# That bewildered the shit out of me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705 "2011-10-15T02:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/1 "2011-10-15T02:44:19Z")
I stopped in Greenfield, Indiana, got gas for my car and stopped at McDonalds. After going to piss and wash my hands (both piss related and gasoline related), I got in line, and eventually got to order, “An Egg McMuffin and a large coffee, please, to go.” At that point, the cashier burst into tears, abandoned her station, and fled to the back room. I can’t even begin to imagine what that was all about. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/2 "2011-10-15T02:48:53Z")
When she ran away, was she searching for a metal pipe? You may have lucked out. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/3 "2011-10-15T02:58:14Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > When she ran away, was she searching for a metal pipe? You may have lucked out. 🙂 I noticed those threads after I started this one. She just went away. After a couple minutes of confusion, someone else stepped up and filled my order and I went away. I just kept wondering. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/4 "2011-10-15T03:00:46Z")
It was probably unrelated to you. At a guess, someone before you was a total ass and she managed to hold it in until you ordered. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/5 "2011-10-15T03:01:51Z")
bwahahahahahaha (over ladyfoxfire’s comment). dang too slow on the post ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/6 "2011-10-15T03:06:41Z")
A friend and colleague of my wife’s died yesterday. She almost called into work (her part time retail job, not one where her colleague worked) because she was afraid of having that sort of reaction in the middle of her shift. So who knows what’s going on in her life? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/7 "2011-10-15T03:09:05Z")
Maybe you look like a dead relative of hers or something? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/8 "2011-10-15T03:13:12Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Maybe you look like a dead relative of hers or something? Heh, I was thinking about that. “I’d like an Egg McMuffin and a large coffee, please, to go, and by the way, I’m your long-lost grandfather.” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/9 "2011-10-15T03:22:13Z")
Enough was enough. You just happened to be there during her epiphany. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/10 "2011-10-15T03:28:10Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > After going to piss and wash my hands (both piss related and gasoline related), I got in line, and eventually got to order, “An Egg McMuffin and a large coffee, please, to go.” > > At that point, the cashier burst into tears, abandoned her station, and fled to the back room. > > I can’t even begin to imagine what that was all about. Did you remember to zip? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/11 "2011-10-15T03:38:49Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > Did you remember to zip? :rolleyes: Yes. :rolleyes: I think. I can’t imagine that scaring teenagers these days anyway: “It looks like a penis, only smaller.” ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/12 "2011-10-15T03:44:53Z")
You ordered the last coffee. She wanted it. REALLY wanted it. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/13 "2011-10-15T04:09:54Z")
It was 10:01 and she was afraid to tell you breakfast was over. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/14 "2011-10-15T04:18:23Z")
An egg mcmuffin and coffee? _To go??_ [runs weeping from thread] ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/15 "2011-10-15T04:28:47Z")
I dunno, I’ve felt like running out of the office and never coming back on occasion. I think it is a condition of modern life. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/16 "2011-10-15T04:40:57Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > “An Egg McMuffin and a large coffee, please, to go.” 😃 That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all week. You really don’t get it? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/17 "2011-10-15T05:48:23Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > It was 10:01 and she was afraid to tell you breakfast was over. Except McDonald’s doesn’t stop serving breakfast until 10:30. I should know. I saw “Big Daddy.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/18 "2011-10-15T06:03:05Z")
You heartless bastard. Her cat Muffin was run over by a car only two days ago. How could you bring it up like that? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/19 "2011-10-15T06:09:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Except McDonald’s doesn’t stop serving breakfast until 10:30. I should know. I saw “Big Daddy.” 😃 And goddamnit, if it’s 10:31, they simply _cannot_ help me when I want an effin bagel bacon egg and cheese sandwich! Why? I know you have the damn things back there in your kitchen; where would they go in the 60 seconds from when I pulled into the drive through line (at 10:30, when I _could_ have gotten one) to the time I got to order my food? 😕 Sorry for the mini-hijack ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705/20 "2011-10-15T09:04:18Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > And goddamnit, if it’s 10:31, they simply _cannot_ help me when I want an effin bagel bacon egg and cheese sandwich! Why? Because dudes in wheelchairs can’t come over the counter at them? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-bewildered-the-shit-out-of-me/599705.md?page=2)