Tornadoes and Tiny Cups

It's amazing how bad weather can change your entire outlook on life, even if it's for just a second. There is talk of tornadoes in Atlanta and merely the notion has the ability to send everyone into a state of excited panic The sunny blue skies I enjoyed on my drive home quickly have turned to a hot, muggy, ominous, foreboding situation. Complete with winds and dark clouds speeding across the sky.

Moments ago a flurry of phone calls were made and received on my part. The Captain told me tennis ball sized hail was spotted in Carrollton. Bons called me in a panic over what to do with her new car. I could hear the thunder in Freddy’s background in Duluth. I talked to my mom on her way home from work and told her not to go for a run outside, as the storm was sure to quickly make it’s way to Buckhead. As I write this, the weather seems to have cleared up.

A couple of hours ago I had an important topic to disclose. So here goes:

On my lunch break, which I finally allowed myself to take at 4:30 PM, I went to Panera. And let me just say: It was pissing me off. Namely, the cup situation. With my late lunch of a chicken and sun-dried tomato sandwich I asked for a glass of water. You know, that thing that sustains all life?

I was parched. Dy-ing of thirst. What did they give me to alleviate my dehydration? If you guessed that I was provided with a 2 oz receptacle, you guessed right.

I never thought I would be looking around frantically hoping a cup akin to one you get on an airplane might appear before my eyes. I was tempted to throw down the $1.25 a drink, (more like a cup...cause that's apparently what you are paying for people), just so I could have a reasonable cup with which to drink water. But the concept is too ridiculous.

Here comes the rain in Midtown. Everything outside my window looks extra green against a gray sky. Maybe I should be collecting it for my next lunch break.

It's the principle of the thing. For a possibly carcogenic, man-made, carbonated, sugar-filled fountain beverage you are supplied with an environmentally friendly, recycled, and glorious sized 12 oz cup. And for water, a minute plastic object. Oh the irony.

That was quick. I guess I can go to dinner. They sky is faintly pink and I need a margarita.