Well, another super FAIL for lunch! This morning, the rain was kind of bad. But by the time I got to work, it was SUPER BAD (har, har, har). I mean, it was ridiculously rainy and I don’t know if you’ve ever walked in the Financial District down by South Ferry, right next to the water? It is SUPER SUPER SUPER WINDY. I mean, there’s no point in opening your umbrella, it will just fly away, and you’ll get wet even if it doesn’t. I walked into my office and I was SOAKED. It was literally streaming off my face. I took off my outergarments and had just about gotten ready to log onto my computer when my boss walked in and looked at me, smirked a little and said, “Now THIS is what you call a bad hair day.”
Bear in mind, I have fairly straight hair (slight wave to it). I chuckled and said, “Excuse me, I am going to go pretend to brush my hair.” Which was funny enough on its own, except when I returned to my desk a few minutes later (having only gone into the bathroom to look at the damage and really just patting it a little), my boss happened to be walking by once again and actually just looked at me/my hair and LAUGHED. GRRR!!!
Anyway, my point talking about the rain was that it was DISGUSTING outside. Which wasn’t going to stop me except halfway to lunchtime, I heard a loud CRACK and scraping/scratching along the windows. Ummm, did I mention I’m on the 33rd floor? So. Debris or some crap was flying around outside the building! Then the notification emails started from building security; they shut down our back lobby, then our street in front; warnings about construction sites nearby with massive stuff flying from them. Ummm, I don’t usually carry a helmet with me, so I was kind of wary about stepping outside just for something to eat.
Against all better judgement, I decided I should just grab a salad from the cafeteria. My last company-subsidized-cafeteria lunch, right? Well, a long time ago, I used to get ‘sizzling salads’ on Mondays, so that’s what I got. It comes out to about $5 with a drink; not bad, right? (They also have ‘hot food’ – a protein with two sides – for less than $5, without a drink, everyday. I gained a lot of weight when I started working here.)
Romaine lettuce, mozzarella, candied almonds, eggplant, mushrooms, peppers, onions, zucchini, carrots, chicken, etc. etc. etc. They heat all of that up (minus the first three ingredients), then toss it with dressing and your choice of green.
I got royally sick afterwards, even though it tasted alright. And look how much food that is! A thousand calorie salad, indeed!
Another FAIL.
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