Yes. I know. I swore there'd never be another.
My
friend Elaine from
high school had been in
Hong Kong all
summer until a few days ago, and I offered to take her out to
lunch to catch up on
old times. She'd been a
email recipient of the whole
McDonald's series of events and had followed my hardships with some enthusiasm. Her one
condition for going to lunch with me: It had to be at McDonalds.
Luckily, the truly EEE
EVIL McDonald's was too far from where she worked to meet me at, so we settled on one about
halfway between us. I was still really
nervous, because the tragedies had been growing more
serious (for me, anyway) each time I returned.
Nothing happened. We had a great time, even though I kept looking over my shoulder to make sure the
Grim Reaper wasn't trying to sneak up behind me. I figure since I went back for a
good cause, there was no need to
punish me.
Important and Humorous Addendum: After I got home from work, I went with my
mother to drop off her
computer at the
repair shop (because she didn't take my
advice, a la
The "My Parents Suck With Computers" Node). Everything went fine, until we got back outside to the
car. She noticed she didn't have her
keys. She emptied out her
pocket book,
no dice. I ran back into the
store to make sure she didn't leave them on the counter...no dice. I peek in through the
window to see if the keys were left on the seat. Guess where they were?
In the
ignition.
The car was still on.
THE MCDONALD'S CURSE HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN TRANSFERRED!
See:
RimRod Goes to McDonald's (Part 1)
RimRod Returns to McDonald's (Part 2)
RimRod Gets Stranded At McDonald's (Part 3)