godofthemachines
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So I stopped at a Jack in the Box on the way here, and the girl behind the counter said, βHiya! Are you having an awesome day?β Not, βHow are you doing today?β No. βAre you having an awesome day?β Which is prettyβ¦ shitty, because it puts the onus on me to disagree with her, like if Iβm not having an βawesome day,β suddenly Iβm the negative one. Usually when people ask how Iβm doing, the real answer is Iβm doing shitty, but I canβt say Iβm doing shitty because I donβt even have a good reason to be doing shitty. So if I say, βIβm doing shitty,β then they say, βWhy? Whatβs wrong?β And I have to be like, βI donβt know, all of it?β So instead, when people ask how Iβm doing, I usually say, βI am doing so great.β But when this girl at the Jack in the Box asked me if I was having an awesome day, I thought, βWell, today Iβm actually allowed to feel shitty.β Today I have a good reason, so I said to her, βWell, my mom died,β and she immediately burst into tears. So now I have to comfort her, which is annoying, and meanwhile, thereβs a line of people forming behind me who are all giving me these real judgy looks because I made the Jack in the Box girl cry. And sheβs bawling, and sheβs saying, βIβm sorry, Iβm so sorry,β and Iβm like, βItβs fine. Itβs fine.β I mean, itβs not fine but, you know, itβsβ¦ fine. And I would like to order a Double Jack Meal, and Iβve kinda got somewhere to be, so maybe less with the crying and more with the frying, huh? [inhales] And the girl apologizes again and she offers me a free churro with my meal. And as Iβm leaving, I think, βI just got a free churro because my mom died.β No one ever tells you that when your mom dies, you get a free churro.
11/5/2026