[Chewbaccus]

I just read the whole shit pizza story, and it jogged my memory.

I never did something like that at the Ortlet, but my brother was involved with something like that at this restaurant near us.

He and his friend were working the late shift (it's a 24-hour place to get something hot and caffeinated before getting back on the road kind of place), and they had just shut the grill down, as it was late, empty, and nobody who came in ordered something significant. Usually coffee. In walks this guy, demanding a mushroom egg-white omelet.

Now, my brother and his friend were livid. They couldn't believe that this happened to them, when they were so close to getting the hell out of there. So my brother's friend (this is TRUE, now) grabs up a handful of mushrooms and puts them in his mouth, chews them up, and spits them on out back into his hand.

At this point, my brother was new to this job, and wanted to keep it, so he left as to avoid any association with what happened next. It wasn't until years later he got up the balls to ask the guy what really happened. The guy just looked over at my brother and raised his eyebrows slightly. From then on, it hasn't been discussed between the two.

My mother hears this, she goes "I'm glad he didn't join in, that's sickening" etc. etc., but you know what? If it wasn't the fact that I hate mushrooms, I would have done the same.

~mike