About two weeks ago. I had my routine medical appointment. I was early because I know it can take awhile to find parking there. The parking lot there is guarded by those mechanical arms that go up and down, allowing one to go through after you get your parking paper thingy ..to which, when you leave, you insert it into the machine and pay for however much time you spent inside the parking lot (which is always an insane amount).
Any ways… the arm thing was not working. I sat there in a line of other vehicles waiting for something to happen and not knowing what was taking so long. About 10 minutes passed when I decided to leave the line and try to find parking along the street. At that point, I was able to see that the machine wasn’t working. After driving around the area for another 10 minutes, not finding a spot, I was quite annoyed. So I drove over the curb and grass, through the trees, to get to the parking lot. At this point, I was late.
Finally, I was in the parking lot ..to which I then drove around for almost another 10 minutes looking for a parking spot that was not “reserved”. I found one. I was about 20 minutes late for appointment now. I figured to myself, “ok, I always have to wait in the waiting room for about 20 minutes anyways, so it should be fine.”
I went up to the receptionist only to find out that they had their appointments mixed up and I apparently did not have an appointment that day. Even though I showed the lovely glaring lady my appointment card that she filled in during my last visit, she proceeded to tell me that this mistake was mine. Me, being the social coward that I am, smiled and nodded then left.
I went back to my vehicle and, not having a ticket to use to open the “out” mechanical arm to leave the parking lot, I drove over the grass and onto a main road on the other side of the building. I was not happy. I decided to get a sundae at DQ to take home – you know, to make it all better.
I went through the drive-thru. There were two cars ahead of me…I found myself waiting for about 10 minutes. I was thinking “what is with the line ups today?!” I then noticed that no one was in the car ahead of me ..just to make sure I wasn’t delusional, I got out and walked up to it to check. No one was there. At that point, a lady had been waiting behind my vehicle so I went to her and told her. She was confused. Then I noticed the car in front of the empty one was also empty…I was like “what the..”. Then I realized that I wasn’t in the drive thru, I was beside it in some little parking space for two employee vehicles…the drive thru road was beside that (on the other side of the sign/speaker/menu thing). I just started laughing.. while the lady behind me realized it too when I started to back up a bit. An employee had come out and saw the line that was forming behind her vehicle ..she smiled and went back in. I got to the pay window after ordering and the employees were laughing. My stomach was aching from laughter at that point.
I went home and opened the bag to find a sundae covered in pineapple (I specifically said NO pineapple) ..so I shoved it in the freezer and saved it for my partner because she loves pineapple.
I then went right back to bed ..I’d had enough. Lol.
sorry that was way longer than intended.. lol