{"id":573891926,"date":"2020-02-11T22:09:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T03:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573891926"},"modified":"2020-02-19T18:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T23:47:44","slug":"apologies-to-geralds-everywhere-most-of-em","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/02\/11\/apologies-to-geralds-everywhere-most-of-em\/","title":{"rendered":"Apologies to Geralds everywhere — most of ’em"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote of this last week — because we saw this last week<\/a>, and we went back there again, because the fullness of life allows you to have a routine Tuesday lunch meal if you have walking-distance choices. And so we go to Chipotle, which is pretty good here, and I’ve only gotten sick once there, thank you very much — and I get to write about it again, because we saw it again. <\/p>\n

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As noted last week: <\/p>\n

The carefully selected handwriting. This is the sort of thing that\u2019s discussed before it\u2019s done, right? \u201cNo one could read my handwriting,\u201d and so on. Then there\u2019s the frowny face. And the first-person. It has grown self-aware. And is sad. Now, is the sadness brought about by the existential dilemma of being a soda dispenser? Is the sadness because the dispenser knows this isn\u2019t her fault, but is rather a faulty hose somewhere between here and the syrup? Maybe the grief comes because it knows a manager \u2014 the third shift leader in charge of liquid refreshments \u2014 forgot to fill that order.<\/p>\n

Or maybe there\u2019s a legal issue. It wouldn\u2019t be the first time. Forty-some years ago Barqs was sold outside of the family, but the heirs, the Robinsons still had some companies with the Barq\u2019s name and so the trademark battles began. The 5th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the family, so it was the root beer\u2019s new owners that were out of order and \u2026 here we are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s the same note. Someone fixed the problem on the Barq’s, and then decided to take that strip of paper, because it’s going to happen again, because Gerald is closing next week and Gerald is just the worst<\/em>.<\/p>\n

(I’m assuming no Gerald works there, and bear no ill-will to him. Unless he is closing, and unless he’s the beverage guy and unless he is, in fact, the worst.)<\/p>\n

Today, as you see, the problem is with Mr. Pibb and, why, I’ve just noticed everything there is a second tier soft drink. I’ve only just noticed this because I don’t drink them, of course, haven’t for about 16 years. I do enjoy tea, however, nectar of the gods, and Chipotle can usually make a good tea. Not this week, however. It was unsweet. Gerald. He’s the worst.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s the point of Chipotle Tuesday if the tea is bad? Leftovers, I guess, but really.<\/p>\n

This is the point of Tuesday. Time in the studio. Me and my old friend Camera 4. Go way back. The stories we can tell. Makes the other cameras jealous: I could have had that shot.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Camera 4 was one of three cams that helped shoot a band tonight. <\/p>\n