
after working hard all day
without taking a break to eat
tired and hungry and looking for the easy way out
i decided to just drive through the closest place
to get food to eat on my way home
trying to eat something healthy
was a quite a challenge based on the menu
ordered a small wrap without sauce and unsweetened iced tea
they repeated my order to me
i confirmed it and paid
got my order
slipped back into traffic and headed off
only to quickly discover
much to my dismay
they had actually
added extra sauce, a sugary fake honey mustard sort of thing to my wrap
and poured me a fully-sugared iced tea
was this a trick?
had i asked for my order in some other language that i was unaware of ?
did yes actually mean no?
was i a horrible communicator?
did i appear to need a sugar boost?
too tired and too much traffic to go back
but one of us in the equation was clearly confused
and perhaps both.
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“the single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
-george bernard shaw
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