I decided to get a little shopping done today. Went down to the Nike outlet in hopes of finding boat sized shoes (which I did find a pair of, yay!) and on the way back around dinner time I was near a Joe's Crab shack, and I thought to myself "Self? you know what sounds good right now? A heaping pile of steamed crustacian goodness!"
Seeing as myself agreed with me, we then decided to pull into the restaraunt parking lot, and grab a table. Well, i go to turn into the parking lot anyways, but there is this idiot lady in her car sitting in the only entrance driveay, completely oblivios to the world around her. Given the way the parking lot is constructed, I can't go around her. I could try backing out and go elsewhere, but I wanted my crab, and damnit, my car was bigger so if she didn't move i'd just run her *** over. So I inch forward and wait. I honk, and wait.
...
I honk again. Just as I am about to get out of the car to go see if she is dead or something, and if not rectify the situation, she apperently wakes up and pulls out of the way. Allowing myself and the 8 cars now behind me to enter the parking lot and park. As far as I know she is still somewhere in that parking lot driving in slow circles to this minute.
So i get inside. There isn't any wait, and I get seated right away. They hand me a menu, and then I don't see another single employee for a good 20 minutes. I swear, they all just up and vanished. Leaving myself and several other rather bewildered restaraunt patrons wondering what the hell is going on.
Eventually, some young blond chick with about half an ounce of brains but lots of enthusiasm arrives to take my order. The conversation went something like this:
Me: "yeah, i'd like a bowl of clam chowder, and the King Crab please."
Her: "Oh, we're out of king crab tonight."
Me: "huh. Ok, well how about the snow crab then."
Her: "Oh, we're out of snow crab too."
Me: "Ok, well Dungeoness crab is fine too then. I'll have that."
Her: "We're also out of dungeoness crab! Tee hee!" (and no, that was not an exageration. She really did giggle.
Me: ...
Me: "... Uh. Ok, so the restaraunt is called "joe's crab shack, and you really don't have any crab? Wow."
Her: "Well, we do have the steamer Buckets"
Me: "Ok, dare I ask what is in said steamer bucket?"
Her: Oh,it's a mix of Dungeoness, Snow, and King crab legs steamed together with some shrimp and a few other things"
Me: ...
Me: "Right... Ok, so you don't have any of the other types of crab, but you have all three types of crab?"
Her: "Yup!"
Me: "And that doesn't seem the least bit odd to you then? Hrm.. Ok, I'll have that then.
So eventually I get my bucket of steamed crab. and for some rason two bowels of clam chowder. They only billed me for one though, so that was ok.
The rest of dinner was uneventful, except all the employees managed to dissappear for 20 mintues when I was ready to leave again. Then on the way home I got passed by a matte black Pinto with the words "The circle jerkers" spray painted in green on the side.
So yeah. Wierd.