napkins, making sure to not put the cup down again so I wouldn't have it blow away again. I turned to pump out some ketchup on the first sausage, and the lid of the cup fell off, the wind grabbed it and rolled it vigorously around in the muck around the garbage bin.
I guess I just wasn't meant to have that lid.
I go there a lot. Not for the shopping, but for the cheap eats. Today was windy and the lunch counter is outside, so I got my hot dog (well, 2 Polish sausages and a slice of pizza, actually), paper cup, straw and plastic lid and attempted to hold onto all these items and the books I'd brought while I walked over to the condiments station. I'm from California, so naturally I know that ketchup belongs on any sausage with a bun - I put down the empty cup so that I could work the ketchup dispenser. The wind immediately took it and tossed it across the counter to land under the relish dispenser, the lid landing smack in the middle of a big glob of pickle slime. So I shifted my grip on my food, picked up the cup and carefully wiped all the green junk off of the lid. It took a while, but I got it to where I was reasonably certain I wouldn't be smelling pickle juice every time I sipped my soda. Satisfied, I threw away the big wad of used napkins, making sure to not put the cup down again so I wouldn't have it blow away again. I turned to pump out some ketchup on the first sausage, and the lid of the cup fell off, the wind grabbed it and rolled it vigorously around in the muck around the garbage bin.
I guess I just wasn't meant to have that lid.