BECAUSE I SAID SO...
A MELTED SILVER LINING WRITTEN BY JULIE BURTON / PHOTO BY JAMI BOWMAN
Optimists will always see the silver lining. A couple divorces after 10 years together. But they got two awesome kids out of the marriage. A grandmother dies. But her funeral brings out-of-town family together again. A worldwide pandemic shuts the world down. But it also opens the ever-convenient fast food delivered to your door. Even Taco Bell? Even Taco Bell. We’ll get to Taco Bell later. You see, you can get fast food ice cream delivered to your door. The delivery driver must be quick, but it can be done.
8:45 PM
to please text when they arrived.
My daughters asked for ice cream. I told them I was done driving for the day, but I too wanted ice cream, so I placed an order for three soft-serve ice cream cups mixed with cookie dough. I paid double for the convenience. I instructed the delivery driver
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Estimated time of delivery: 9:15 PM.
9:10 PM
“We apologize for the inconvenience, but your delivery has been cancelled due to the store cancelling orders for the night. We will refund your purchase.”
9:15 PM
I placed a new order for two cherry slushies and one blue raspberry slushie from another fast food restaurant and from another food delivery app. The silver lining here is that there is not a monopoly on food delivery apps.
