a description of the amazing and exciting adventures i have here in baltimore--- and other lies.

 
today is free slurpee day! get yours at any participating 7-11.
i say "any participating" one because, apparently, not all are. or at least not yet. i went to get my little
piece of free stuff from the 7-11 on 33rd and greenmount, figuring i would enjoy my frozen treat as i walked to the book barn and sip simply as i sauntered.
WRONG!
i went there, only to hear that they "were out of cups." well, this is not precisely true: they did not HAVE
the cups. why? well the manager had not brought them yet. i could have accepted that as an answer had this been at 8 or 9am. however, it was at 11.30 in the morning. i realize that it was before lunch, when the store really gets a-hoppin', but come on. there was this old guy who was there to get his, too, and he was as unhappy as i was. "saw it on the teevee last night. said thers gonna be freeeee slurps tuday." i agreed, that the tragedy was of a cosmic scale, and inquired with the helpful staff as to a timeframe in which i could begin to expect my sample slurpee. "ah don know."
-a guestimate, perhaps? "ah don know." one of the other, younger girls interjected, "miss kim, she comes and goes when she wants."
now this was an answer i could live with, and i told them so. i could not get mad at them; my boss sucks, why not theirs too? i waited around for about ten minuites, but i looked at my watch, and i have better things to do, people to meet, this blog to write than to hang around waiting for godot-san.
so, i tripped over to the other one, the one on 29th street. they had the cups.
now, these cups are small, but, realistically, what should you expect? a full, 20 oz slurpee for free? dream on, communist! it's only 4-5 oz (and i am being kind), but it was free, it was pina colada, and it was delicious. partly cuz of the colada, partly cuz of the free, which, as you all know, is my favourite flavour anyway.
so, get your free slurpee, today. at participating stores.
posted by gregorio at 12:25 PM